Athletistic / Tennis. On Saturday February 24, the final match of the prestigious WTA-1000 tournament will take place in Dubai (UAE). In the decisive match of the competition, Russian tennis player Anna Kalinskaya (40th racket in the world) will face Italian Yasmine Paolini (26th number in the world ranking).

The meeting will start at 5:30 p.m. Moscow time. There will be no official broadcast on television in Russia, but you will be able to watch the match if you have a subscription to the online platform. Eurosport Player. The match is scheduled for the third start on the Center Court and will begin no earlier than 18:00 Moscow time. You can also follow the progress of the match using a text broadcast online on the Athletistic website.

Kalinskaya and Paolini have already faced each other twice. In 2021, during the tournament in Portoroz (Slovenia), the Italian proved to be stronger (6:3, 6:2), and in January 2024, in the 1/8 finals of the Australian Open, Kalinskaya took revenge by winning with a score of 6:4, 6:2.

Note that on the way to the final, Anna Kalinskaya beat the world number one, the Polish Iga Swiatek, as well as the number three in the WTA ranking, the American Cori Gauff.


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