Anhelina Kalinina stuns Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 1-6 6-1 in the 3rd round in Miami on Saturday. Kalinina will face off with Yulia Putintseva in the 4th round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 2 minutes. This run will match her best achievement in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.
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The Ukrainian added to her prize money $ 41,900 after winning this match. She has already won $ 101,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Anhelina will add $ 84,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 185,000 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, the Ukrainian scored 80 points vs. Sabalenka’s 78.
Kalinina
Kalinina was pretty focused in converting 55% of the break points that she conquered (6/11).
Sabalenka
On the other side, the Belarussian had a tough time converting her break points (only 45% – 5/11). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Kalinina and Sabalenka is 1-0 for Anhelina.
Draw and next match H2H: Anhelina Kalinina vs. Yulia Putintseva – stats
Kalinina will face Putintseva in the 4th round.
This will be the 4th time that Anhelina Kalinina and Yulia Putintseva face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Putintseva (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kalinina won 6-3 2-6 6-3 in the 3rd round in Eastbourne back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Kalinina got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, Kalinina succeeded in coming back to break Aryna 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Sabalenka was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Kalinina converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 15-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Sabalenka converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 79 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Kalinina won just 1 point more than Sabalenka (40-39). The Ukrainian conceded 18 points on serve (20-18). On the other side, Sabalenka conceded 20 points on serve (21-20).
Aryna was far too good to drop only 1 game before breaking the Ukrainian 2 times and conquer the set 6-1.
Kalinina was eclipsed in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Sabalenka was on the money in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Anhelina wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (1-5 30-40).
They played 44 points. The Belarussian won 6 points more than Kalinina (25-19). Aryna dropped 5 points on serve (13-5). In addition, on the other side, Anhelina conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).