Tennis
The fall of a legend. Venus takes most devastating defeat at US Open
Legendary American tennis player Venus Williams (USA, WTA 410) completed its performance at the 2023 US Open.
In the 1/64th finals of the American Major, Venus Sr. was defeated. Gret Minnen (Belgium, WTA 97) Two sets of 1 hour and 15 minutes.
US Open 2023. 1/64 finals
Gret Minnen (Belgium) – Venus Williams (USA) – 6:1, 6:1
It was the first meeting of tennis players.
In the next round, Minnen will play against Sachiya Vickery.
For Venus, this is the most devastating defeat of her career at the US Open. Earlier this was a third round loss to Serena Williams in 2018. Then the older sister only got 3 matches.
Venus Williams is a two-time US Open champion. She made her 24th main draw and 100th game.
Highlights of the match:
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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
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Ukrainian tennis player Yulia Starodubtseva (WTA 110) She completed her campaign at the 2026 Australian Open.
The Ukrainian player was defeated in three sets in the first round Family Tomljanovic (Australia, WTA 78) in 2 hours 33 minutes.
Australian Open 2026. 1/64 finals
Yulia Starodubtseva (Ukraine) [Q] – Ayla Tomljanovic (Australia) – 6:4, 6:7 (3:7), 1:6
Starodubtseva held her second head-to-head match against Tomljanovic. In 2025, Yulia lost to Ayla at the start of the WTA 1000 competition in Beijing.
Starodubtseva started with the qualifiers at the Australian Open, where she managed to defeat Alice Tubello, Despina Papamikhail and Victoria Tomova.
Yulia played on the courts of Melbourne for the third time in her career and has not yet managed to get past the first round of the main draw.
Tomljanovic will play in the 1/32 final against Elena-Gabriela Ruse, who knocked out Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska the previous day.
In addition to Starodubtseva and Yastremskaya, Marta Kostyuk also left the Australian slam from the Ukrainian representatives. So far, the only Ukrainian who has managed to advance to the second round of AO-2026 is Elina Svitolina. Angelina Kalinina and Alexandra Oleynikova will start at the Major on the 20th.
Video review of the match
Photo gallery of the match
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Tennis
The Canadian tennis player was unable to finish her match at the Australian Open due to cramps and left the court in a wheelchair
Canadian tennis player Marina Stakusic was unable to complete her first round match at the Australian Open against Australian Priscilla Hon due to cramps.
Stakusic refused to continue fighting in the match with the score 6:1, 4:6, 3:5.
She was able to leave the court only with the help of a medical team, who put the athlete in a wheelchair.
“I really hope she gets better, because there was a real drama there.”
Of course, I didn’t want to win this way, but I’m very glad that I made it to the second round,” 7news quotes Hong.
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