Kasatkina, Samsonova complete dominant day for Russian tennis

Russia's Daria Kasatkina and her compatriot Liudmila Samsonova were both successful in their respective tournament finals on Saturday Read Full Article at RT.com

Kasatkina, Samsonova complete dominant day for Russian tennis

Russia's Daria Kasatkina and Liudmila Samsonova both won tournament titles on Saturday

Top seed Daria Kasatkina earned her second WTA singles title of the season in Canada on Saturday, but was forced to overcome a stern challenge from Australia's Daria Saville to do so.

Kasatkina, the world's ninth-ranked female player, came out on top after two close sets to defeat Saville by a score of 6-4 in each to claim the inaugural Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby after just under two hours of play, and after a thrilling 14-minute final game in which she won on her fifth championship point.

Her latest win comes less than three weeks after she defeated Shelby Rogers to win the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic WTA title in San Jose - a win which re-established her position inside the world's top-ten ranked players.