Olympic bronze medalist Nadezhda Petrova believes that the tennis player Anna Kalinskaya in Australian Open matches, he prevents opponents from taking the initiative in the game.
On Monday, Kalinskaya defeated Italian Jasmine Paolini (26th seed) in the fourth round of the tournament with a score of 6:4, 6:2. In the quarter-finals, the Russian will face the Chinese Zheng Qingwen (12).
“It’s great that we have new names and that our athletes are going so far in the Grand Slam tournament. I congratulate her on this result. I will note, however, that initially her draw went so well that it wasn’t until the fourth round that she met the Italian top seed, and then only in the 26th.
I really liked how Kalinskaya played these matches and how she behaved: she fought with experienced American Sloane Stephens. I like Anna’s game. She is light, fast, agile and tackles the ball well with her feet. She has sharp, cannon-like strikes, she positions her opponents very well and doesn’t let them take the initiative, she plays number one. Then she will play with more experienced tennis players, so it is important for her to pull herself together and not think about who is standing in front of her,” Petrova was quoted as saying by Gazeta.Ru.
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Source : MatchTV
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