Anna Kalinskaya, walk with a misstep
Anna Kalinskaya forward
Anna Kalinskaya è qualified for the second round of the Wuhan Open thanks to a clear victory over Hungarian qualifier Anna Bondar (27 years old, number 92 in the WTA rankings): the score of 6-1 6-3 in one hour and 14 minutes of play speaks volumes about how the match went.
The girlfriend of Jannik Sinner, number 10 seed, lost the first game of the match but then won seven in a row, winning the first set and taking the lead in the second set as well.
With the match now over, the Russian suffered her first and only break at 6-1 3-1 but after being caught at 3-3 she è promptly recovered winning the last three games and defending the’last round of serve on the advantages.
It should be noted that the world number 13 has not made it past the round of 16 of a WTA tournament in over three months, when she lost the final in Berlin.