Jasmine Paolini downs Cirstea in the semifinal to clash vs Kalinskaya at the Dubai Duty Free Championships. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – DUBAI RESULTS

Jasmine Paolini tops Sorana Cirstea 6-2 7-6(6) in the semifinal in Dubai on Friday. Paolini will face Anna Kalinskaya in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 57 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

Highlights Jasmine Paolini vs. Sorana Cirstea Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Paolini’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Paolini scored 87 points vs. the Romanian’s 78.

Paolini

The Italian won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.

Cirstea

On the other side, Cirstea was effective at converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (3/6). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Paolini and Cirstea is 3-0 for Jasmine.

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

Paolini will play Kalinskaya in the final.

This will be the 3^rd time that Jasmine Paolini and Anna Kalinskaya play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Paolini and Kalinskaya (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Kalinskaya won 6-4 6-2 in the 4^th round in Melbourne back in January 2024.

Live score progression and stats

Jasmine in this set was more solid than Cirstea and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking the Romanian in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

Paolini failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.

Jasmine converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4^th (2-1 40-A) and the 8^th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Paolini didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 63 points. The Italian won 9 more points than Sorana (36-27). The Italian surrendered 10 points on serve (21-10). On the other side, the Romanian conceded 15 points on serve (17-15).

Paolini won the set after she broke Cirstea 3 times in the 4^th (3-1), in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 12^th (6-6) game. Sorana tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 5^th (3-2), in the 7^th

(4-3) and in the 11^th (5-6) game. Nevertheless, the Italian didn’t blink to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 6.

Tiebreak

The Italian won 5 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 6^th (3-3), 10^th (5-5), 13^th (7-6) and 14^th (8-6) point. On the other side, Cirstea won 3 minibreaks in the 4^th (2-2), 8^th (4-4) and 11^th (6-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

The Italian converted 30% of her break points (3/10). She had 10 break points opportunities in the 4^th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6^th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 10^th (5-4 40-A) and the 12^th game (5-6 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Paolini saved 2 set points when she was 4-5 and 5-6 down. Also, on the other side, Sorana converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had her opportunities in the 5^th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 6^th (2-4 40-A) and the 11^th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 102 points. This set was so close that, Jasmine won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Paolini lost 18 points on serve (19-18). on the other side of the court, Sorana conceded 32 points on serve (33-32).

Tennis Scores in Dubai

• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-2 7-6⁶) – Stats and score progression
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (1-1) – H2H details and stats