Athletistic will broadcast a live text online: Tennis. WTA-1000. Dubai. Quarter-finals. Gauff – Kalinskaya. Direct
Being the third seed, Gauff missed the first round and started the tournament in the second round, where she met Elisabetta Cocciaretto. As a result, Coco opened with a victory over the Italian with a score of 6-1, 7-5.
Gauff then faced former world number one Karolina Pliskova in the third round, who was on an 11-fight winning streak. Gauff’s level in the first set was not up to par, but the Czech was on fire and won the first game 6-2.
But in the second set, Coco immediately broke and led 2-0. Pliskova managed to fight back, but Gauff broke again. Then the American couldn’t serve for the set, but eventually won hers on reception.
Most of the third set was tied, but the American then took the last three games of the match and won with a score of 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Kalinskaya defeated Rebeka Masarova and Kamila Rakhimova in qualifying and reached the main draw. She beat Storm Hunter 6-1, 6-2 in the first round, then beat Kristina Buxa 6-3, 6-4 in the next round.
In the third round, Kalinskaya met Elena Ostapenko. The Russian won five matches in a row, losing 1-4, and took the first set. A similar situation happened in the second set, Kalinskaya won the last 3 games and won the match 6-4, 7-5.
Tennis. WTA-1000. Dubai. Quarter-finals. Gauff – Kalinskaya. Direct
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