Tennis
Super comeback in the finale! Snigur wins 100k title in Spain
Ukrainian tennis player Daria Snigur (WTA 155) won the trophy in the tough ITF W100 series tournament held in Vitoria (Spain).
In the final of the competition, the Ukrainian defeated the representative of France in three sets. Jessica Ponchet (WTA 137) at 1 hour 40 minutes.
ITF W100 Victoria. Difficult. End
Daria Snigur (Ukraine) [6] – Jessica Ponchet (France) [3] – 3:6, 6:4, 6:1
Despite losing 0:4 in the second set, the Ukrainian player managed to win 6 games in a row and completely changed the course of the fight.
It was the second meeting of tennis players. The score was 1:1.
For Daria, this is the first championship since 2021.
For the third time in his career, Snigur played in the final of a tournament in this category and won the cup for the second time.
For Snigur, this was his 11th final at the ITF level of his career. Now it has 7 titles.
In the WTA Live rankings, Snigur moved up to 128th place.
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.
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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
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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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