Athletistic/Tennis. This year was marked by serious progress from Russian figure skater Anna Kalinskaya. First, she shot at the Australian Open. She showed the best result among the Russians, reaching the 1/4 finals. There Kalinskaya lost to Chinese tennis player Zheng Qingwen.
This week, the Russian participated in the WTA-1000 category tournament. Anna Kalinskaya successfully completed the first three rounds. She beat Australian Storm Hunter, Spaniard Kristina Buksha and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko. In the quarter-finals, Anna Kalinskaya beat the American Cori Gauff.
Friday February 23, the Russian tennis player faced a difficult match. She met Polish world number one, Iga Swiatek. Kalinskaya performed more than worthily. She beat Swiatek in two sets – 6:4, 6:4. Thus, the Russian reached the final of the tournament in Dubai, where she will play with the Italian Yasmine Paolini.
Polish tennis fans have reacted to Iga Swiatek’s loss to Anna Kalinska. They left their comments on the portal Sport.pl.
augenthaler:
– Iga committed too many so-called direct errors, often on simple balls. This demon is sometimes called upon, because last season, Iga had matches where she deprived herself of a chance to win. We have to admit that this match just didn’t work out for our tennis player, but we have to give Kalinskaya credit for the fact that she played very well. His precise and powerful strikes were clearly a big problem for Iga.
stalglobal:
– Iga’s worst match in recent months. Game with Rybakina 2.0. I never watched Kalinskaya’s matches, and what she showed today was complete ease of play, complex and precise balls. Ige, as in previous matches with Rybakina, completely failed to find balance. No idea of play, no attempt to restart the forehand. But Iga is Iga. I’m sure the next match with Kalinska will be different.
abarsky:
– Iga played well for most of the match, and at times it was fantastic, but she made too many unforced errors against a tennis player who played phenomenally today. I’m curious to know how Kalinska’s career will continue because if she maintains this level, she will be in the top 3. It’s been a long time since I saw anyone play so well: complete calm, very strong when needed , light when necessary. And above all, very intelligent.
maza13:
– Unfortunately, once again force prevailed over reason and instead of playing tennis, Iga played as much as she could, forgetting that she sometimes had to go out on the court. We see the coach’s hand. The game of tennis becomes more and more poor and primitive.
Marcin Bronikowski:
– This match, like many others that Iga lost, was also winnable. When Iga came back in the second set with a score of 4:5 and was playing the last game, she had a break point and threw away the final ball, because Iga is programmed to destroy and suppress. But here it was enough to play with less force, because the whole site is open. Iga has a great personality, but she could give up some strength for intelligence in the game. I don’t see Iga enjoying the game either.
Yaroslav Piatykh, Athletistic
Source: Sport
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