Tennis-Paolini Downs Giant-slayer Kalinskaya To Win Dubai Championships – News18

DUBAI: Italian Jasmine Paolini fought again from a set right down to beat qualifier Anna Kalinskaya 4-6 7-5 7-5 within the ultimate of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Saturday to safe her second WTA singles title.

Kalinskaya, the Australian Open quarter-finalist, had been on a large-killing run in Dubai, having surprised world primary Iga Swiatek within the semi-finals after knocking out U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff and Jelena Ostapenko within the earlier rounds.

The Russian took the opening set, however Paolini mounted a comeback and levelled the tie – solely to then discover herself in hassle within the decider as she slipped to inside a recreation of defeat at 3-5.

But she saved her composure to seal the win, turning into solely the fourth participant in 24 years to win the ultimate in Dubai after dropping the primary set.

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