Tennis
Fans in Australia supported the Russian Kalinskaya with the song “Kalinka”, causing a smile from her rival from the USA
Anna Kalinskaya / Photo: © Sarah Reed / Stringer / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
Fans supported Russian tennis player Anna Kalinskaya during the first round match of the Australian Open against American Katie Volynets.
During one of the breaks in the third set, when the Russian was leading 4:1 in games, fans at the stadium in Melbourne began to sing “Kalinka”. An American woman who knows Russian greeted this action with a smile. As a result, 25-year-old Kalinskaya beat her opponent with a score of 6:3, 3:6, 6:2.
In the next match, Kalinskaya will play against the Dutch player Arantha Rus.
Source: Sportbox
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