Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) won
9-5 over
Gina Aitken (Stirling, UK) in the Final of the Saint Petersburg Classic, held September 7 - 12, 2021 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. To advance to the championship game, Kovaleva won
6-3 over
Elena Mathis (St. Moritz, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2021 Saint Petersburg Classic in Saint Petersburg, Russia; and won
9-3 over
Dilsat Yildiz (Erzurum, TUR) in the quarterfinals.
Kovaleva finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated
Beyzanur Konuksever (Erzurum, TUR) 10-0, then won
9-5 against
Eve Muirhead (Stirling, UK) and
7-3 against
Viktoria Enbaeva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS). Kovaleva won
6-4 against
Ksenia Novikova (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Saint Petersburg Classic Championship title, Kovaleva earned
30.501 world rankings points along with the $3,745CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 9th place overall with
149.330 total points. Kovaleva ranks 4th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
30.501 points earned so far this season.
