Tennis
Novak Djokovic: “Without a doubt, Alcaras deservedly won”
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic talked about the main mistakes he played against Spaniard Carlos Alcaras in the final match of the Wimbledon tournament.
“Are you more upset about the tie-break or the break in the fifth set? About tie-break. To be honest, the backhand disappointed me. At the set point, I missed the backhand when I shouldn’t have. Then at 6:6, another backhand came from the middle of the court to the nets. Two very weak backstabs, that’s all – the match was turned upside down. He added a lot in the third set and I couldn’t recover for a long time.
In the middle of the fourth set I was able to regroup and regain the initiative – that was my chance. I think I played well at the timeout, but today it was very windy and the wind took the ball to a place where I couldn’t shoot – I had to drive the wall in the fall. I clearly saw him running to the opposite corner, I wanted to take him by surprise, but I didn’t hit him. He took a break in the next match and then defended his field until the end.
There are regrets. I had luck. I could have played a better tie-break – but you have to give him credit, he struggled and showed incredible defensive skills and dribbling shots that gave him a break in the fifth set. Without a doubt, he deservedly won today, ”admitted Djokovic.
Source: Sport UA
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Kazakh tennis player Elena Rybakina reached the second round of the Grand Slam tournament in Australia.
At the start of the competition, the fifth racket of the world beat Slovenian Kaja Juvan, who finished in the top 100 in the world rankings. The meeting lasted 1 hour 12 minutes and ended with a score of 6:4, 6:3 in favor of Rybakina.
In the next round, the Moscow native will play against French representative Varvara Gracheva. Both athletes previously competed at international tournaments for Russia.
Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million
Women. First round
Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan, 5) – Kaya Juvan (Slovenia) – 6:4, 6:3.
Source: Sportbox
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Tennis
Alexandrova and Venus Williams failed to reach the second round of the Australian Open in doubles
Russian tennis player Ekaterina Alexandrova and American Venus Williams failed to reach the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.
In the first round match, Alexandrova and Williams lost to the duo Emilian Arango/Elsa Jacquemot (Colombia/France) with a score of 6:7 (3:7), 4:6. The meeting lasted 1 hour 29 minutes.
The next rivals of Arango and Jacquemot will be the winners of the meeting McCartney Kessler/Jessica Pegula (both USA) – Gabriela Dabrowski/Louise Stefani (Canada/Italy, 5).
Earlier, Alexandrova and Williams also completed their performance in singles.
Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million
Women. Doubles. 1st circle
Emiliana Arango/Elsa Jacquemot (Colombia/France) — Ekaterina Alexandrova/Venus Williams (Russia/USA, WC) – 7:6 (7:3), 6:4.
Source: Sportbox
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33-year-old former world No. 1 and Czech tennis player Carolina Pliskova (WTA1057) has made a successful start to the 2026 Australian Open.
In the first round, the Czech defeated the 32-year-old American in two sets. Sloane Stephens (WTA 1102) in 1 hour 35 minutes.
Australian Open 2026. 1/64 finals
Carolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) – Slovan Stevens (USA) [Q] – 7:6 (9:7), 6:2
This was the eighth head-to-head meeting between the rivals. Carolina beat Sloane for the second time.
Pliskova earned her first victory at the Tour level since the 2024 US Open. Since then Caroline has had two ankle surgeries.
Stevens started the Australian Open with qualification. In the election, the American defeated Barbora Palicova, Olivia Gabeki and Lucia Bronzetti.
Pliskova will compete with Indonesian representative Janice Tjen, who knocked out 22nd seed Leila Fernandez, in the second round of the majors.
Video review of the match
Photo gallery of the match
Source: Sport UA
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The Moroccan national team entered the top 10 of the FIFA rankings and set a personal best
The Moroccan national team striker suffered a serious injury in the Africa Cup of Nations final
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