Tennis
Ukrainian hard framed Azarenka at Wimbledon. The excuse looks pathetic
Drunk fans booed the Belarusian tennis player without understanding the situation.
Wimbledon 2023 risks becoming the most scandalous in history. On Sunday, drunken fans, not understanding the situation, whistled dissatisfied with ex-first racket of the world Victoria Azarenka from the court after the end of the game with Ukrainian Elina Svitolina.
Oh, how wrong they were!
“She doesn’t want to shake hands with Russians”
The match of the 1/8 finals of the women’s singles at Wimbledon between Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenka and Ukrainian Elina Svitolina gave the audience a spectacular confrontation. But almost a three-hour game faded into the background after the disapproving reaction of the audience to the lack of a handshake between the athletes.
After the loss, Azarenka did not approach the net, as is customary among tennis players, but thanked Elina from a distance. The Belarusian athlete only shook hands with the judge. Such a “cold greeting” between the participants of the match is explained by Svitolina’s reluctance to shake hands with all the players from Russia and Belarus.
Victoria packed her things and headed to the under-tribune room. The fans began to whistle and buzz disapprovingly, believing that Vika had shown disrespect to the victorious rival. The reaction of the stands caused only an ironic smile from Azarenka. At the press conference, Victoria also adequately commented on the post-match incident.
“Am I a victim of someone not shaking my hand? I am begging you! She does not want to shake hands with Russians and Belarusians. I respected her decision. What should I do, stand and wait? the tennis player said.
In fact, Svitolina harshly framed her opponent, setting fans who did not understand the situation on her. Svitolina herself, after the incident, did not apologize to Azarenka, but made a ridiculous statement. Like, the organizers should explain to the audience about the reluctance of Ukrainian players to shake hands with Russians and Belarusians. Does Elina want anything more?
Drunk crowd in the stands
At the same time, the Belarusian athlete raised a very burning issue for yesterday’s games at Wimbledon. The July weather in the UK does not seem to be particularly hot for the spectators in the stands. July 9 was around 20 degrees. But local fans behaved somehow too inadequately.
— I think it was a great tennis match. If people only focus on the handshakes or the crowd, the rather drunken crowd booing at the end of the match, it will be sad,” Azarenka added.
The audience really behaved inappropriately that day. The match of Russian tennis players Anastasia Potapova and Mirra Andreeva was stopped due to an incident with alcohol.
Someone in the stands came up with an idea right before Potapova’s serve. The spectator opened a bottle of champagne with a loud sound. The referee even had to stop the game and reprimand the viewer.
“Ladies and gentlemen, please, if you open a bottle, don’t do it when the players are about to serve,” the referee said.
At the same time, the rules of Wimbledon are clearly established: the audience must uncork all bottles even before they appear in the stands.
Such ambiguous incidents once again raise questions about the work of the organizers, who this year do not take the best care of maintaining order at the tournament.
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.
Elina Svitolina01/21/2026 –
02:00
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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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Elina Svitolina – Linda Klimovichova. Prediction and announcement for the Australian Open match
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