Russian tennis player Anna Kalinskaya was unable to overcome the quarterfinal barrier at the WTA 1000 category tournament in Cincinnati. Kalinskaya in two sets lost to Poland Iga Schwhentek.

For a Russian woman, this is a painful defeat, because before the match she complained about the organizers due to the schedule, and during the game she experienced health problems.

Problems with recovery

At the WTA 1000 category tournament in the American zincinnati, 26-year-old Anna Kalinskaya went a large and difficult path to be completely deservedly in the quarter-finals. Kalinskaya (34th racket of the world) in the second circle held a heavy match against the American Paython Steirns, but still managed to squeeze the opponent-7: 6 (7: 4), 4: 6, 6: 1. Then the Russian woman in two sets figured out another representative of the United States Amanda Anisimova (7: 5, 6: 4).

But the fourth circle for Anna again turned out to be energy -consuming. At the Lindner Fammily Tennis Senter stadium, tennis player did not easily defeat the compatriot Ekaterina Aleksandrov (3: 6, 7: 6 (7: 5), 6: 1). In the quarterfinals of Kalinskaya, I had to play with the third racket of the world Igo Schwepen. Our athlete had already met with Polka and even beat her in the semifinals of the tournament in Dubai in 2024 (6: 4, 6: 4).

– I’m excited. I hope the level will be high. Iga is a real fighter. I don’t know what I play, but it will be today. Probably, it is worth staying in the locker room, ”Kalinskaya said in an interview with the court after the victory over Alexandrova.

Before meeting with Iga, the Russian woman complained about the uncomfortable schedule of the tournament.

– How can WTA and the tournament expect that athletes will show their best level when the schedule is so unfair? After the match with Alexandrova, I returned home at 2:40 am and went to bed only at four in the morning. I slept a little and came to the courts to train.

And then my match is placed at 11 am the next day. How do the organizers and WTA imagine that I will have time to recover and restructure the sleep mode – perhaps the most important aspect of recovery? It seems to be a little unfair, ”Kalinskaya wrote on the social network.

Medical time was hit by the pace

Despite the difficulties with recovery, Anna immediately joined the game and imposed a struggle to her opponent. The girls took the game, but then the Russian woman began problems. With a score of 2: 1, in favor of the sluts, our tennis player took a medical timeout. Kalinskaya fell on the court, and the physiotherapist massaged her calf muscle for a long time. As a result, Anna bandaged her left leg, and she continued the match.

Due to the forced pause, the Russian woman lost the pace, which the yoke took advantage of, taking two game in a row. Anna nevertheless gathered and Ace closed the next game. But Schwhentyk managed to bring the matter to the victory in the first batch (6: 3). The rivals had two filing over and one double error.

The starting game of the second set was taken by Kalinskaya. After the confident beginning of Anna, the Polish tennis player began to make mistakes more often. For example, in the fourth game, our compatriot forced the switch to run around the court, and at the decisive moment she sent the ball out in length. And then the Russian woman burst forward, closing the game Ace again. At the same time, she constantly corrected the bandage on her leg, clearly experiencing discomfort.

Anna Kalinskaya / Photo: © Dylan Buell / Stringer / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru

The yoke managed to intercept the initiative and at some point stopped in Game from the semifinals. However, Kalinskaya showed an incredible character, taking the following game in which the shovetk missed four matchballs! It seemed that the Russian tennis player had a real chance to compete for victory in the party, but Polka squeezed the rival. It seems that an uncomfortable schedule and pain in the leg played a role.

As a result, the yoke beat Kalinskaya in the quarter -finals – 6: 3, 6: 4. The meeting lasted 1 hour 34 minutes. In total, in the match, Anna filed along five times and made five double errors, implementing one Break Point of two earned.

But her rival has two Ais, three double errors and three of the implemented Break Point out of 11. In the semifinals of the shwes, he will play with the winner of the match between Arina Sobolenko (Belarusian) and Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan).