Tennis
Tsitsipas congratulated Bandosa on Air on their win and received a heart
When Stefanos Tsitsipas was informed by the journalist that Paula Bandosa had also qualified for the 2nd round of Wimbledon, he radioed congratulated his beloved, who reciprocated by making a heart out of the box she was sitting in.
Paula Bandosa ran off to watch Stefanos Tsitsipas’ match against Thiem after beating Alison Risk at Wimbledon.
In the final, Greek tennis player defeated Dominic Thiem 3-2 sets after a fight of almost four hours. No. 5 did not know the course of his partner’s game before, the journalist informed him that he had moved on to the next stage.
Then Tsitsipas smiled and congratulated his beloved: “I would have found out. I had no idea. Congratulations.” to which Bandosa reciprocates with a heart.
Source: sport 24
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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In the first round, Daria lost to the 126th racket in the world.
Former Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina changed her sports citizenship last year. The transition to a foreign flag was framed with pathos – not without loud words about the “new homeland”. At the beginning of 2026, the athlete had to perform in front of her audience at the Australian Open. At home, as they say, even the walls help, so one could count on at least relative success.
But it seems that there are some other walls in Australia: Dasha failed, losing to the 126th racket in the world in the first round.
“Foreign women” in Australia
The main tournament of the Australian Open has started in Melbourne. In the women’s singles, in addition to several Russians playing in a neutral status, our former tennis players who moved under foreign flags are also fighting for the title. Yulia Putintseva, Elena Rybakina, Varvara Gracheva were joined last year by new “foreigners”: Anastasia Potapova, Polina Kudermetova, Kamilla Rakhimova and, of course, Daria Kasatkina.
Daria, by the way, had to make her debut at the Australian Open in a new status. The other day, Kasatkina received an Australian passport, but she changed her sports citizenship last year. Therefore, she entered the Melbourne court under the Australian flag. Judging by the flow of warm speeches addressed to the “new homeland,” the 28-year-old native of Togliatti really wanted to please the local public. But on the court it didn’t work out very well for her.
On the eve of the Australian Open, Dasha was eliminated in the first round of the tournament in Brisbane, losing to the newly minted Austrian Anastasia Potapova. In Adelaide, she reached the second round, but lost there with two “steering wheels”. In Melbourne, theoretically, one could count on at least an opening victory. In the first round, Kasatkina was confronted by far from the strongest opponent – the 126th racket of the world, Nikola Bartunkova.
Couldn’t stand the pressure
In a match where Kasatkina should have won without problems, she had difficulties already in the first set. Taking her serve, Daria gave the next two games to the Czech. Then she seemed to have straightened out the situation: before the next game she was leading 4:2 on her serve. But the ex-Russian managed to squander this advantage, losing the set in a tiebreaker.
In the second set, Kasatkina seemed to be able to prove to everyone that the failure at the start was an accident. The games went differently, but the fact is that the Australian tennis player won all six. After a rapid victory in the second game, it would seem that there was no longer any doubt about the outcome of the confrontation with an opponent from the second hundred in the world ranking.
In reality, everything turned out differently: Kasatkina quickly made a break, but then lost four games in a row. Coming back from a 2:5 score in the deciding set is problematic in any situation. Daria tried and confidently took the serve to zero, but that was where the positive moments ended for her. The Australian tennis player could not withstand the pressure of her opponent and, after a series of mistakes, ended the fight at the tournament. The stands, by the way, didn’t really grieve over this, but warmly greeted the victory of the tennis player from the Czech Republic.
Source: Sportbox
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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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