Jasmine Paolini ousts Anna Kalinskaya 4-6 7-5 7-5 in the final in Dubai on Saturday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 13 minutes. This is the first time that Paolini conquered this tournament. Her most significant achievement in this event so far was reaching the 1st round. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Highlights Jasmine Paolini vs. Anna Kalinskaya Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai
Paolini’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:13
At the end of the match, Paolini scored 96 points vs. Anna’s 87.
Paolini
The Italian didn’t lose the focus when converting 78% of the break points that she conquered (7/9).
Kalinskaya
On the other side, the Russian was effective at converting 75% of the break points that she conquered points (6/8). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Paolini and Kalinskaya is 2-1 for Jasmine.
This was the 2nd career title for the Italian. (see list of titles and finals). Kalinskaya lost the opportunity to win her title at the first attempt. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Paolini had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Anna Kalinskaya in the 1st game (1-0). However, that wasn’t sufficient for Anna to win the set as the Italian managed to break back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (3-3) game. Anna maintained her cool to break Jasmine in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Jasmine was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Anna was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (4-4 0-40 and 15-40) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40). Also, on the other side, Paolini was perfect in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They contested 58 points. Kalinskaya conquered the set after winning 10 points more than the Italian (34-24). The Russian surrendered 11 points on serve (15-11). on the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 19 points on serve (13-19).
Paolini conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Anna Kalinskaya in the 2nd game (2-0). The Italian improved her lead after breaking Kalinskaya in the 12th (7-5) game before winning the set.
Jasmine failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
Jasmine was on the money in converting all her break points in the 6th (2-3 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 13th game (4-7 40-A).
They contested 68 points. Paolini conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Anna (38-30). The Italian conceded 12 points on serve (23-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Kalinskaya conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).
Paolini won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Italian broke back 3 times in the 10th (5-5), in the 11th (6-5) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Anna was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-5 to 7-5.
Jasmine converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40), the 10th (4-5 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40).
They played 57 points. The Italian was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Anna (34-23). The Italian conceded 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the net, Anna conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).
