Dubai Women's Open is a big upset! The famous American genius Gauff went through three sets of hard battles, first prospered and then declined, and finally reversed by the big dark horse Karinskaya (Anna Kalinskaya) who was killed in the qualifying tournament with 6, so that the third seed of the women's singles world No. 3 stopped in the quarterfinals early.
The WTA1000 class has a total prize fund of $3,211,715. Karinskaya, currently ranked 40th in women's singles, reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam at the Australian Open last month, and now she has a fierce battle of 2 hours and 15 minutes, knocking down the current hot Gauff and becoming the fourth qualifying legend in history to reach the top 4 in Dubai.
I'm very happy to play here, the goal was to win and I finally did it. This is the first time in her career that Karinskaya has played against Gauff, and she has beaten the top 5 for the first time, she is a great player and fighter. I was nervous until the last minute, and it was very important for me to stay calm and aggressive. 」
Kalinskaya is about to face world No. 1 Swiatek to decide who will win the title, and I played doubles with her a long time ago. I'm very excited for tomorrow and I'm going to try to recover, after all, I've never played her in singles. 」