Indian Wells, Jasmine Paolini unstoppable: beats Kalinskaya again and flies to the round of 16
Jasmine Paolini – Anna Kalinskaya 6-3 3-6 6-4
Jasmine Paolini really doesn’t want to stop. In fact, after her victory in the WTA 1000 in Dubai, where she defeated Russian Anna Kalinskaya, number 25 in the WTA ranking, in the final, the Italian player repeated herself in Indian Wells, beating her for the second time in a month. 6-3 3-6 6-4 the score accrued after two hours of play in favor of the Tuscan tennis player, who hits the round of 16 for the first time in the BNP Paribas Open.
After an exchange of breaks in the opening bars of the first set, at 3-3 Paolini threaded a decisive stretch by winning three consecutive games that earned her the first partial. Also in the second set the balance is broken at 3-3: this time forò è Kalinskaya to win three games in a row and take the second partial.
In the third and decisive set Paolini seemed a bit affected and gave up the serve in the fifth game (2-3). However, the Italian's reaction è rabid, getting the immediate counter-break (3-3). Paolini also has a chance to go to serve for the match but squanders a break ball at 4-3. È only a matter of minutes forò because on 5-4 Jasmine hits the break at the third useful opportunity that earns her the passage to the round.
In the round of 16 Paolini will face Russian Anastasia Potapova, number 33 in the world, who cleared Argentina's Nadia Podoroska (6-1 6-1) in two sets.
