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Russian Kalinskaya beat world number 9 Ostapenko and reached the quarterfinals of the tournament in Dubai
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Russian tennis player Anna Kalinskaya reached the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Dubai.
In the third round match, Kalinskaya beat world number nine Jelena Ostapenko from Latvia with a score of 6:4, 7:5. The meeting lasted 1 hour 34 minutes.
In the quarter finals, Kalinskaya will meet the winner of the pair Cori Gauff (USA, 3) – Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic).
WTA 1000. Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Dubai, UAE). Hard. Prize fund – more than 3.2 million dollars
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Anna Kalinskaya (Russia) — Elena Ostapenko (Latvia, 9) — 6:4, 7:5.
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Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva will meet with Croatian Donna Vekic in the first round of the Australian Open, this became known during the draw.
Andreeva received the eighth seed, Vekic is ranked 70th in the Women’s Tennis Association rankings. Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (11th seeded) and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova received the tennis players who will win the qualification as their opponents.
Results of the draw for other Russians:
Diana Schneider (23rd seed) – Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic)
Anna Kalinskaya (31) – Sonay Kartal (Great Britain)
Anna Blinkova – Talia Gibson (Australia, wild card)
Anastasia Zakharova – Jessica Pegula (USA, 6)
Lyudmila Samsonova – Laura Siegemund (Germany)
Oksana Selekhmetyeva – Ella Seidel (Germany).
The rival of world number one Arina Sabalenka from Belarus will be Rakotomanga Rajaona (France, wild card).
The main draw matches of the first Australian Open will be held in Melbourne from January 18 to February 1. The current title holder is American Madison Keys.
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Novak Djokovic ranked first in the rankings of tennis players in terms of career prize money. The Serbian player earned more than $191 million; This is an absolute record in men’s tennis history. Rafael Nadal ranked second with nearly 135 million, while Roger Federer ranked third with more than 130 million.
The top 5 also included Andy Murray and Carlos Alcaraz, who are 22 years old and have already surpassed $60 million in prize money.
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The top ten winners also include Alexander Zverev, Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev, Pete Sampras and Stan Wawrinka.
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Top 10 tennis players by career prize money (men):
- Novak Djokovic – $191,252,375
- Rafael Nadal – $134,946,100
- Roger Federer – $130,594,339
- Andy Murray – $64,687,542
- Carlos Alcaraz – $60,032,046
- Alexander Zverev – $58,134,592
- Jannik Sinner – $56,632,426
- Daniil Medvedev – $48,820,721
- Pete Sampras – $43,280,489
- Stan Wawrinka – $37,792,029
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Ukrainian tennis player Angelina Kalinina (WTA 178) She managed to qualify for the 2026 Australian Open.
In the final of the selection, the Ukrainian player beat the Polish representative in three sets Maya Khvalinskaya (WTA 145) in 2 hours 25 minutes.
Australian Open 2026. Qualification
Angelina Kalinina (Ukraine) – Maya Chwalinska (Poland) – 5:7, 6:2, 6:1
Kalinina played against Khvalinskaya for the first time.
In addition to Maya, Angelina also beat Joanna Garland and Anouk Koevermans in the Australian Open qualifiers.
Kalinina will be playing in a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since last year’s Roland Garros. In early July 2025, Angelina was injured and only returned to tennis in December, immediately winning the WTA 125 cup in Limoges.
It will be Angelina’s fifth time playing in the main draw of an Australian major. His best result on the Melbourne courts was the third round in 2023.
Previously, Yulia Starodubtseva also passed the AO-2026 qualification. Kalinina and Starodubtseva join Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk, Dayana Yastremskaya and Alexandra Oleynikova in the heart of slam.
Match statistics: Angelina Kalinina – Maya Khvalinskaya
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