Tennis
Tsitsipas – Fokina 2-1: Hard win and further at the Rotterdam Open
Stefanos Tsitsipas was the big winner in the match against Alejandro Davidovic Fokina, won 2-1 sets (7: 5, 6: 7, 6: 4) and started his commitments at the Rotterdam Open from the right.
Stefanos Tsitsipas met Alejandro Davidovic Fokina (No. 46 in the world) for the first round from Rotterdam Open, the third tournament for the Greek tennis player in 2022, where the Greek tennis player prevailed in sets 2-0 (7-5, 6-7, 6-4).
This was the second meeting between the two men, with Tsitsipas exiting victorious from the 2021 Monte Carlo Masters quarterfinals won by the Greek tennis player. And in that game he got injured in the first set and left after finishing it.
The Greek champion also requested a time-out due to health reasons, but continued normally before the start of the third set and won the game. In the next round, Tsitsipas meets the winner of the duo Lloyd George Harris – Ilia Ivaska, whose match takes place tomorrow (February 9th).
The game
Tsitsipas started the game very energetically, breaking Fokina’s first serve (2-0). However, the Spanish tennis player broke in the third game and equalized with his serve (2:2).
It wasn’t the only break as Fokina claimed the second straight break in game five (3-2), with Tsitsipas responding with his own break (3-3).
After the seventh game, Fokina was injured, but the doctor advised him to continue the game. He received applause for his decision to continue the game, even taking a break in the ninth game and taking the lead for dominance of the set.
However, Tsitsipas made some good shots and finished the game 7-5, winning the first set.
In the second set, the two tennis players started a little more balanced, as they defended their serve in the first five games, Tsitsipas made the coveted break in the sixth (4: 2) and took an important step towards winning the game.
Fokina responded with another break in the eighth set (4:4), with the two tennis players defending their serve and leading to the tie-break in which Fokina looked superior and in the end celebrated conquering the second set.
The third set was even tighter, in which the two tennis players put up a real fight and took every point, but were able to hold their serve in the end. All this up until the seventh game where Tsitsipas managed to break Fokina’s serve and hold in the eighth game (5-3).
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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.
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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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VIDEO. Match of the year from Coco Gauff and Zheng Qingwen in Rome
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