China Open: Kalinskaya beats Baptiste in second round marathon
The Russian will face the winner of the match between Leylah Fernandez and Peyton Stearns in the next round
Anna Kalinskaya, Berlin 2024
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Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 10 seed, reached the third round of the China Open by edging out American qualifier Hailey Baptiste 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5) at the National Tennis Center in Beijing on Friday.
Kalinskaya and Baptiste were locked in for nearly three hours as the former completed the comeback on the back of four break points and three aces.
Kalinskaya, ranked No 14, will play the winner of the match between Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 20 seed, and American Peyton Stearns next.
Baptiste, ranked No 111, defeated Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva (6-0, 6-3) in the previous round of the Beijing tournament.
Beijing WTA 1000, other second-round results (National Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.955.610, most recent results first):
- Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Nadia Podoroska
- Camila Osorio vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Jana Fett
- Viktorija Golubic vs. Donna Vekic
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Magda Linette
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Clara Tauson
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Yue Yuan vs. Karolina Muchova
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Elise Mertens
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Sijia Wei vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Madison Keys vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Lulu Sun
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Mananchaya Sawangkaew
- Clara Burel vs. Coco Gauff
- Magdalena Frech vs. Alycia Parks
- Rebecca Sramkova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Naomi Osaka vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Diane Parry vs. Jessica Pegula
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Katie Volynets
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Peyton Stearns
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Paula Badosa (15) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-2
- Veronika Kudermetova (32) beat Xinyu Wang: 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Katie Boulter (26) beat Taylor Townsend: 6-4, 6-4
- Diana Shnaider (12) beat Sofia Kenin: 6-2, 6-3
- Shuai Zhang (WC) beat Emma Navarro (6): 6-4, 6-2
- Greet Minnen beat Anastasia Potapova (28): 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
- Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q) beat Katerina Siniakova (27): 6-2, 6-2
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