Ukrainian tennis player Angelina Kalinina has chosen a ticket to the semi-finals at the WTA 1000 tournament in Rome. In the quarterfinals, the 26-year-old native of Nova Kakhovka defeated Beatriz Haddad Maya from Brazil in a tense three-set match.. The meeting lasted three hours and 50 minutes.. The Ukrainian lost in the first set in a tiebreak - 6:7, but then took revenge in the second game, which she also won in a tiebreak - 7:6. The decisive third set ended with the victory of our compatriot with a score of 6:3. Kalinina is only the second Ukrainian tennis player in history to reach the semi-finals of the WTA 1000 tournament.. Before her, only Elina Svitolina could do it. For the right to play in the final, Kalinina will fight with Russian Veronika Kudermetova, who, due to the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, was admitted to the competition in a neutral status. The game will take place on Friday, May 19.

On the way to the semifinals, Kalinina missed the first round of the competition in Rome, in the second round she defeated the Russian Anna Blinkova, in the third round she defeated the Australian Open 2020 champion and former world No. 4 American Sofia Kenin, and in the 1/8 finals she won a strong-willed victory over. Recall that four more Ukrainians competed at the tournament in Rome. Elina Svitolina and Dayana Yastremskaya were eliminated in the first round of the main draw, while Marta Kostyuk and Lesya Tsurenko were eliminated at the 1/16 final stage.