Angelina Kalinina failed to overcome the opening round of the major.
Ukrainian tennis player Angelina Kalinina (No. 48 WTA) finished her performance at the Australian Open 2025.
In the first round match of the main draw, the 27-year-old native of Nova Kakhovka lost to the representative of Tunisia Ons Jabeur (No. 39 WTA). The match lasted 1 hour 12 minutes and ended with a score of 3:6, 3:6.
During the game, Kalinina did not make a single aces serve, made 2 double faults and 18 unforced errors. In the second set, the Ukrainian lost the advantage, leading with a score of 3:0.
This was the third face-to-face meeting of the tennis players. Kalinina has never been able to beat Jabeur.
Angelina played in the main draw of the Australian Open for the fourth time in a row. Her personal record remains the third round of the Australian major in 2023.
Earlier, Ukrainians Yulia Starodubtseva and Daria Snigur also failed to overcome the opening round of the Australian Open. While Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk and Dayana Yastremska made it to the second round.
The Australian Open 2025 main draw matches will be held from January 12 to 26. The current champion of the tournament is Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, who is playing in a neutral status due to the full-scale war of Russian occupiers against Ukraine.
Recall that in the singles tournament of the Australian Open 2024, the best result among Ukrainian tennis players was shown by Yastremska, who reached the semifinals, where she lost to Chinese Zheng Qinwen.
