Athletistic / Tennis. President of the Russian Tennis Federation (RFF) Shamil Tarpishchev shared his emotions after the victory of Russian tennis player Anna Kalinskaya (40th racket in the world) over the world leader, Pole Iga Swiatek, in the semi-final of the WTA-1000. tournament in Dubai.

“Kalinskaya, well done! She should have played like that when she was 20! This would have been the case if it weren’t for the injuries and a slightly different attitude towards tennis. Anna has always been talented. In terms of class, now she plays very well , his head is naturally in the right place And now there is this perseverance that was not enough before.

I am very satisfied with Kalinskaya’s performance. She has improved a lot and is playing cleanly. If this continues, she will be in the top ten of the WTA rankings,” Tarpishchev said, as quoted by Sport-Express.

Kalinska defeated Swiatek in straight sets with a score of 6:4, 6:4. It is noteworthy that the 25-year-old Russian became the second tennis player in history to reach the final of the WTA-1000 tournament after participating in the qualifications. In the final of the thousandth event, Kalinskaya will face the Italian Yasmin Paolini. The decisive match of the competition in Dubai will take place on February 24 and will start at 5:30 p.m. Moscow time.


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