Tennis
Sakkari in the 3rd round of the Rome Masters
As expected, Maria Sakkari easily advanced to the third round of the Rome Masters after eliminating Barbora Strykova with 2:0 sets (6:1, 6:3).
Maria Sakkari effortlessly overcame the obstacle of 37-year-old Czech Barbora Strykova and won with her 6-1, 6-3 Securing the qualification for the 3rd round of the Rome Masters.
For the Greek tennis player, this was her 20th win of the season (20-9) but also her 12th in the tournament (12-5), continuing her winning streak and going unbeaten at the Rome Tournament for the fifth consecutive series.
In set 1, Sakkari took advantage of Strykova’s tragic serve, gaining just 3 points without being able to hold it once. The world No. 8 won the first four games (two breaks) to take a 4-0 lead despite their low serve rates.
The Czech only managed to win back one of the two breaks and slipped to 4-1, but then Sakkari secured another break and serve to make it 6-1 and 1-0 after 33 minutes.
The 2nd set started with Strikova holding her first serve of the match, while immediately following she threatened Sakkari with a triple break point (0/40), but the Greek tennis player struggled to hold, resulting in 1: 1 equalization led. 1 .
What the Czech couldn’t do at that point, Sakkari did in the very next game with the first break opportunity and took a 2-1 lead, which she then extended to 3-1 with a loose serve.
Sakkari’s pressure on Strykova’s unstable serve continued, with the Greek tennis player claiming another break and winning her fourth straight game to make it 4-1 and then 5-1 immediately afterwards.
Strikova reduced to 5-2, while then not allowing Sakkari to end the game by recouping one of the Greek tennis player’s two breaks, making it 5-3, but Sakkari’s another break sealed victory to qualify for the next round.
In “32” Sakkari meets Bianca Andreescu and Marketa Vodrusova for a place in the 4th round of the competition.
Source: tennis24
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18 years old “neutral” Mirra Andreeva He sent fans away after the match at the Australian Open 2026.
On January 21, Andreeva defeated Maria Sakkari in the 1/32 final with scores of 6:0 and 6:4. After the end of the fight, Mirra said “Fuck you all” to applauding fans. Naturally, this was inaudible, but you can literally read this sentence on your lips.
On the 23rd, Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse will play against Andreeva. The meeting will start around 12:00 Kyiv time.
VIDEO. “To hell with you all” Andreeva told fans after her match at the Australian Open
Did he say what I thought he said???? 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/qH9hxmE0VX
— Lorena Popa 🕵️♀️🎾 (@popalorena) January 21, 2026
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January 23 Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina (WTA 12) The Australian Open will continue to be competed in 2026.
In the third round, the Ukrainian will play against a “neutral” team Diana Schneider (WTA 22). The match will start at 10:00 Kyiv time at Margaret Court Arena.
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This will be the first head-to-head meeting between the rivals.
The winner of the fight will face Elena-Gabriela Ruse or Diana Schneider in the second round.
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22 January at Australian Open 2026 1/32 final matches were played in the lower group of men’s singles.
Number two in the ATP world rankings and current champion Jannik the Sinner He defeated James Duckworth. He will then compete with Italian player Eliot Spizzirri.
Distinguished Novak Djokovic He coped with Francesco Maestrelli without any problems. Novak’s next opponent will be Botik van de Zandshulp.
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Old Marin Cilic and Stan Wawrinka also advanced to the third round by knocking out Denis Shapovalov and Arthur Hea respectively.
Hubert Hurkacz’s loss to Ethan Quinn was quite unexpected and came in three sets.
Among Thursday’s top 10 players, Lorenzo Musetti (beat Lorenzo Sonego), Ben Shelton (beat Dane Sweeney) and Taylor Fritz (beat Vit Koprzyva) won their second-round matches on Thursday.
On the 21st of the month, the 1/32 upper group final took place in Melbourne, and as a result, the star Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz took one step forward.
Australian Open 2026. 1/16 last pair
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Carlos Alcaraz [1] – Corentin Moutet [32]
Tommy Paul [19] – Alejandro Davidovic Fokina [14]
Alexander Bublik [10] – Thomas Martin Etcheverry
Francis Tiafoe [29] – Alex de Minaur [6]
Alexander Zverev [3] – Cameron Norrie [26]
Francisco Cherundolo [18] – Andrey Rublev [13]
Daniil Medvedev [11] – Fabian Marozan
Lerner Tien [25] – Nuno Borges
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Lorenzo Musetti [5] – Tomas Machac
Stan Wawrinka [WC] – Taylor Fritz [9]
Yakub Menshik [16] – Ethan Quinn
Botik van de Zandshulp – Novak Djokovic [4]
Ben Shelton [8] – Valentin Vachereau [30]
Marin Cilic Casper Ruud [12]
Karen Khachanov [15] – Luciano Darderi [22]
Eliot Spizziri – Jannik the Sinner [2]
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