(Cincinnati) The young American Coco Gauff won the WTA 1000 tournament in Cincinnati on Sunday by beating the Czech Karolina Muchova in straight sets 6-3, 6-4.
At 19, the 5e world player wins the fifth title of her career, the third this year.
In scorching heat, Gauff gave his opponent no chance. She had released the world No.1, Iga Swiatek, the day before to qualify for the final.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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
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