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On Tuesday, Daria Kasatkina and Christina McHale will meet in the second round of the Volvo Car Open in Charleston. Kasatkina, as many of you saw in Indian Wells, is an up-and-coming star on the WTA tour—as well as the defending Charleston champion. Last year, the Russian defeated eventual French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko, 6-3, 6-1, to earn her first title at the WTA level.
She hasn't slowed down since. The 20-year-old has already reached the final at both the Dubai Tennis Championships and the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells this year, and while she was unable to earn a title at either of those events, her versatile and powerful game has put the rest of the tennis world on notice.