MOSCOW, Jan 7 Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina reached the semifinals of the tournament in the Australian Melbourne, the prize fund of which exceeds 239 thousand dollars. Kasatkina, who received the third seeded, beat Spaniard Nuria Parrisas-Diaz in the quarterfinals with a score of 7: 5, 6: 1. The tennis players spent 1 hour 35 minutes on the court. Kasatkina will compete with American Amanda Anisimova for reaching the final. In another quarterfinal match, Russian Kamilla Rakhimova lost 1: 6, 5: 7 to American Ann Lee, seeded in the tournament under the seventh number.
