Tough win over Australian Gadeki
The first racket of Ukraine Angelina Kalinina made it to the second round of the WTA 250 grass tournament in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Holland.
The 25-year-old athlete in the first round defeated the representative of Australia Olivia Gadeki – 6:3, 4:6, 6:4. The fight lasted a little over two hours.
Earlier, Dayana Yastremskaya and Katerina Beindl completed their performances in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, who lost to Ekaterina Aleksandrova and Arina Sobolenko, respectively.
In the next round of the tournament, Kalinina will face seventh seed Ekaterina Aleksandrova.
Today, the Ukrainian will also fight in the doubles draw of the tournament in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, where, in a duet with Belinda Bencic from Switzerland, she will meet Japanese women Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya.
According to the results of last week, Angelina rose to 35th place in the WTA rankings thanks to reaching the second round of Roland Garros. In the status of the first racket of Ukraine, Kalinina replaced Elina Svitolina, who took a break in her career in March due to pregnancy.
- WTA 250. ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands). First round
Angelina Kalinina (Ukraine) – Olivia Gadeki (Australia) – 2:1 (6:3, 4:6, 6:4)
Source: Sportarena
