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Berlin Open Bianca Andreescu loses in the first round

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Berlin Open Bianca Andreescu loses in the first round

(Berlin) Canada’s Bianca Andreescu lost in the first round at the Berlin Open, as Czech Marketa Vondrousova beat her 7-6 (0), 7-5 on Wednesday.

Andreescu gave up after a duel lasting 1 hour 40 minutes.

The 23-year-old Ontarian reached the second round in the Netherlands last week at the start of the grass season.

Andreescu, 35e in the world rankings, has now lost both of her career duels to Vondrousova, 53e.

Other first-round matches on Wednesday include sixth-seeded Maria Sakkari’s 6-4, 6-2 win over Alizé Cornet. For her part, Aliaksandra Sasnovich defeated Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 6-4.

There were also second round matches and Donna Vekic caused an upset by beating Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-4.

Vekic saved the two break points she gave to her rival.

Rybakina was playing a second game since forfeiting in the third round at the French Open due to a virus that affected his breathing.

Third-seeded Caroline Garcia of France reached the quarter-finals with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Jaimee Fourlis. She will face Czech No. 7 Petra Kvitova after the latter crushed Nadia Podoroska 6-1, 6-1 in 49 minutes.

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Australian Open Medvedev dominates Halys in second round

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Australian Open Medvedev dominates Halys in second round

(Melbourne) Quentin Halys, 83e world, held up well, but did not find the solution against the Russian Daniil Medvedev (12e) who won 6-7 (9/11), 6-3, 6-4, 6-2, Wednesday in the second round of the Australian Open.

The triple finalist in Melbourne (2021, 2022, 2024), beaten last year in the second round, will face the Hungarian Fabian Marozsan (47e) to try to climb into 8are of final.

After snatching the first set, Halys achieved the entry break in the second set and had three balls at 40/0 to lead 3-1.

But instead, the Russian chained five points in a row to get back to 2-2 and dominate the rest of the round. And the game ended with an ace.

Halys therefore does not equal his best Grand Slam result, obtained three times by reaching the third round at Wimbledon (2023, 2024) and Roland-Garros (2025).

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Quentin Halys

“Quentin played very well and I’m happy to have played at a good level to win,” commented Medvedev who believes he is not yet playing as well as in Brisbane where he won before coming to Melbourne where he is “struggling” to adapt to the courts.

“His forehand was very dangerous, even at the end when he was tired. But I dug deep and managed to prevail,” he added.

“It’s been over a year since I last got past the second round of a Grand Slam tournament, so I’m happy,” he added with a laugh.

He indeed played in the quarter-finals of the United States Open in 2024, where he won his only Grand Slam title to date in 2021, before falling in the second round in Melbourne in 2025 then in the first at Roland-Garros, Wimbledon and Flushing Meadows.

“Above all, I need to rebuild my confidence. If I win five more matches here (and therefore the title, Editor’s note), it will be great. But I will take the matches one after the other,” he concluded.

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Medvedev beat Alisa in the second round of the Australian Open

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Medvedev beat Alisa in the second round of the Australian Open

Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev beat Frenchman Quentin Halis in the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

The meeting ended with the score 6:7 (9:11), 6:3, 6:4, 6:2. The match lasted 3 hours 2 minutes.

In the next round, the 11th tournament seed Medvedev will play against Hungarian Fabian Marozan.

Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million

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Daniil Medvedev (Russia, 11) – Quentin Halis (France) – 6:7 (9:11), 6:3, 6:4, 6:2

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“She will be a tough opponent on clay” Svitolina appreciated Oleinikova’s performance

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“She will be a tough opponent on clay” Svitolina appreciated Oleinikova’s performance

Ukraine’s first racket Elina Svitolina He answered questions about the issue at a press conference Alexandra Oleynikova – Playing style and position regarding the presence of Russian and Belarusian players in the tour:

“Oleynikova’s style of play? She brings something new to the game. There are few players like that and it’s always interesting to watch how they set up play, how they create play. It’s very impressive for her to start like this in her first Grand Slam, playing well in her own way. This is very uncomfortable tennis. I think she will be a particularly difficult opponent on clay and you will have to work really hard to beat her.”

Oleynikova’s words regarding the suspension of Russian and Belarusian tennis players? The war has been going on for four years. We’ve talked about this many times, and for me it’s already… gone away. “The decisions have been made by the WTA and now we can just go out there and try to perform well, we can represent our country properly, we can use our voice to attract attention, we can help and remember we can also use our voice to draw attention to our homeland.”

On January 21, Svitolina defeated Linda Klimovicheva and reached the 1/16 final at the Australian Open. Oleynikova lost to major champion Madison Keys in the first round the day before and narrowly missed the first set.

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