Anna Kalinskaya shocks Swiatek in the semifinal to battle vs Paolini at the Dubai Duty Free Championships. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – DUBAI RESULTS

Anna Kalinskaya surprises the 2023 runner-up Iga Swiatek 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Dubai on Friday. Kalinskaya will clash against Jasmine Paolini in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes. This will be her best result in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the qualifications in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

Highlights Anna Kalinskaya vs. Iga Swiatek Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Kalinskaya’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, the Russian scored 70 points vs. the Pole’s 63.

Kalinskaya

Kalinskaya was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that she procured (4/7).

Swiatek

On the other side, Iga was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 18% – 2/11). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Kalinskaya and Swiatek is 1-0 for Anna.

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

Kalinskaya will fight against Paolini in the final.

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

The last time that they fought against each other, Kalinskaya won 6-4 6-2 in the 4^th round in Melbourne back in January 2024.

Live score progression and stats

Anna clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 6^th (2-4) game, Anna broke back in the 7^th (3-4) and in the 9^th (5-4) game to win the set 6-4.

Swiatek was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-4 to 6-4.

Anna converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5

break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 7^th (2-4 0-40), the 9^th (4-4 30-40) and the 11^th game (6-3 30-40). In addition on the other side, Iga converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had her opportunities in the 2^nd (1-1 30-40), the 6^th (3-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8^th game (4-3 30-40).

They played 77 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Iga (42-35

). Anna conceded 16 points on serve (22-16). On the losing side, Iga conceded 20 points on serve (19-20).

Kalinskaya conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Iga Swiatek in the 2^nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Kalinskaya to win the set as Iga succeeded in breaking back in the 8^th (3-5) game.

Kalinskaya failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.

Anna converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 7^th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Swiatek converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 8^th (2-5 40-A and 40-A) and the 10^th game (4-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 56 points. This set was so close that, Kalinskaya won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Kalinskaya surrendered 14 points on serve (22-14). On the other side, Swiatek conceded 6 points on serve (14-6).

Tennis Scores in Dubai

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

Upcoming matches

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