Elina Svitolina defeated the "neutral" Russian at the start of the WTA tournament 1000 in Dubai: how ended the match
At this year's tournament in Dubai in the main grid are four Ukrainians at once: Elina Svitolina, Diana Yastremska, Marta Kostyuk and Angelina Kalinina. The first match was held by Yastremskaya, who won the representative of Poland Magda Linett in two sets. The next one came to Svitolin. Her rival was Kalinskaya, with which the Ukrainian woman had already met - in May 2024 at a tournament in Rome, where she won. The Ukrainian dominated the court from the beginning.
In the first party, Svitolina gave her rival only one game - after a failed first inning, but then won six in a row, forming a set with a score of 6: 1. In the second set, the Ukrainian tennis player quickly led 4: 1, twice taking a rival. Kalinskaya was able to play one break, but it did not prevent Elina from confidently bringing the match to the victory - 6: 2. In total, the meeting lasted 1 hour 7 minutes.
During this time, Svitolina performed one flow of departure, made three double errors and showed not too high percentage of the first feed (44. 4%). However, when her submission was passed, she won the vast majority of draws (15 out of 20). This victory was the most convincing for Svitolina in 2025. Before that, she lost at least five games in matches. The last one with the same score (6: 1, 6: 2) The Ukrainian won the US Open-2024 in a duel with Angelina Kalinina.