“At the start of the selection Angelina beat Joanna Garland in two sets”, — write: sport.ua
In the first round of qualification, the Ukrainian beat the representative of Chinese Taipei in two sets Joanna Garland (WTA 117) in 1 hour and 54 minutes.
Australian Open 2026. Qualification
Angelina Kalinin (Ukraine) – Joanna Garland (Chinese Taipei) [19] – 7:5, 6:2
Kalinina held the first face-to-face confrontation against Garland.
For Angelina, this victory was the first in the 2026 season. Before the start of the major selection in Melbourne, Kalinin lost to Anna Bondar in the qualification of the five-hundredth in Brisbane.
Angelina broke Garland’s five-game winning streak. Last week, Joanna became the champion of the WTA 125 competition in Canberra.
Kalinin is making her seventh appearance on the Australian Open courts. Her best result is the third round of the main draw in 2023.
Angelina will compete with Anouk Kovermans (Netherlands, WTA 192) in the second round of the AO-2026 selection. Angelina had never played against Anouk before.
Kalinina became the second representative of Ukraine who managed to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Slam this year. Yuliya Starodubtseva did it the day before.
Angelina Kalinin Mast Statistics – Joanna Garland
