Australian Open tennis 2021 - Katie Boulter knocked out by Daria Kasatkina in straight sets

ByEurosport

Updated 08/02/2021 at 06:25 GMT

Britain's Katie Boulter has been knocked out in the first round. The 2021 Australian Open is live on Eurosport. Watch every match live and ad-free on the Eurosport app and eurosport.co.uk. You can download the Eurosport app for iOS and Android now. The opening Grand Slam of the season in Melbourne runs from February 8 until February 21.

Katie Boulter

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Britain's Katie Boulter has been knocked out by Daria Kasatkina 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of the Australian Open in one hour and 11 minutes.

There were high hopes for Boulter who beat highly-rated American Coco Gauff in three sets at the Gippsland Trophy last week, but it took just 23 minutes for Kasatkina to win the opening set against the 23-year-old, taking it 6-1.

Boulter was broken again by the impressive Russian in the second set as she went 3-1 up.

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At 5-2 down on Boulter's serve, the Brit did incredibly well to hang on and saved four match points before following up with a break to make it 5-4. But it was then that Kasatkina broke Boulter again to win the contest on her fifth match point.