Sofia Kenin defeated Aryna Sabalenko on Thursday and looked like a player of the Australian Open-2020, but the American’s good form did not last long and she stopped in the third round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Rome.

Sofia Kenin, defeated by Angelina Kalinina at WTA Rome

Kenin, who is ranked 134th in the world, lost in two sets to Ukrainian Angelina Kalinina (47 WTA, 30th seed) with a score of 6-4, 6-2.

The game was interrupted by several periods of rain and lasted one hour and 37 minutes.

Kalinina will beat the winner of the match between Victoria Azarenka (14th seed) and Madison Keys (19th seed) in the round of 16 at the Foro Italico.

WTA Rome takes place from May 9 to 20 on the clay in the Foro Italico complex. His total prize money is $3,572,618 and is in the “WTA 1000” category. Iga Svyatek became the champion of the last two competitions.

Know:

• The Italian competition, founded in 1930, has been won three times by a Romanian athlete: Ilie Nestase, 1970 and 1973 editions, and Simona Halep, 2020.

• They have also been in the finals: Ilie Nestase (1974, losing to Bjorn Borg), Virginia Ruzici (1978, 1980, 1981) and Simona Halep (2017, 2018, losing both times to Elina Svitolina).