Tampico Open: Kalinskaya beats Madlink to book spot in final

The Russian will face the winner of the match between American Emina Bektas, the No 6 seed, and Russian Kamilla Rakhimova, the No 5 seed, for the title

Anna Kalinskaya at the 2023 Midlands Open

Tennis Majors

October 29, 2023

Abierto Tampico •Semi-final • completed

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A. KalinskayavsE. Mandlik

Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 4 seed, advanced to the final of the Tampico Open by winning against American Elizabeth Mandlik 6-2, 6-1 at the Centro Libanés Mexicano de Tampico on Saturday.

Kalinskaya, ranked No 115 in the world, will play the winner of the match between American Emina Bektas, the No 6 seed, and Russian Kamilla Rakhimova, the No 5 seed, next.

Into the BIGGEST singles final of her career!

Anna Kalinskaya continues her superb run at the WTA125 Abierto Tampico, defeating Elizabeth Mandlik 6-2, 6-1 without facing a break point.

Outstanding stuff from Anna who put in a very clean performance and dominated the match! pic.twitter.com/PWorrGkpQH
— WTARussians (@WTArussians) October 29, 2023

Ahead of her win today, the Russian defeated American qualifier Jessie Aney (6-1, 6-1), American Varvara Lepchenko (6-1, 6-2) and American Katie Volynets, the No 7 seed (6-3, 6-1).

Mandlik, ranked No 138, won against second seed Peyton Stearns (3-6, 6-1, 6-3), Ann Li (5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (6)) and Mexican wildcard Fernanda Contreras Gomez (W/O) earlier in the week.

Tampico WTA 125, other semi-final match (Centro Libanés Mexicano de Tampico, USD 115,000):