Russian tennis player Kalinskaya reached the third round of Wimbledon

Russian tennis player Anna Kalinskaya reached the third round of the Wimbledon tournament on July 1, which takes place on the grass courts of London.

In the second round, where she was seeded at number 19, Kalinskaya defeated Frenchwoman Diane Parry. The match ended with a score 6:4, 3:6, 7:6 (10:8). In the deciding set, the Russian won the last six draws of the match. The athletes spent 2 hours and 57 minutes on the court.

In the next round, Kalinskaya will face the winner of the match between Swiss Belinda Bencic (11th seed) and Chinese Wang Xinyu. Also during the tournament, Czech tennis player Katerina Sinyakova, seeded at number 32, lost to compatriot Nikola Bartunkova with a score of 2:6, 4:6.

In the men's draw, Russian Roman Safiullin reached the third round of Wimbledon after defeating Dutch Botik van de Sandshulp. The meeting ended with a score 6:0, 4:6, 6:3, 3:6, 7:6 (10:5). Safiullin made it to the main draw through qualifying and will play Brazilian Joao Fonseca, who is seeded at number 24, in the next round.

The Grand Slam tournament is being held in London on a grass surface and will end on July 12. The prize fund of the competition is 64.2 million pounds. The current winner is Italian world number one Yannick Sinner.

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