Tennis
Naomi Osaka back in quarters
(Miami) Naomi Osaka, 77and world, dominated Monday Alison Riske (50and) 6-3, 6-4, thus qualifying for the quarter-finals of the WTA 1000 in Miami, like last year.
To try to climb into the last four, the Japanese will face another American, Danielle Collins (11and), finalist of the last Australian Open and who eliminated the Tunisian Ons Jabeur (10and) 6-2, 6-4.
After obviously dealing with moments of frustration against Riske, the player who had been plagued with psychological problems for months concluded the game and let a big smile light up her face.
“Last year too I went to the quarters, but I didn’t feel well. This time, I live funny moments in my life, ”commented the ex-N. 1 worldwide.
The start of the match suggested that she was going to have to fight a long fight, she who had benefited from the withdrawal of the Czech Karolina Muchova, victim of abdominal pain, to reach the 8are of final.
After a very long first game on her serve (10 minutes), won on her third opportunity with an ace not without saving 4 break points, the Japanese quickly broke away 3-0.
She then had 5 set points on Riske’s serve, but the American won her face-off to come back at 5-3 and force her opponent to serve to win the set. Which was just a formality.
In the second set, Riske quickly made the break, but could not confirm his advantage. And Osaka regained control of the game by winning four games in a row. After missing a first match point on her opponent’s serve, the Japanese, four times Grand Slam titleholder, won on her face-off.
Plagued by recurring anxiety problems, she tries to find her highest level, as much as pleasure on the court.
Osaka revealed that she “started working with a therapist”, after wiping away a few tears ten days ago in Indian Wells where a spectator shouted “Naomi, you suck”.
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Diana Schneider and Mirra Andreeva / Photo: © Bradley Kanaris / Stringer / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
Our girls dared to make changes after the crumpled end of the season.
The duet of Russian tennis players Mirra Andreeva and Diana Schneider has become mega-popular throughout the tennis world over the past year and a half. During this time, the girls won prestigious titles and the love of fans, but in the new season the country will lose this powerful couple.
A successful year with a blurry ending
Mirra and Diana played together for the first time at the Olympic tournament in Paris in 2024. The girls immediately achieved significant success and brought the only medal to our country. The Russians were just a little short of winning gold. In the final they lost to Italians Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini.
After the Olympics, the girls continued to compete together in doubles. In 2025, they reached the semi-finals of Grand Slam tournaments twice. They also won WTA tournaments. Successful performances helped Schneider and Andreeva qualify for the final tournament in pairs. True, the performance in Riyadh ended in a fiasco for the girls – three defeats and elimination after the group stage.
It was obvious to the naked eye that both girls were very exhausted at the end of the year, both physically and emotionally. Because of this, Mirra even fell out of the top 8 in the world rankings at the last moment, losing the opportunity to play in the final singles tournament for the first time in her career.
New year – new partner
If we take the latest problems out of the equation, the Russians have had a successful season. All the more shocking was the news that at the Australian Open, which starts on January 18, Mirra will not play together with Schneider. This became known from a post by Australian tennis player Ellen Perez, who published applications for the Australian Open doubles tournament on her social networks.
In the new season, Andreeva continues to set ambitious goals for herself to win the title at the Grand Slam singles tournament. The tennis player admits that she wants to repeat the career successes of Rafael Nadal. Perhaps the athlete decided to focus on solo performances, which her coach Conchita Martinez has long called for.
Diana adheres to the old strategy: she will continue to perform both singles and pairs. Schneider found herself a new partner, and of a very high level. At the Australian Open, she will fight for the title along with Lyudmila Samsonova, who has repeatedly won WTA tournaments in duets. The 27-year-old Russian woman is now in 42nd place in the doubles ranking.
So far the athletes have not commented on this decision. Now it is difficult to even imagine whether one of the most successful Russian duets of recent times will ever again please with joint performances.
Source: Sportbox
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Tennis player Daniil Sarksyan has changed his sports citizenship and will play for Armenia.
The 19-year-old player’s profile on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) website states that he now represents Armenia.
Sarksyan is a native of Perm. At the age of 16, he moved to Rafael Nadal’s academy in Spain to train. At the end of 2025, the athlete ranks 1094th in the ATP rankings in singles.
In December, several Russian tennis players changed their sports citizenship, including Polina Kudermetova, Kamilla Rakhimova and Anastasia Potapova.
Source: Sportbox
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Four Ukrainian tennis players were included in the doubles entry list Australian Open 2025.
Ukrainian women will play in the doubles tournament on the courts of Melbourne: Marta Kostyuk, Dayana Yastremskaya, Lyudmila Kichenok and Nadezhda Kichenok. Unfortunately, there will be no all-Ukrainian tandem in Australia.
Kostyuk will perform alongside Elena-Gabriela Ruse at the Aus Open, and Yastremskaya will play alongside Alisha Parks.
Lyudmila and Nadezhda will not play together at AO-2026, although they will start the season with the same duet in the Brisbane 500 meters. It was announced that Lyudmila will be with Katie Volynets, and Nadezhda will be with Makoto Ninomiya.
Australian Open 2026 will take place from January 12 to February 1. Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk, Dayana Yastremskaya and Alexandra Oleynikova will represent Ukraine in singles. Yulia Starodubtseva, Angelina Kalinina, Daria Snigur and Vitaly Sachko will perform in the eliminations.
Source: Sport UA
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