In the Australian Open 1/8 final, Russian tennis player Anna Kalinskaya defeated Italian representative Yasmina Paolini with scores of 6:4 and 6:2.
The duration of the meeting lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. The Russian served once, committed a double fault and converted four of the eight break points won.
In the quarter-finals, Kalinskaya will play the winner of the match between Zheng Qinwen (China) and Ocean Daudin (France). He was the only representative of Russia remaining at the tournament in Melbourne. Mirra Andreeva and Maria Timofeeva left the tournament in the 1/8 finals.
In the updated WTA Women’s Tennis Association rankings, Kalinskaya is ranked 75th. Polish representative Iga Swiatek continues to lead. While Belarus representative Arina Sabalenko took the second place, Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan closed the top three. The best Russian woman is Daria Kasatkina (13th place).
Medvedev had beaten Borges before. appeared He reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.