Australian Open, stunning Jasmine Paolini: flies to the round of 16.

Australian Open, stunning Jasmine Paolini: flies to the round of 16

Jasmine Paolini continues to dream in Melbourne: the Tuscan tennis player, number 31 in the world, bent Russian Anna Blinkova in two sets to reach the round of 16 of the Australian Open, her best result in her career. Paolini, who è imposed herself with the partials of 7-6, 6-4, in the round of 16 will challenge another Russian, Anna Kalinskaya, to win a place among the top eight of the Australian Slam tournament.

L'Azzurra è got off to a strong start by twice snatching serve from the Russian, who è managed to counterbreak. At the tie-break Jasmine imposed her game, closing with a dry 7-1.

In the second set Paolini did not è decompose after a bad start: down 4-1, she put up five consecutive games with a partial 20 points to three that allowed her to win the match.