Anna Kalinskaya spoils herself on New Year’s Eve

The first tournament of the season è was a flop

Anna Kalinskaya has clear ideas for the new season: climb the WTA rankings and prove that she is popular not only because of her rumored relationship with Jannik Sinner. Brisbane was the first chance to try to win the first singles match of her career and, indeed, start climbing the women’s ranking.

Unfortunately for her, her run at the Australian tournament è stopped immediately. Anna Kalinskaya, the number six seed in the women’s draw, è was beaten by American Ashlyn Kruger in two sets (6-3, 6-3). It was a low-key performance for the Russian who never found her rhythm and, in the end, raised the white flag.

An unexpected misstep that, in fact, spoils the last of the year of Anna Kalinskaya herself, who hoped to have a lot more fun at the Australian tournament. Despite the defeat, the Russian tennis player did not lose her enthusiasm, highlighting how it was, after all, only the first tournament of a very long season full of important appointments.

"Today è it was complicated to find the right rhythm but we are just at the beginning", her clear post-match words, confirming how the Russian tennis player is sure of her qualities and how she has clear her goals. Anna Kalinskaya does not want to be talked about only on the level of gossip, and she wants to prove it on the court.