Milan, 20 Oct. (LaPresse) – Jasmine Paolini got off to a winning start at the ‘BNB Ningbo Open’, a WTA 500 tournament with a prize fund of $1,206,446, currently being played on the hard courts of the Yinzhou International Tennis Centre in the metropolis of Zhejiang Province, China. The 30-year-old from Bagni di Lucca, ranked 35th in the WTA, defeated Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina, ranked 51st, who had been given a wildcard entry as a ‘lucky loser’, in two sets, 6-2, 7-5. The Italian staged a remarkable comeback in the second set; trailing 0-5, Paolini strung together six consecutive games to close out the match on her first match point. “I don’t know how I did it,” she commented immediately after the match. In the next round, Paolini will face the young American Iva Jovic, ranked 12th and the fourth seed.
Tennis: WTA Ningbo, Paolini beats Kalinina to reach the second round
Milan, 20 Oct. (LaPresse) – Jasmine Paolini got off to a winning start at the ‘BNB Ningbo Open’, a WTA 500 tournament with a prize fund of $1,206,446, currently being played on the hard courts of the Yinzhou International Tennis Centre in the metropolis of Zhejiang Province, China. The 30-year-old from Bagni di Lucca, ranked 35th in the WTA, defeated Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina, ranked 51st, who had been given a wildcard entry as a ‘lucky loser’, in two sets, 6-2, 7-5. The Italian staged a remarkable comeback in the second set; trailing 0-5, Paolini strung together six consecutive games to close out the match on her first match point. “I don’t know how I did it,” she commented immediately after the match. In the next round, Paolini will face the young American Iva Jovic, ranked 12th and the fourth seed.