Tennis
Greece host Slovakia for Davis Cup World Group I
According to the draw at the ITF offices, Greece will host Slovakia for World Group I next September.
Alex Molchan and his company will be welcomed by our national team as per the draw at the ITF offices next September and they have involved both World Group I and World Group II.
The total of 48 teams (in both groups) will compete in 24 home and away games, which will be played either on September 15-16 or over the two days of September 16-17. The date and the choice of place are determined by the host teams.
Winners (of 3 wins) from World Group I matches will qualify for Davis Cup qualifiers with the goal of qualifying for the 2024 Davis Cup Finals.
Slovakia, currently No. 25 in the world rankings, were finalists at the event in 2005 where they were beaten 3-2 by Croatia and are coming off the 4-0 defeat by the Netherlands in Groningen last week.
Besides Molčan, Slovakia have two more players in the top-200 in Josef Kovalik and Lukas Klein, while Lukas Pokorny and Petar Benjamin Privara complete the team.
The World Group I pairs in detail
- Bosnia – Germany (1)
- Bulgaria – Kazakhstan (2)
- Belgium (3) – Uzbekistan
- Argentina (4) – Lithuania
- Ukraine – Colombia (5)
- Hungary (6) – Turkey
- Israel-Japan (7)
- Austria (8) – Portugal
- Greece – Slovakia (9)
- Peru – Norway (10)
- Romania (11) – Chinese Taipei
- Denmark – Brazil (12)
The World Group II pairs in detail
- Monaco – Ecuador (1)
- India (2) – Morocco
- New Zealand (3) – Thailand
- Mexico (4) – China
- Pakistan (5) – Indonesia
- Uruguay (6) – Egypt
- Lebanon (7) – Jamaica
- Slovenia (8) – Luxembourg
- Georgia – Tunisia (9)
- El Salvador (10) – Ireland
- Hong Kong – Latvia (11)
- Poland (12) – Barbados
Source: Tennis24
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Number three in the ATP rankings Alexander Zverev He reached the quarter-finals of the 2026 Australian Open, played on the hard courts of Melbourne Park.
In the fourth round of the major, Zverev confidently defeated the representative of Argentina in three sets Francisco Cherundolo (ATR 21) in 2 hours 12 minutes.
Australian Open 2026. 1/16 finals
Alexander Zverev (Germany) [3] – Francisco Cherundolo (Argentina) [18] – 6:2, 6:4, 6:4
Zverev played against Cherundolo for the sixth time and defeated his opponent for the third time.
Last year Alexander lost to Jannik Sinner in the Australian Open final. Zverev’s next opponent will be either Daniil Medvedev or Lerner Thien.
Zverev became the second quarterfinalist of AO-2026. Previously, Carlos Alcaraz reached this stage by beating Tommy Paul.
Photo gallery of the match
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The first racket of the world, Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, broke Serbian Novak Djokovic’s record for the number of tiebreakers won in a row at Grand Slam tournaments, OptaAce reports on social networks.
On Saturday, Sabalenka beat Canada’s Victoria Mboko 6-1, 7-6 (7-1) to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. Sabalenka won her 20th consecutive tiebreaker at Grand Slam tournaments and set a new record, surpassing Djokovic’s achievement (19).
“I’m upset now,” Djokovic responded to the record on social networks.
In the next round of competition, Sabalenka will meet with 18-year-old American Iva Jovic.
Source: Sportbox
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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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