Engaged in a tournament in Asia, the Italian’s girlfriend asked if they are the most powerful couple in tennis: “Nothing changes”
Six thousand km divide Melbourne from Singapore. In the Australian city Jannik Sinner triumphed for the second time at the Australian Open, winning the third Slam of his career. In the Asian city-state Anna Kalinskaya, waiting to play the first round at the WTA 250, saw the blue lift and kiss the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup, the Australian Open trophy. He is number one in the world, she is number 18, Anna responded in a press conference to the question if she feels the pressure of being, together with Jannik, a power couple in the world of tennis: “Not at all. I don’t think there is pressure, I don’t nothing changes.”
THE TOURNAMENT
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Kalinskaya had left, like Sinner, for Australia for the first Slam tournament of the year. Then a virus prevented her from participating and on social media she announced the cancellation: “I am very sad and frustrated at having to withdraw from the Australian Open. I couldn’t wait to play, but I was hit by a virus and health comes first.” A problem that she overcame and which allowed her to participate in the WTA 250 in Singapore, where she started off on the right foot. In the first round she defeated Dolehide in three sets and in the second she will face Waltert. As number one in the draw, she is the favorite to win the tournament: she too, like Jannik, could start 2025 with a trophy.
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