Anna Kalinskaya surprises Stephens in the 3rd round to set up a battle vs Paolini at the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Kalinskaya upsets Stephens to fight against Jasmine Paolini in the 4th round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Anna Kalinskaya vs. Sloane Stephens

Anna Kalinskaya shocks Sloane Stephens 6-7(8) 6-1 6-4 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Saturday. Kalinskaya will have to play Jasmine Paolini in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2023. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Kalinskaya
Melbourne
Kalinskaya's Record

The Russian added to her prize money $ 120,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 375,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Anna will add $ 225,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 600,000 in total.

Highlights Anna Kalinskaya vs. Sloane Stephens Australian Open – Melbourne

Kalinskaya’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kalinskaya
Stephens
Anna Kalinskaya
6-78 6-1 6-4
2h:45
Sloane Stephens
121
121
Total points
107
107
53
53
Winners
52
52
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
49%
49%
15
15
Unforced
33
33
31%
31%
Ratio Unforced
69%
69%
15/22
15/22
Net Approaches
19/25
19/25
68%
68%
Perc
76%
76%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
69%
69%
1st in
75%
75%
65%
65%
1st won
63%
63%
53/81
53/81
1st won
52/82
52/82
59%
59%
2nd won
43%
43%
22/37
22/37
2nd won
12/28
12/28
174
174
Fastest serve
175
175
162
162
AVG 1st Serve
153
153
140
140
AVG 2nd Serve
127
127
-- Break Points --
4/14
4/14
Total
1/13
1/13
29%
29%
Won
8%
8%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, the Russian scored 121 points vs. Stephens’s 107.

Kalinskaya

Kalinskaya won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 29% (4/14) of the procured opportunities.

Stephens

On the other side, Stephens had some problems converting her break points (only 8% – 1/13). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Kalinskaya and Stephens is 2-1 for Anna.

Draw and next match H2H: Anna Kalinskaya vs. Jasmine Paolini – stats

Kalinskaya will square off with Paolini in the 4th round.

This will be the 2nd time that Anna Kalinskaya and Jasmine Paolini face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Paolini (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Paolini won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Portoroz back in 2021.

Anna Kalinskaya Draw info

1st
Kalinskaya
Stephens
6-7
6
7
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Kalinskaya
Stephens
6-1
6
1
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Kalinskaya
Stephens
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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