The first racket of Ukraine Angelina Kalinina made it to the 1/4 finals of the WTA 250 tournament in Hobart, Australia.

In the 1/8 finals, our compatriot beat German Tatyana Maria. The intense duel lasted 2 hours and 35 minutes..

The Ukrainian tennis player lost the first set with a score of 4:6, and lost 1:2 in the second, but managed to turn the tide of confrontation and win the game with a score of 6:3. The decisive set was also for the Ukrainian - 6:3.

During the match, Kalinina fired three times, made seven double faults, lost five games on her serve and made seven breaks..

In the quarterfinals, Angelina will play against former world No. 4 Sophia Kenin from the USA..

Previously, Kalinina had already met with Kenin four times. Both tennis players have two victories in head-to-head matches.. The last time they played each other in December last year at the WTA 125 tournament in Angers. Then the Ukrainian won, having coped with the American and two sets.

Recall that two out of four Ukrainians made it to the final round of qualifying for the Australian Open-2023.