The first racket of Ukraine Angelina Kalinina (No. 40 WTA) made it to the third round of the main draw of the first "Grand Slam" tournament of the 2023 season - the 

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In the match of the second round, the native of Novaya Kakhovka beat the former number two player of the planet, the Czech Petra Kvitova (No. 15 WTA) with a score of 7:5, 6:4.

She's done it!

In just her second #AusOpen appearance, Anhelina Kalinina reaches the third round - a career-best performance at a Grand Slam!

She defeated 2x Wimbledon champion and 2019 Australian Open finalist Petra Kvitova 7-5 6-4 #AO2023 pic.twitter.com/gIRiEEeBGl

— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 18, 2023

For Angelina, this is the second appearance in the Australian Open in her career and the first exit to the third round of the Grand Slam tournament.

In the third round of the competition, Kalinin will play the Czech Barbora Krejcikova (No. 23 WTA).

Let's add that two more Ukrainian tennis players - Marta Kostyuk and Kateryna Baindl - continue to play in the main draw of the Australian Open.

We will remind, the only representative of Ukraine in the men's individual tournament Australian Open-2023 Oleksiy Krutykh 

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