Anna Kalinskaya vs Jasmine Paolini Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA Dubai Tennis Championships

Prediction published on 23/02/2024, 14:56  by Nella Wagah in Tennis Predictions

The qualifier Anna Kalinskaya and the unseeded Jasmine Paolini will square off in the Dubai Tennis Championship final. This will be the third meeting between the two and the first in a tour final. Anna Kalinskaya is having the tour tournament of her career. Against all odds, the Russian has risen from the qualifying rounds to the first tour final of her career. And not just any top-level final but a WTA 1000 final. The 25-year-old, who has been one of the in-form players in the women’s game this season, has produced some massive victories here. She has defeated three top 10-seeded players in her run to the final. First, it was ninth seed Jelena Ostapenko then it was Cori Gauff who fell in the quarterfinals. World number one Iga Swiatek would fall in the semifinals in straight sets, perhaps the most shocking of all. Kalinskaya has now compiled a 15-4 record and has moved up to 24th in the live ranking, a new career high. One of her wins this season came against Paolini at the Australian Open.

Jasmine Paolini defeated Kalinskaya the first time they met, which was three seasons ago in Portoroz. The Italian will hope for a similar outcome as she targets winning her first WTA 1000 event. Unlike Kalinskaya, Paolini has played in multiple tour finals in her career. Four to be precise. She has however not had the best of experiences and has managed just one title. This was in Slovenia back in 2021, her maiden tour appearance. Since then she has lost three straight finals with the last two being played last season. The 28-year-old has moved up to 16th in the live ranking which is a new career-high placing. She has won her last three rounds here without dropping a set and defeated Sorana Cirstea in the semifinals.