Tennis

Iga Swiatek stays ahead

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3 years ago

February 6, 2023

Nancy

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Polish Iga Swiatek

(Paris) The Polish Iga Swiatek dominates an unchanged Top 20 of the WTA rankings on Monday, in which the podium is still occupied by the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, crowned at the Australian Open, and the Tunisian Ons Jabeur.

The French Caroline Garcia, beaten Sunday in the final in Lyon by Alycia Parks, failed to overtake Jessica Pegula and remains 5^e. On the other hand, it has picked up a few points and is only 205 units behind on the 4^e.

Parks, victorious in Lyon, is precisely the author of the performance of the week. The American progresses by 28^e places to reach 51^e rank, the best ranking of his career.

The other WTA 250 tournament of the week was won in Thailand by the Chinese Lin Zhu who reached the 41^e rank (+13 places). Her unfortunate opponent in the final, the Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko takes the last place in the Top 100.

Ranking

Iga Swiatek (POL) 10,485 pts
Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 6100
Ons Jabeur (TUN) 5210
Jessica Pegula (USA) 5000
Caroline Garcia (FRA) 4795
Coco Gauff (USA) 3992
Maria Sakkari (GRE) 3811
Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 3380
Belinda Bencic (SUI) 2905
Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 2815
Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 2740
Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 2340
Petra Kvitova (CZE) 2281
Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 2195
Simona Halep (ROM) 2141
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 2138
Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 2030
Anett Kontaveit (EST) 1909
Lyudmila Samsonova (RUS) 1905
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 1880

Source: lapresse

Nancy

I am a sports journalist who has worked in print and online. I have authored articles for a sports website and have covered sports news for over 6 years.

Tennis

Daniil Medvedev – Lerner Thien. Watch online. Live broadcast

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1 hour ago

January 25, 2026

Nancy

Daniil Medvedev – Lerner Thien. Watch online. Live broadcast

The men’s singles draw for the last 16 matches at the 2026 Australian Open will be held on January 25.

They will enter the Margaret Court Arena at approximately 09:30 Kyiv time. Daniil Medvedev (ATR 12) and Lerner Tien (USA, ATP 29).

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This will be the fourth head-to-head meeting between the rivals. The score is 2:1 in Tien’s favor.

The winner of the match will face Alexander Zverev or Francisco Cherundolo in the quarter-finals.

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Nancy

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Tennis

World number one Alcaraz reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open

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3 hours ago

January 25, 2026

Gary

World number one Alcaraz reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open

Carlos Alcaraz / Photo: © Darrian Traynor / Staff / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru

The first racket of the world, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.

In the fourth round, Alcaraz defeated American Tommy Paul with a score of 7:6 (8:6), 6:4, 7:5. The meeting lasted 2 hours 44 minutes.

The next opponent of the 22-year-old Spaniard will be the winner of the match Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan, 10) – Alex De Minaur (Australia, 6).

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Carlos Alcaraz (Spain, 1) – Tommy Paul (USA, 19) – 7:6 (8:6), 6:4, 7:5

Source: Sportbox

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Tennis

American Jovic, at the age of 18, reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the first time, where she will play Sabalenka.

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4 hours ago

January 25, 2026

Gary

American Jovic, at the age of 18, reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the first time, where she will play Sabalenka.

Iva Jovic / Photo: © Clive Brunskill / Staff / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru

American tennis player Iva Jovic has reached the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam tournament in Australia.

In the 1/8 final match, Jovich, who received the 29th seed, beat the representative of Kazakhstan, Yulia Putintseva, with a score of 6:0, 6:1. The meeting lasted 54 minutes.

According to Opta Ace, 18-year-old Jovic repeated the result of her eminent compatriot Venus Williams from 1998, reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in women’s singles without losing games. Earlier, the young athlete knocked out the representative of the top 10, Italian Jasmine Paolini, from the tournament bracket. In the next round of the competition, Jovic will play against world number one Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus.