Tennis
Venus Williams: “Pray for my health so I can go to court”
American tennis player Venus Williams He commented on the unexpected victory over a top 20 WTA ranked tennis player at competitions in Cincinnati. She stopped 43-year-old American Veronika Kudermetova in the first lap (6:4, 7:5).
“This is just the first step of the tournament and I’m looking forward to the matches at this stage to try and find some rhythm. This is not easy.
This is a very difficult year with injuries. I just wish you good luck. He smiled at me today.
A certain satisfaction from today is all the work done just to be here. The fall at Wimbledon was very, very shocking to me. I couldn’t believe it was happening, especially after all the trauma I’ve been through over the years. “How did that happen?” I thought. It was very difficult for me.
That’s why I’m so happy to be here. I did my best to come here as soon as possible and this time in the best form I could get. The good news is that I was able to win with very little time to prepare.
I play better each time. That’s why I say to everyone: pray for me, pray for my health so I can keep going on the field (smiles),” said Venus.
Source: Sport UA
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37-year-old Croatian tennis player Marin Cilic (ATP 70) Made a successful start to the 2026 Australian Open.
In the first round, Croatia beat the German representative in three sets Daniel Altmaier (ATP 44) In 2 hours and 1 minute, he caused the opponent team to lose two balls in the first two matches.
Australian Open 2026. 1/64 finals
Daniel Altmaier (Germany) – Marin Cilic (Croatia) – 0:6, 0:6, 6:7 (3:7)
Cilic played his first head-to-head match against Altmaier.
Cilic became the first unseeded player since Philipp Petzschner at the 2012 Australian Open to win the first two sets of a match at a Grand Slam, 6-0.
It’s funny that Altmaier was red-capped three times in a row and lost 25 games in total. Before the Australian Open 2026, Daniel played in competitions in Adelaide and lost to Jauma Munyar 3:6, 0:6 in the first round, but was ahead with a score of 3:0.
Cilic will play against 21st-seeded Denis Shapovalov (Canada, ATP 23) in the second round of the major tournament in Melbourne.
Video review of the match
Photo gallery of the match
Source: Sport UA
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Tennis
Swiatek begins his journey to win his first Australian Open trophy with a hard-fought victory
January 19 Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek He made a successful start to the 2026 Australian Open.
In the first round, the Polish woman defeated the Chinese representative in two sets Yuan Yue (WTA 130) in 1 hour 57 minutes.
Australian Open 2026. 1/64 finals
Yuan Yue (China) [Q] – Iga Swiatek (Poland) [2] – 6:7 (5:7), 3:6
Returning with a score of 3:5 in the first game, Iga did not allow his opponent to serve for the set in the 10th game.
Swiatek played against Yuan Yue for the second time. At the end of September 2025, Iga defeated the Chinese woman in the second round of competition in Beijing.
Iga has yet to win the Australian Open trophy. Her next opponent will be Czech Maria Bouzkova (Czech Republic, WTA 44).
Swiatek became the first tennis player since Carolina Pliskova (25 consecutive wins from Wimbledon 2016 to Australian Open 2023) to win 25 or more consecutive opening matches in women’s singles Grand Slam tournaments.
Video review of the match
Photo gallery of the match
Source: Sport UA
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Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva reached the second round of the Australian Open.
In the first round match, Andreeva, who received the eighth seed, defeated Croatian Donna Vekic with a score of 4:6, 6:3, 6:0. The meeting lasted just under two hours.
The next opponent of the first racket of Russia will be Maria Sakkari from Greece.
Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million
Women. First round
Mirra Andreeva (Russia, 8) — Donna Vekic (Croatia) — 4:6, 6:3, 6:0.
Source: Sportbox
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