Dream double tie-breaker for Anna Kalinskaya in Beijing
WTA 1000 Beijing: Anna Kalinskaya-Hayley Baptiste 3-6 7-6 7-6
Anna Kalinskaya suffers more than expected, but advances in the Beijing WTA 1000. The Russian tennis player, in fact, è won in a comeback over the American Hayley Baptiste with a score of 3-6 7-6 7-6, after a match characterized by great balance.
In the first set, both players manage to be more effective in response, as evidenced by the 5 breaks there were. However, what made the difference è was the American's greater polish on her own serves, which allowed her to win the first set 6-3.
In the second set, balance reigned and the set was decided at the tie-break, where Jannik Sinner’s fiancée managed to pick up the pace and win the tie-break with a peremptory 7-2, thus taking the match to the third and decisive set.
In the third and decisive set, both players manage to hold their respective turnovers without any particular trouble until the tie-break, in which è Anna Kalinskaya again makes the difference and wins the match with a score of 7-5.
Born in 1998, Anna Kalinskaya has three WTA circuit successes to her credit, all in doubles (Prague 2019 with Viktoria Kuzmova, Portorož 2021 with Tereza Mihailova, St. Petersburg 2022 with Caty McNally) while in singles (where she won 7 ITF titles) she won the WTA 125 in Midland in 2023 and lost two finals this year, in the WTA 1000 in Dubai against Jasmine Paolini and in the WTA 500 in Berlin against Jessica Pegula.
