Jasmine Paolini defeated Sorana Cirstea in two sets and that’s it qualified for the final of the WTA 1000 tournament in Dubai. The Italian won with a score of 6-2, 7-6(6) and thus deserved the right to return to the hard court of the United Arab Emirates to play the final match against the winner of the match between the Polish Iga Swiatek and the Russian Anna Kalinskaya. This is a great result from a technical and competitive point of view for the Tuscan, who was able to prevail today at the end of a hard-fought second set.
Jasmine Paolini, who lost in the round of 16 of the Australian Open to Kalinskaya a month ago, was coming off a couple of defeats in the first round, but has been able to find herself splendidly over the course of this week. The 28 year old has in fact beaten big names of a certain caliber such as Haddad Maia, Fernandez, Sakkari and then took advantage of Rybakina’s withdrawal in the quarter-finals, before today’s seal. Having reached the final in a high caliber tournament has allowed our standard bearer to climb the WTA rankings in a peremptory manner.
Jasmine Paolini has in fact managed to move up ten positions compared to the beginning of the week, today’s success has allowed it to climb six places in one fell swoop (until this morning it was virtual number 22) and it is currently number 16 in the world, with 2,350 points. The Italian entered the top-20 of the international rankings for the first time in her career and the dream continues. In case she had to winning the tournament, in fact, our standard bearer would fly to 2,700 points and climb to 14th place del ranking WTA.
JASMINE PAOLINI WTA RANKING
If he loses the WTA 1000 final in Dubai: number 16 in the world with 2,350 points.
If he wins the WTA 1000 final in Dubai: number 14 in the world with 2,700 points.
2024-02-23 15:44:05
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