Kalinina will be seeded at the Grand Slam for the first time in her career

Ukrainian received the 29th seed at Wimbledon

Ukrainian tennis player Angelina Kalinina will be seeded in tournaments for the first time in his career Grand Slam.

The athlete received the 29th seeded singles at Wimbledonthe main part of which will begin on June 27.

In doubles, two more Ukrainians were seeded – sisters Kichenok. Lyudmila, together with Elena Ostapenko from Lithuania, received the fourth number; Nadezhda, who is paired with Romanian tennis player Raluka Olaru, is 15th.

In the application of the main draw of the upcoming Wimbledon, in addition to Kalinina, there are three more Ukrainians – Marta Kostyuk, Dayana Yastremska and Lesya Tsurenko.

Katarina Zavatskaya, Katerina Beindl and Daria Snigur will play in the Wimbledon qualification. Yesterday, the Ukrainians learned the names of their opponents in the first round of the qualifying stage.

Recall that Russian and Belarusian tennis players were not allowed to compete because of the full-scale invasion of their countries into Ukraine. Because of this, the ATP, WTA and ITF will not award ranking points for performance in the tournament.

The total prize fund of the tournament this year will be a record 40.35 million pounds. Champions of the single men’s and women’s tournaments will receive two million pounds, finalists – more than a million.

Source: Sportarena

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