Tennis
The tennis player spit on the traditions of Wimbledon. But by cunning escaped punishment
Yannick Sinner / Photo: © Clive Brunskill / Staff / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
Yannick Sinner decided not to follow the dress code, but no one even thought to punish the fashionista.
The organizers of Wimbledon are fighting for their identity with incredible tenacity, each time tightening the rules.
Any appearance of tennis players on and off the court is regulated and, it would seem, there can be no exceptions. However, the young, but already well-known on the world tour, Yannick Sinner, went against tradition.
His appearance in the first round match went down in history, but the Italian fashionista was not even punished.
Strict dress code
The most prestigious grass tournament in the world has always had a strict dress code:
– Participants must wear appropriate tennis attire, which is almost all white, and this applies from the moment a player enters the area surrounding the court, the official Wimbledon rules state.
This also applies to equipment: “medical supplies and equipment should be, if possible, white, but if absolutely necessary, they can be painted in other colors.” These nuances are closely monitored, so that for almost a century and a half one can recall enough cases when tennis players were fined for not following these rules.
For example, last year, the notorious Australian Nick Kyrgios, after losing the final to Novak Djokovic, wore a red cap during the award ceremony and received a punishment of almost $ 10,000 for this, as he himself admitted in one of the tennis podcasts.
– Personalities in tennis are a bit non-standard. I feel like I’m not doing something crazy, the Australian complained then.
Workaround
The modest Italian Yannick Sinner is difficult to compare with Kiryos in temperament, however, the 21-year-old tennis player managed to excel at Wimbledon, which started this week. In the first round match against the Argentinean Cherundolo, the eighth racket of the world entered the court with two bags.
One of them fully complied with the rules of the tournament, while the other was made in brown with red and green straps of the premium Italian brand Gucci. According to the New York Times, this is the first time in 146 years that a player has taken a luxury bag onto the court.
– Indeed, this is a significant moment. For the first time, a high-class luxury accessory was brought to the court. The perfect bag is big enough to hold all the things I need on the court, yet easy to carry around,” Sinner said proudly.
Interestingly, the organizers of the tournament did not come up with any punishment for Yannick. It turned out that even among such strict rules one can find workarounds. The Italian simply applied in advance for approval of the bag by the International Tennis Federation, ATP and Wimbledon, as it was designed by the fashion house especially for him.
In addition to the exceptions for the Italian, this year the organizers allowed the athletes to wear dark underwear for the first time. Tennis players fought for this right for a long time, but only in 2023 did they make concessions. Apparently, Wimbledon is increasingly difficult to fight to preserve their traditions.
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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