Kalinskaya reached the semi-finals of the tournament in Dubai – Kommersant

Kalinskaya reached the semi-finals of the tournament in Dubai – Kommersant

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Russian tennis player Anna Kalinskaya beat American Cori Gauff in the quarterfinals of the tournament in Dubai. The game lasted 2 hours 17 minutes and ended with a score of 2:6, 6:4, 6:2 in favor of the Russian. In the semi-finals, Kalinskaya will meet with the world number one, Poland’s Iga Szwiatek.

25-year-old Kalinskaya is ranked 40th in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings. Her best Grand Slam result was reaching the quarterfinals of this year’s Australian Open. The Russian woman did not qualify for the semi-finals, losing to Chinese Zheng Qingwen with a score of 6:7 (4:7), 6:3, 6:1.

The tournament in Dubai belongs to the WTA 1,000 category and is held on a hard surface. It will run until Saturday, February 24th. Its prize fund exceeds $3.2 million. Of the Russian women, Elena Dementieva won the singles tournament in 2008.

Laura Keffer

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