January 19, Ukrainian tennis player Yulia Starodubtseva (WTA 110) will begin play in the 2026 Australian Open main draws.

In the first round, the Ukrainian player will play against the Australian representative Aily Tomljanovic (WTA76). The match will kick off with the opener of the evening session at John Cain Arena. The estimated start time of the match is 08.00 Kyiv time.

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This will be the second head-to-head meeting between the rivals. The score is 1:0 in favor of Ayla.

The winner of the match will face Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania, WTA 79) in the second match.

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On November 19, Yulia Starodubtseva (WTA 110) and Ayla Tomljanovic (WTA 76) will start competing at the Australian Open.

The meeting is planned to start at 08.00 Kyiv time.

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Yulia Starodubtseva

The Ukrainian athlete has already played six matches this season and won five of them. Starodubtseva started with a tournament held in Auckland, where she successfully qualified by beating Frenchwoman Ponchet and Austrian Tagger. Katie Boulter suffered defeat in the first round of the main round.

The tennis player also started the Australian Open with the qualifiers, where she beat the Frenchwoman Tubello 6:2, 3:6, 6:0. Then there were victories against the Greek Papamikhail, 6:1, 6:2. In the qualifying final, Starodubtseva defeated Bulgarian Tomova with sets 7:6, 6:2. The Ukrainian player is in good form ahead of this season’s first Grand Slam.

Ayla Tomljanovic

The Australian athlete is a typical middle player in world tennis. Even though there are breaks, it has been in the top 100 for a long time. Tomlyanovich is 32 years old, he can already be considered a veteran. Although the Australian Open is a tennis player’s home tournament, he performs worst here because he has never been able to advance beyond the second round.

Tomljanovic started this season with a tournament in Brisbane, where she defeated France’s Jacquemo with scores of 6:1, 6:3 and then lost in a tough fight to the powerful Carolina Muchova with scores of 6:4, 1:6, 6:7. There was also a tournament in Adelaide where they managed to beat Clara Towson 7:6, and the opponent refused. Ayla, who was ahead 2:0 in the first set of the second round, withdrew from the match due to a knee injury at 40:40 in her serve. It is unclear at this time whether he is 100% physically ready.

personal meetings

Tennis players met only once, it was in September last year, then in Beijing Tomljanovic managed to win in two sets: 7:6 and 6:2.

To guess

This couple does not have a clear favorite, maybe it will be easier for the Australian, the public will support him, his body is more accustomed to such a time zone. For tennis players at this level, every victory in a major is extremely valuable.

I am waiting for a difficult and unpredictable match that can end with any outcome, I will bet on more than 20.5 matches for 1.66.

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Yulia Starodubtseva

19.01.2026 –

08:00

Ayla Tomljanovic

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Turkish tennis player Zeynep Sönmez (WTA 112) has made a strong start to the 2026 Australian Open.

Turkish woman beat the world’s “neutral” 11th racket in three sets in the first round Ekaterina Aleksandrova In 2 hours 37 minutes.

Australian Open 2026. 1/64 finals

Ekaterina Aleksandrova [11] – Zeynep Sönmez (Türkiye) [Q] – 5:7, 6:4, 4:6

In the third match, Sönmez lost a single break and came back with a score of 0:3.

Zeynep will compete in the main draw of the Australian Open for the second time in her career and advanced to the second round for the first time. Her next opponent will be either Anna Bondar or Elisabette Mandlik.

Sönmez achieved the highest scoring victory of his career. Zeynep became the first Turkish representative to win the Aus Open main draws.

During the match, one of the ball players fell ill due to the heat and lost consciousness. Realizing that something was wrong, Sönmez immediately came to the rescue and put the girl on the chair.

VIDEO. Zeynep Sönmez helped the girl who lost consciousness

With respect to Zeynep Sönmez, who went to the aid of the ball boy who fainted on the field ❤️ pic.twitter.com/iHnX2TDaZ7

— TNT Sports (@tntsports) January 18, 2026

Video review of Ekaterina Aleksandrova – Zeynep Sönmez match

Photo gallery of the match (Zeynep Sönmez)