Jasmine Paolini dreamy: crazy comeback and triumph in Dubai
Jasmine Paolini wins first 1000 of career, beats Kalinskaya
Jasmine Paolini has made it, è into the history of Italian women’s tennis: the Italian tennis player beat Russian Anna Kalinskaya in a comeback to win the Dubai WTA 1000, her first 1000 of her career, becoming the third Italian player to succeed in the feat after Flavia Pennetta in Indian Wells in 2014 and Camila Giorgi in Montreal in 2021. The Tuscan tennis player è imposed herself with a score of 4-6, 7-5, 7-5.
The first set immediately went uphill for the Italian, who immediately lost her turn at bat. However, Paolini, thanks also to a few too many errors by Kalinskaya, manages to bring the score back to even and even take the lead at 4-3. From that moment, the rival increased the level of her tennis and after conceding only two points she brought home the first partial on 6-4.
In the second set, the 'inertia è still in favor of the Russian who once again manages to find the break in Paolini's first service game. The Italian tennis player class of 1996, however, managed to stay in the game and in the sixth game she regained parity. From that moment the ball of the game shifted in favor of the Tuscan player, who, thanks to some errors of Kalinskaya and thanks to a superlative 12th game managed to extend the match to the third and decisive set.
The third set è characterized for long stretches by continuous breaks and counterbreaks on both sides. After holding serve for the first time and confirming the lead at 5-3 the Russian tennis player paid a little for the tension and Paolini took advantage of it to overturn the disadvantage and close the score at 7-5, winning her first 1000 of her career.
The success achieved in Dubai, in addition, allows the 1996-class player to enter the top 15 of the WTA ranking.
