Paolini Defeats Kalinskaya In Comeback Victory For Dubai Title – News18

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Jasmine Paolini earned the most important victory of her profession by defeating qualifier Anna Kalinskaya 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 to win the Dubai Championships title on Saturday.

The twenty sixth-ranked Paolini fought again from a break down in each the second and third units en path to her second profession WTA singles title and first on the 1000 stage.

Paolini, a 28-12 months-outdated Italian, avenged her loss to Kalinskaya from a month in the past within the Australian Open fourth spherical, and Saturday’s victory assures her of a prime 20 debut when the rankings are up to date on Monday.

Kalinskaya had come by way of qualifying and beat three prime-10 gamers in a row — together with No. 1 Iga Swiatek — to achieve the ultimate.

The fortieth-ranked Kalinskaya, the primary qualifier to achieve the Dubai closing, had crushed No. 9 Jelena Ostapenko, then No. 3 Coco Gauff, then Swiatek. It was Swiatek’s first straight-set loss in virtually a 12 months.

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