Tennis
Wimbledon bombarded with complaints about Azarenka. What pissed off the British so much?
Victoria impressed the audience with her behavior during the pranks, but was not going to change her habits.
Women’s tennis is impossible to watch indifferently. Even at first glance, ordinary matches can turn into an emotional drama.
In the third round of Wimbledon 2011, Victoria Azarenka, in her usual manner, reacted to every ball rally, but this caused a strong reaction from the stiff British public.
Even the management of the oldest tennis tournament intervened in the matter …
On the way to great victories
Now the status of Victoria Azarenka in the tennis world is respected. The ex-first racket of the world won two Grand Slam tournaments (Australian Open-2012, 2013), the gold of the 2012 Olympics in mixed doubles with Maxim Mirny and many WTA tour competitions.
But in 2011, the career of the then 21-year-old Belarusian athlete was just beginning to accelerate. In the spring, Vika got into the top 5 of the world ranking for the first time and came to Wimbledon in the status of one of the favorites. And she managed to show another breakthrough – for the first time she reached the semifinals of the Grand Slam tournament, where she lost to the future winner Petra Kvitova.
However, Azarenka showed herself most clearly in the third round match against the Slovak tennis player Daniela Hantukhova. By that time, Vika had already established herself as one of the loudest athletes on the tour – in the first round she made a sound with a power of 95 decibels, which was only slightly short of Maria Sharapova’s record of 105 decibels.
Against the background of the quiet cries of Hantukhova, Azarenka’s voice sounded even more convincing, and outwardly it looked extremely anecdotal. The match itself was full of errors, so the quality of the game faded into the background. The audience laughed at what was happening and openly laughed at the actions of Azarenka.
Shouting is part of a successful career
Even before the start of that Wimbledon, the Belarusian athlete admitted that such screams are part of her respiratory system. This reaction allows her to develop more power while hitting the ball, so she is not going to change her approach.
However, the more she squealed, the more the British laughed, and to increase the reaction, the audience began to rock the seats in the stands, which caused a characteristic creak, similar to the exclamations of Azarenka. The match turned into a real absurdity.
This unusual situation has not gone unnoticed. Wimbledon chief executive Ian Ritchie said he sympathizes with fans who are bombarding him with letters complaining about the problem, but he is powerless to do anything about it:
“We have discussed this with the tour participants and we believe that it would be useful to reduce the number of such shouts,” he said.
Vika won that match, and in the next she developed her success. So such a reaction to the draws, apparently, really helps Azarenka achieve results. After 13 years, she is still in business and again performs at the most prestigious grass tournament in the world. In the match against Argentina’s Podoroski, she will fight for a place in the third round, where our Daria Kasatkina is already waiting for her opponent.
Source: Sportbox
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Tennis
Elina Svitolina – Linda Klimovichova. Prediction and announcement for the Australian Open match
They will face each other in the second round of the Australian Open on January 21 Elina Svitolina (WTA 12) and Linda Klimovichova (WTA 134).
The match will start at 02.00 Kyiv time.
Sport.ua together with a betting partner bet announcing the upcoming fight!
Elina Svitolina
Ukraine had as many as six representatives in the Australian Open main draw, but only Svitolina managed to get past the first round. The tennis player started here with a 6:4, 6:1 victory against Spaniard Buksha. There were difficulties in the first match when we had to come back from 1:3.
So far Elina’s season is going well, she took the cup in Auckland, her winning streak has already reached six matches. In the first match of the tournament, the Ukrainian player had only 49% of the first serve and made half as many errors as his opponent.
Ukraine’s first racquet is currently in good shape but has yet to face top opponents this year. If she is successful in the next match, Elina will face the winner of Tallia Gibson – Diana Schneider.
Linda Klimovichova
The Polish tennis player has been actively playing on the tour since 2022, but only now has he managed to get into the main draw of a major tournament for the first time. Here Klimovichova started with the qualifiers, where she did not lose a single match; The Australians passed in the order of Webb Sem – 6:2, 6:1 and Carbera – 6:4, 7:5. In the qualifying final, a 6:4 and 6:4 victory was achieved against Belgian Minnen.
Already in the main round the Polish woman defeated the British Francesca Jones, her opponent withdrew, losing 2:6, 2:3. Klimovichova was remembered for her active play in her last match, which was not completed, she achieved 24 wins, 8 against her opponent. Psychologically, this will not be difficult for a Polish woman; They don’t expect much from him.
To guess
The athletes had never met each other before, which is not surprising, since Polish women play very little in top-level tournaments. Svitolina is the favorite of these two, but Klimovichova can perform well in tennis.
Although the Polish athlete is 10 years younger, Elina should have no problems with endurance. Although the bookmakers are confident in the success of the Ukrainian athlete, I would take a total bet of more than 18.5 matches for 1.71.
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All first round matches ended on January 20 Australian Open 2026. According to the results of the matches, they could not advance to the second round. 15 seeded players.
On the third day, two seeded tennis players and three seeded tennis players left the major. Tallon Grikspor completed the men’s competition [23] and João Fonseca [28]and for women: Maya Joynt [30]Leila Fernandez [22] and Lyudmila Samsonova [18].
The seeded tennis players who left the Australian Open 2026 on January 20:
- R1: Tallon Grixpor [23] – Ethan Quinn – 2:6, 3:6, 2:6
- R1: João Fonseca [28] – Eliot Spizziri – 4:6, 6:2, 1:6, 2:6
The seeded tennis players who left the Australian Open 2026 on January 20:
- R1: Maya Joynt [30] – Teresa Valentova – 4:6, 4:6
- R1: Leila Fernandez [22] – Janice Tjen – 2:6, 6:7 (1:7)
- R1: Lyudmila Samsonova [18] – Laura Siegemund – 6:0, 5:7, 4:6
Top seeded tennis players who left the Australian Open after the first round:
- Felix Auger-Aliassime [7]
- Jiri Legechka [17]
- Flavio Cobolli [20]
- Tallon Grixpor [23]
- Arthur Rinderknesh [24]
- Brandon Nakashima [27]
- João Fonseca [28]
Top seeded tennis players who left the Australian Open after the first round:
- 🏳️ Ekaterina Aleksandrova [11]
- Emma Navarro [15]
- Lyudmila Samsonova [18]
- Marta Kostyuk [20]
- Leila Fernandez [22]
- Dayana Yastremskaya [26]
- Sofia Kenin [27]
- Maya Joynt [30]
Source: Sport UA
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39-year-old French tennis player and husband of Elina Svitolina Gael Monfils (ATP 110) Withdrew from the 2026 Australian Open.
The Frenchman lost to the Australian in four sets in the first round of the major tournament in Melbourne Dane Sweeney (ATP 182) in 3 hours 54 minutes.
Australian Open 2026. 1/64 finals
Dane Sweeney (Australia) [Q] – Gael Monfils (France) – 6:7 (3:7), 7:5, 6:4, 7:5
Monfils played on the Australian Open courts for the 20th time. For Gael, this was his last match at the Australian slam; He will retire in 2026.
Gael’s best results at the Aus Open are quarter-finals in 2016 and 2022. Sweeney will face eighth seed Ben Shelton in the second round.
“First of all, thank you very much. My journey started with you in 2005 – that’s when I first came here. Now the year is 2026 and somehow this is already the finish line. Thank you very much for this amazing journey. You were incredible. Thank you very much. I have very good memories here… Great battles. I am lucky to have played here for many years.”
Source: Sport UA
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