Anna Kalinskaya in Berlin final: “I’m trying to be as good as Jannik”

Anna Kalinskaya in Berlin final: "I’m trying to be as good as Jannik"

In the final he, in the final she. It is happening in Germany, where Jannik Sinner will play for the title of the Halle ATP 500 today against Poland&#39s Hubert Hurkacz (his regular doubles partner), while his fiancée, 25-year-old Russian Anna Kalinskaya, will face the winner of the U.S. derbu Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula in the final act of the tournament on the grass in Berlin.

"Jannik è also in the final? I am trying to be as good as he is. This è a great year, and I generally try to watch his matches, but today just wasn&#39t possible. Congratulations to him, we’ll see if we can follow each other tomorrow, in the meantime I’ll send him a message now: I’m very happy".

Soì Sinner and Kalinskaya could repeat what Australia's Alex De Minaur and British girlfriend Katie Boulter did last week: a double, and pair victory, achieved by him in Hertogenbosch and by her in Nottingham.

Anna è still looking for her first success on the WTA major circuit and her only final, although very few remember it because she was not yet officially Sinner’s girlfriend, she played it last February in the Dubai WTA 1000 and lost it to Jasmine Paolini, who beat her 4-6 7-5 7-5.

Currently Kalinskaya è number 24 in the world but è already confident of reaching her best ranking, number 17, tomorrow. If she then wins in Berlin she would reach number 16.