Kalinina reached the second round of Australian Open 2026 qualifiers

Ukrainian tennis player Angelina Kalinina (WTA 178) has made a successful start to the 2026 Australian Open qualifiers.

In the first round of the qualifications, the Ukrainian player defeated the Chinese Taipei representative in two sets. Joanna Wreath (WTA 117) in 1 hour 54 minutes.

Australian Open 2026. Qualification

Angelina Kalinina (Ukraine) – Joanna Garland (Chinese Taipei) [19] – 7:5, 6:2

Kalinina played his first head-to-head match against Garland.

For Angelina, this victory was the first in the 2026 season. Kalinina lost to Anna Bondar in the 5000 heats in Brisbane before starting the majors heats in Melbourne.

Angelina ended Garland’s five-fight winning streak. Last week Joanna became the champion of the WTA 125 competition in Canberra.

Kalinina is competing on the Australian Open courts for the seventh time. His best result was the third round of the main draw in 2023.

Angelina will compete against Anouk Koevermans (Netherlands, WTA 192) in the second round of the AO-2026 selection. Angelina had never performed against Anouk before.

Kalinina became the second representative of Ukraine to reach the semi-finals in this year’s Australian slam qualifiers. The day before this was done by Yulia Starodubtseva.

Statistical pillar Angelina Kalinina – Joanna Garland