Ukrainian tennis player played the longest match of the season and reached the semi-finals of the Italian tournament

17 May 2023, 13:02 | Sports 
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Ukrainian tennis player Angelina Kalinina won the quarterfinals of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia WTA 1000 tournament in Rome (Italy).

Kalinina, who is the 30th seed, met with the 12th racket of the tournament Beatriz Addad Maya from Brazil and won in three sets with a score of 6:7, 7:6, 6:3.

Each set lasted over an hour, and the fight was completed at around 3 hours 41 minutes. This is the current WTA season record..

Video review of the match.

Angelina Kalinina will face Russian Veronika Kudermetova in the semi-finals. The game will take place on May 19. For the Ukrainian, this is the first semi-final of the WTA 1000 tournament in her career..

This result will allow the Ukrainian tennis player for the first time in her career to rise to the 28th line in the ranking of the best tennis players in the world..

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Earlier it was reported that Kalinina beat a tennis player from Russia in Rome.

Источник: Зеркало недели