Tennis
The judge brazenly robbed Medvedev in the US Open semi-finals. Monstrous injustice!
Daniil Medvedev / Photo: © Al Bello / Staff / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
After impeccable matches in the previous stages, the Russian hit a wall, which was prevented from being broken through by the referee’s chaos.
The US Open is one of Medvedev’s favorite tournaments. However, the tournament in New York does not always reciprocate his feelings.
In the semifinals of the 2020 US Open, Danya ran into a cruel referee and was ingloriously eliminated from the last major of the season.
Top favorite
After the canonical final of the US Open 2019, in which Medvedev and Nadal played an almost five-hour match, the Russian finally became one of the top players on the tour. Therefore, the next year he came to New York as one of the contenders for victory.
His main competitors – Djokovic and Thiem – calmly reached the fourth round, in which the Serbian had a world-famous story. Novak, during a match against Spaniard Carreno Busta, accidentally hit the line judge with the ball and was instantly disqualified.
The scandal with the first racket of the world, naturally, became the main topic of discussion. No one expected such a tough decision towards an authoritative player. However, Novak’s outcome made things easier for Medvedev on his way to triumph.
The main opponent was the Austrian Tim, who followed Danya through the bracket to the semi-finals. Dominic showed very confident tennis and lost only one set in five meetings – to the Croatian Marin Cilic.
Kilometer out
Medvedev spent the first set under constant pressure from the Austrian. Dominic was superior to our player in attacking actions, although this could not be called unexpected. Traditionally strong in defense, Daniil could not systematically maintain a high level and made many mistakes, or allowed his opponent to take the rally with his own blows.
But despite these problems, Medvedev clung to the first game. And, most likely, he would have retained a chance for a showdown at the end of the set, if not for the absurd actions of the judge and supervisor. In the sixth game, with the score 3:2, a fight ensued on Dani’s serve. Thiem earned a break point.
At the most important moment of the game, Medvedev hit the out of bounds with his first serve, but the referee did not notice it. The Austrian hit the ball into Dani’s half, and the Russian, by inertia, substituted his racket and immediately raised his hand, asking for a challenge. However, the arbitrator denied him this desire.
In most situations, such an episode could be played out, but not in this case. Firstly, it was about Tim’s break. Secondly, even live, the out was obvious to any viewer – several centimeters in length.
Medvedev rushed into the opponent’s half to mechanically show the referee where the ball landed. But instead of listening to the player, Damien Dumusois issued a warning to the Russian. Here, of course, Danya went completely crazy:
– It’s a joke? Is the US Open some kind of joke? Why don’t you give a challenge? What did I do to receive the warning? Oh sorry. Looks like I killed someone, right? My apologies. My sincere apologies for going to his half. “Oh my God,” Medvedev lamented in a dialogue with an emotionless supervisor.
But Djokovic’s experience clearly showed that arguing with the organizers is pointless. Danya did not continue to swear, but still lost the thread of the game and gave away the first game – 2:6.
Lacked character
In the second set, our player made a break. It seemed that the nightmare of the first game could be forgotten and we could begin to solve the main problem. But Tim was ready to fight to the last and pull out even dead balls.
When Danya came out to serve for the game, the Austrian literally chewed out the break, forcing his opponent to hit the net. Instead of equality in the score, Medvedev received a tiebreaker, where he lost in a spirited fight (7:9).
In the third game, our tennis player again earned a break, again came out to serve for the game with the score 5:3, had a set point, but instead of winning, he implemented the scenario of the second segment of the match. The Austrian, with character, pulled out a seemingly lost game and closed this semi-final with the second match point in the tiebreak – 6:2, 7:6, 7:6.
Medvedev was not like himself, dramatically giving Dominic two sets and “seeding” after Dani’s usual altercation with the judge. A semi-final from which useful conclusions can be drawn to be used in the upcoming battle with Alcaraz.
Source: Sportbox
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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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Yulia Starodubtseva – Ayla Tomlyanovich. Prediction and announcement for the Australian Open match
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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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
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