{"id":68658,"date":"2026-04-09T13:24:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/versii.net\/%d0%b1%d0%b5%d0%b7-%d0%ba%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b5%d0%b3%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%b8\/2026\/68658\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:15:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:15:46","slug":"what-happened-with-kalinina-the-ukrainian-suddenly-refused-to-take-the-court-against-her-star-opponent-source-rbc-ua-relnofollow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/sport\/2026\/68658\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened with Kalinina? The Ukrainian suddenly refused to take the court against her star opponent. Source: rbc.ua&#8221; +rel=\u201dnofollow\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian tennis player has prematurely ended her participation in Austria: what is known at the moment <\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian tennis community has lost its last representative at the prestigious WTA 500 tournament in Linz, Austria. Angelina Kalinina, who secured a comeback victory the day before, announced her decision to withdraw from the competition.<\/p>\n<p>This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing the results of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> Svitolina and Kostyuk against Poland: schedule of the Billie Jean King Cup match and where to watch for free<br \/>\nUnexpected withdrawal of the Ukrainian<\/p>\n<p>Today, April 9, Kalinina (WTA 120) was scheduled to take to the court against Croatian Donna Vekic (WTA 104). The match promised to be significant, but the Ukrainian decided to withdraw from the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The official reason for this decision remains unknown &#8211; neither the organizers nor the athlete herself have provided additional comments regarding a possible injury or illness.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the Ukrainian&#8217;s withdrawal, Donna Vekic, who is a silver medalist from the 2024 Olympics, automatically received a spot in the quarterfinals of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Kalinina&#8217;s journey in Linz<\/p>\n<p>Angelina&#8217;s performance in Austria was full of dramatic twists:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Qualification<\/strong>: The Ukrainian lost in the final round of qualifying to &#8220;neutral&#8221; Belarusian Alexandra Sasnovich.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chance for revenge:<\/strong> Thanks to the withdrawal of Czech player Sara Bejlek, Kalinina received a spot in the main draw as a &#8220;lucky loser.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Victory in the main draw:<\/strong> In the first round, Angelina defeated Hungarian Panna Udvardy in a tough three-set match.<\/p>\n<p>No Ukrainians left in the tournament<\/p>\n<p>Kalinina&#8217;s withdrawal marked the end of Ukrainian representation in Linz. Earlier, Dayana Yastremska exited the tournament after losing to Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse in her second-round match.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament in Austria, with a prize pool of over $1.2 million, will continue until April 12, but now without the participation of domestic tennis players.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, we reported that Elina Svitolina revealed grand plans for the clay season.<\/p>\n<p>Source: rbc.ua +rel=\u201dnofollow\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian tennis player prematurely ended her participation in Austria: what is known at the moment Ukrainian tennis has lost its last representative at the prestigious WTA 500 tournament in Linz, Austria. Angelina Kalinina, who had a comeback victory the day before, announced her withdrawal from further competition. Source: rbc.ua\u201d rel=\u201dnofollow\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68422,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"magazine_newspaper_sidebar_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What happened with Kalinina? The Ukrainian suddenly refused to take the court against her star opponent. Source: rbc.ua&quot; +rel=\u201dnofollow\u201d<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ukrainian tennis player prematurely ended her participation in Austria: what is known at the moment Ukrainian tennis has lost its last representative at the prestigious WTA 500 tournament in Linz, Austria. Angelina Kalinina, who had secured a hard-fought victory the day before, announced her withdrawal from further competition. Source: rbc.ua&quot; +rel=\u201dnofollow\u201d\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/sport\/2026\/68421\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What happened with Kalinina? The Ukrainian suddenly refused to take the court against her star opponent. Source: rbc.ua&quot; +rel=\u201dnofollow\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ukrainian tennis player prematurely ended her participation in Austria: what is known at the moment Ukrainian tennis has lost its last representative at the prestigious WTA 500 tournament in Linz, Austria. Angelina Kalinina, who had secured a hard-fought victory the day before, announced her withdrawal from further competition. Source: rbc.ua&quot; +rel=\u201dnofollow\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/versii.net\/sport\/2026\/68421\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Versii.Net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-09T12:24:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-10T11:15:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/versii.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2a65e58c928b.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"820\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Redactor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Redactor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/sport\\\/2026\\\/68421\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/sport\\\/2026\\\/68421\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Redactor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1155af2f735d02e5e59ad7298d83572c\"},\"headline\":\"What happened with Kalinina? The Ukrainian suddenly refused to take the court against her star opponent. Source: rbc.ua&#8221; +rel=\u201dnofollow\u201d\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-09T12:24:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-10T11:15:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/sport\\\/2026\\\/68421\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":340,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/sport\\\/2026\\\/68421\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/2a65e58c928b.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sports News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/sport\\\/2026\\\/68421\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/sport\\\/2026\\\/68421\\\/\",\"name\":\"What happened with Kalinina? The Ukrainian suddenly refused to take the court against her star opponent. Source: rbc.ua\\\" +rel=\u201dnofollow\u201d\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/sport\\\/2026\\\/68421\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/sport\\\/2026\\\/68421\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/2a65e58c928b.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-09T12:24:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-10T11:15:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"Ukrainian tennis player prematurely ended her participation in Austria: what is known at the moment Ukrainian tennis has lost its last representative at the prestigious WTA 500 tournament in Linz, Austria. Angelina Kalinina, who had secured a hard-fought victory the day before, announced her withdrawal from further competition. Source: rbc.ua\\\" +rel=\u201dnofollow\u201d\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/sport\\\/2026\\\/68421\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/sport\\\/2026\\\/68421\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/sport\\\/2026\\\/68421\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/2a65e58c928b.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/2a65e58c928b.jpg\",\"width\":1300,\"height\":820},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/sport\\\/2026\\\/68421\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What happened with Kalinina? The Ukrainian suddenly refused to take the court against her star opponent. Source: rbc.ua&#187; +rel=\u201dnofollow\u201d\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/\",\"name\":\"Versii.Net\",\"description\":\"\u0412\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0438\u0438 - \u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0438\u043d\u044b \u0438 \u043c\u0438\u0440\u0430\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Versii.Net\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/cropped-versii_logo_en.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/cropped-versii_logo_en.png\",\"width\":399,\"height\":90,\"caption\":\"Versii.Net\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1155af2f735d02e5e59ad7298d83572c\",\"name\":\"Redactor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/720b9230e8243b25610134cdf67bce834b75120086e3a16391a52b8e829a9f56?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/720b9230e8243b25610134cdf67bce834b75120086e3a16391a52b8e829a9f56?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/720b9230e8243b25610134cdf67bce834b75120086e3a16391a52b8e829a9f56?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Redactor\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/slavno.net\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/versii.net\\\/en\\\/author\\\/username\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What happened with Kalinina? The Ukrainian suddenly refused to take the court against her star opponent. Source: rbc.ua\" +rel=\u201dnofollow\u201d","description":"Ukrainian tennis player prematurely ended her participation in Austria: what is known at the moment Ukrainian tennis has lost its last representative at the prestigious WTA 500 tournament in Linz, Austria. Angelina Kalinina, who had secured a hard-fought victory the day before, announced her withdrawal from further competition. Source: rbc.ua\" +rel=\u201dnofollow\u201d","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/sport\/2026\/68421\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What happened with Kalinina? The Ukrainian suddenly refused to take the court against her star opponent. Source: rbc.ua\" +rel=\u201dnofollow\u201d","og_description":"Ukrainian tennis player prematurely ended her participation in Austria: what is known at the moment Ukrainian tennis has lost its last representative at the prestigious WTA 500 tournament in Linz, Austria. Angelina Kalinina, who had secured a hard-fought victory the day before, announced her withdrawal from further competition. Source: rbc.ua\" +rel=\u201dnofollow\u201d","og_url":"https:\/\/versii.net\/sport\/2026\/68421\/","og_site_name":"Versii.Net","article_published_time":"2026-04-09T12:24:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-10T11:15:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1300,"height":820,"url":"https:\/\/versii.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2a65e58c928b.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Redactor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Redactor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/sport\/2026\/68421\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/sport\/2026\/68421\/"},"author":{"name":"Redactor","@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/#\/schema\/person\/1155af2f735d02e5e59ad7298d83572c"},"headline":"What happened with Kalinina? The Ukrainian suddenly refused to take the court against her star opponent. Source: rbc.ua&#8221; +rel=\u201dnofollow\u201d","datePublished":"2026-04-09T12:24:46+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-10T11:15:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/sport\/2026\/68421\/"},"wordCount":340,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/sport\/2026\/68421\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/versii.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2a65e58c928b.jpg","articleSection":["Sports News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/sport\/2026\/68421\/","url":"https:\/\/versii.net\/sport\/2026\/68421\/","name":"What happened with Kalinina? The Ukrainian suddenly refused to take the court against her star opponent. Source: rbc.ua\" +rel=\u201dnofollow\u201d","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/sport\/2026\/68421\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/sport\/2026\/68421\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/versii.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2a65e58c928b.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-09T12:24:46+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-10T11:15:46+00:00","description":"Ukrainian tennis player prematurely ended her participation in Austria: what is known at the moment Ukrainian tennis has lost its last representative at the prestigious WTA 500 tournament in Linz, Austria. Angelina Kalinina, who had secured a hard-fought victory the day before, announced her withdrawal from further competition. Source: rbc.ua\" +rel=\u201dnofollow\u201d","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/sport\/2026\/68421\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/versii.net\/sport\/2026\/68421\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/sport\/2026\/68421\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/versii.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2a65e58c928b.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/versii.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2a65e58c928b.jpg","width":1300,"height":820},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/sport\/2026\/68421\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430","item":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What happened with Kalinina? The Ukrainian suddenly refused to take the court against her star opponent. Source: rbc.ua&#187; +rel=\u201dnofollow\u201d"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/versii.net\/","name":"Versii.Net","description":"\u0412\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0438\u0438 - \u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0438\u043d\u044b \u0438 \u043c\u0438\u0440\u0430","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/versii.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/#organization","name":"Versii.Net","url":"https:\/\/versii.net\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/versii.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-versii_logo_en.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/versii.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-versii_logo_en.png","width":399,"height":90,"caption":"Versii.Net"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/#\/schema\/person\/1155af2f735d02e5e59ad7298d83572c","name":"Redactor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/720b9230e8243b25610134cdf67bce834b75120086e3a16391a52b8e829a9f56?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/720b9230e8243b25610134cdf67bce834b75120086e3a16391a52b8e829a9f56?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/720b9230e8243b25610134cdf67bce834b75120086e3a16391a52b8e829a9f56?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Redactor"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/slavno.net"],"url":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/author\/username\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68680,"href":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68658\/revisions\/68680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}