Kalinskaya prevailed over the tenth racket of the world Stevens in the first round of the US Open

The meeting lasted 1 hour 24 minutes, and ended with a score of 6: 3.6: 4 in favor of a 20-year-old Russian woman, who occupies 127th place in the world ranking of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).

For Kalinskaya, this is the first first round in a career at the Grand Slam series tournament. Previously, she completed the struggle at the stage of the first round.

In the second round, the Russian tennis player will play with another representative of the United States - Christie An.

Earlier it was reported that Rafael Nadal started at the US Open with a victory over John Millman.