Athletistic / Tennis. Russian tennis player Anna Kalinskaya (25th racket in the world) successfully broke the barrier in the second round of the WTA-1000 tournament in Indian Wells (California, USA). Early in the morning of March 9, she defeated American Taylor Townsend (world number 77) in three sets with a score of 7:5, 3:6, 6:4.
The tennis players spent 2 hours and 23 minutes on the court. During the match, Kalinskaya did not complete a single ace, made 10 errors on her serve and converted five breaks out of 18 break points. Townsend has five consecutive serves, a double fault and five successful break points out of 10 possible.
Kalinskaya’s next opponent at the Indian Wells tournament will be the 14th racket in the world, Italian Jasmine Paolini.
Source: Sport
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