Super comeback in the 4-hour drama! Kalinina beat the world’s 15th racket in Rome

Ukraine’s second racket Angelina Kalinina (WTA 47) reached the semi-finals of the WTA 1000 series clay tournament in Rome (Italy).

In the quarterfinals of the competition, the Ukrainian defeated the world’s 15th racket in three sets. Beatrice Haddad Maye (Brazil) 3 hours 41 minutes.

WTA 1000 Rome Preparation. 1/4 final

Beatriz Haddad Maya (Brazil) [12] – Angelina Kalinina (Ukraine) [30] – 7:6 (7:2), 6:7 (6:8), 3:6

In the first match, the Ukrainian was ahead twice with two time-outs (4:0, 5:2), but Angelina’s game was broken after the Brazilian representative took a medical time-out before the eighth game. In Game 10, Kalinina had one set point when applying for the match, but was unable to convert it. The game went to a tie-break where Beatrice turned out to be stronger.

In the second game, Kalinina also forced her opponent to catch up with her in the games. The Ukrainian won 2:0 and 4:2, but immediately gave up his serve. With a score of 6:5 in her favor in the 12th match at the reception, Kalinina scored 2 sets, but again could not turn them. At the tie-break of the 2nd match, the Ukrainian player lost 4:5 with a mini-timeout, but managed to reverse the game in time and closed Beatrice 8:6. As a result, the match went to the decisive third set.

The beginning of Angelina’s third installment was unsuccessful. The Ukrainian lost 0:3. Then Kalinina got her serve and the 5th game started. It can be called decisive. Then the Ukrainian saved the game ball twice and turned a breaking point on the 2nd try. After that, the game passed completely under the control of the Ukrainian tennis player. Angelina reduced her step to zero, took a break in the 8th game and, plus or minus, calmly took her next game – 5:3. It turned out that it was easy to accept the match – Beatrice had already lost this meeting in her head, she could not complete the half-win rallies with high quality, and Kalinina was flying on the field. The result is 6:3!

This was the girls’ fourth date. Kalinina won all the matches.

The Ukrainian will play with Veronika Kudermetova, who performed without a flag in the final 1/2 of the thousandth in Rome.