Tennis
Khachanov – Rudd 1-3: With a terrible performance he made it to the final of the US Open
With an incredible performance, Kasper Ruud reached his second Grand Slam final in 2022, beating Karen Khachanov 3-1 in the semifinals of the US Open.
Kasper Ruud (No. 7) put in another terrific performance in New York, reaching his 2nd Grand Slam final with a four-set win over Karen Khachanov (No. 31) in 2022 and is now just a breath away from his math climb up 1st place in the world rankings.
The 23-year-old Norwegian, who played dominant tennis and served superbly for most of the match, didn’t leave much room for doubt to his Russian opponent to win the qualifier after three hours of competition.
Rudd prevailed 7-6(5), 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 and will win the first Major title of his career against Carlos Alcarath on Sunday (9/11).
Rudd hit more winners than Khachanov (52v43) and made fewer unforced errors (34v39) and was in complete control of the semifinals almost from start to finish.
Despite falling behind with a break in the opening set (3-4), the Norwegian found a way back, sending it into the tie-breaker and taking the all-important 1-0 lead after a grueling 55-stroke rally.
Khachanov, obviously affected by the development and the end of the 1st set, never entered the court in the 2nd part of the game.
In combination with the very high psyche of the 23-year-old Norwegian, the 2-0 came in no time at all. Rude was terrific, winning 16/16 points behind serve and counting 4/4 love service games. The 2/5 break chances were enough to give him the set comfortably at 6-2.
Although the 26-year-old Russian showed a reaction in game 3, holding serve the whole time and “hitting” Rudd in game 12 to reduce it to 2-1 (5-7), that was the level of tennis he caught not enough to bother the Norwegian any further. More… Ruud lost, although Khachanov still won the 3rd set.
And that was already evident in the next part of the semifinals. Another emphatic half hour for this year’s Roland Garros finalist. Just two lost games and sixth straight win at Flushing Meadows.
With 80/108 points won behind serve and 6/13 break points, Ruud finished the match doing… half the work to become the new ATR World No. 1 next Monday (12/9).
Now Rood and Alkarath will claim the No. 1 title in addition to their first Major title of their careers.
At the same time, Karen Khachanov’s excellent run at this year’s US Open ensured his return to the top 20 in the world rankings. He will gain 13 spots and move up to 18th in the world.
Source: Tennis24
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Four representatives from Ukraine were included in the qualification list Australian Open 2026.
Yulia Starodubtseva (WTA 113), Angelina Kalinina (WTA 127), Daria Snigur (WTA 153) and Vitaly Sachko (ATP 153) will compete for the Australian Open main draws.
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Major qualifiers in Melbourne will be held from January 12-17.
The place at the heart of the Australian Open 2026 is guaranteed by four Ukrainian tennis players: Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk, Dayana Yastremskaya and Alexandra Oleynikova.
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Ukraine’s first racket Elina Svitolina (WTA 14) became the “Opening Week” participant of the Australian Open 2026.
On January 14, 2026, the Ukrainian will play an exhibition match against Amanda Anisimova (USA, WTA 4) at the tournament’s main stadium, Rod Laver Arena.
The meeting will be held in the format of two standard sets as the deciding game and a super tiebreak up to 10 points.
There will also be four more exhibition matches: Elena Rybakina – Zheng Qingwen, Alexander Zverev – Lorenzo Musetti, Carlos Alcaraz – Alex de Minaur, Jannik Sinner – Felix Auger-Aliassime.
After the match between Svitolina and Anisimova, Rod Laver Arena will host the AO 1 Point Slam tournament, where tennis stars Iga Swiatek, Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka, Daniil Medvedev, Zheng Qingwen, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Jasmine Paolini will compete against amateurs.
Source: Sport UA
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Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) announced the list of all award winners for the 2025 season.
World number one Arina Sabalenka was chosen as the best tennis player of the year. Hendrik Vleshouwers, coach of American Amanda Anisimova, received the best coach award.
Anisimova received the Progress of the Year award, while Victoria Mboko received the Newcomer of the Year award. Katerina Sinyakova / Taylor Townsend couple was chosen as the best duet of the season.
WTA Awards 2025. All award winners
- The best tennis player of the season – Aryna Sabalenka
- Best Duo of the Year – Katerina Sinyakova / Taylor Townsend
- Progress of the Year – Amanda Anisimova
- Rookie of the Year – Victoria Mboko
- Comeback of the Year – Belinda Bencic
- Diamond Aces (promoting tennis both on and off the court) – Coco Gauff
- Peachy Kellmeier Award (for contributions to WTA players) – Gabriela Dabrowski
- Karen Kranzke Sportsmanship Award – Jessica Pegula
- Georgina Clarke Mother of the Year Award (awarded to retired female tennis players) – Nicole Pratt (Australian coach)
- Coach of the Year – Hendrik Vleshouwers (Amanda Anisimova’s coach)
- Pet of the Year (singles) – Zheng Qingwen
- Favorites of the year in pairs – Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini
- Shot of the year – Carolina Muchova (vs. Clara Towson in WTA 1000 semi-final in Dubai)
- Match of the year – Coco Gauff vs. Zheng Qingwen (WTA 1000 semi-final in Rome – 7:6 (7:3), 4:6, 7:6 (7:4))
VIDEO. Shot of the year from Carolina Muchova
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— wta (@WTA) November 13, 2025
VIDEO. Match of the year from Coco Gauff and Zheng Qingwen in Rome
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