Angelina Kalinina (47th in the world) made a surprise and knocked out Beatriz Haddad Maia (12th favorite at Foro Italico). In the semifinals of the WTA tournament in Rome, the athlete from Ukraine will meet with Russian Veronika Kudermetova (11th seed).

Kalinin vs. Kudermetova in the WTA Rome semifinals

Kalinin needed a marathon match (three hours and 50 minutes) to overcome Haddad Maia 6-7(2), 7-6(6), 6-3.

Kalinin vs. Haddad Maya, summary

On the other hand, Kudermetova beat Qinwen Zheng, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. The match lasted two hours and 33 minutes.

Kudermetova v. Zheng, summary

Kudermetova (11th seed) and Kalinina (30th seed) will compete for a place in the grand final at the Foro Italico.

Svyatek vs. Rybakina, the main match of the day at the Foro Italico

Returning to the quarters, the final two matches of this stage of the competition in Rome will be played on Wednesday.

Paula Badosa (WTA 35) will play Elena Ostapenko (WTA 20) and Iga Sviatek (World No. 6) will meet Elena Rybakina (WTA 6) in the main match of the evening session at the Foro Italico.

This year, Iga and Olena met twice, and each time the athlete from Kazakhstan won. It was 6-4, 6-4 at the Australian Open and 6-2, 6-2 at Indian Wells for Rybakina.

Only two of the top ten favorites of the Foro Italico race remained in the competition: Iga Svyatek (1) and Olena Rybakina (7).

Paula Badosa vs. Jelena Ostapenko (around 4:00 p.m.)

Iga Svyatek vs Olena Rybakina (around 21:30).

*The matches of the women’s table in Rome can be watched live on Digisport.

WTA Rome, semifinals schedule

Kudermetova vs Kalinin

Svyatek / Rybakina vs Badosa / Ostapenko.

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.