Athletistic / Tennis. The Russian Anna Blinkova (57th racket in the world) lost to the Italian Yasmine Paolini (31st WTA ranking) in the third round of the Australian Open 2024. The meeting ended in two sets with a score of 7:6 (7-1), 6:4 in favor of the Italian representative.
The duration of the match was 1 hour 27 minutes. During the match, Blinkova completed a serve, committed a double fault and converted 3 break points out of 5 possible. At the end of the match, Paolini had three aces, an error on his serve and 4 breaks out of 5 break points.
In the fourth round of the Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne, Yasmine Paolini will meet another Russian, Anna Kalinskaya. A few hours ago, she beat the American Sloane Stephens in three sets.
- Kalinskaya beat Stevens and reached the 1/8 finals of the Australian Open
Source: Sport

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