The match ended with the score 7:5, 5:7, 6:2.
It should be noted that Kalinina will play in the final of the WTA tournament for only the second time in her career. Earlier, at the WTA-250 final in Budapest (Hungary), she lost to the representative of Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva (4:6, 0:6). It was in July 2021.
In 2021, Kalinina enters the top 100 of the world rankings for the first time in her career.
Ukrainian tennis player Kalinina did not shake hands with Russian Kudermetova after the match in Rome
In the final of the tournament in Rome, Kalinina will meet the winner of the pair Elena Rybakina (world No. 6, Kazakhstan) – Elena Ostapenko (world No. 20, Latvia).
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