Tennis
Kalinina became the first player to reach the third round of the tournament in Beijing
Ukrainian tennis player Angelina Kalinina (No. 28 WTA) She went on to win the WTA 1000 tournament held in Beijing (China).
In the second round, the Ukrainian defeated Australia’s Daria Saville (WTA number 247) in two games.
Beijing. second round
Angelina Kalinina (Ukraine) – Daria Saville (Australia) – 6:2, 7:6(5)
This was the tennis players’ first meeting; For Angelina, this was her first performance at the super tournament in Beijing.
Previously, the Ukrainian player had stopped the world’s eighth racket, Marketa Vondrousova.
In the next round, Kalinina will fight Yulia Putintseva (No. 75 WTA) or Caroline Garcia (No. 10 WTA).
It is curious that Angelina became the first participant who managed to get to the 1/8 finals. Also there is Elena Ostapenko, with whom Linda Noskova did not play in the match.
Source: Sport UA
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