Tennis
Tsitsipas: “Fatigue is no excuse, I am disappointed”
Stefanos Tsitsipas did not hide his disappointment with our national team’s defeat against Slovakia, but also with his personal performance.
Stefanos Tsitsipas was visibly disappointed by our national tennis team’s defeat against Slovakia in the Davis Cup and made no secret of it at the press conference.
First, the leading Greek tennis player explained: “The game definitely didn’t go well. During the game my serve was often not good and that was a disadvantage. It was very difficult to find solutions. They have all reacted very well in the last few days and we have increased the pressure. It was difficult to play with the wind, I’m sure it was the same for my opponent. Unfortunately there’s nothing we can do about that.”
When asked afterwards about the many hours he spent on the pitch, he said: “I expected this to happen in back-to-back games. I knew it wouldn’t be easy. Slovakia is higher than us in the rankings and overall. I knew I had to play three games in two days, so fatigue wasn’t an issue.” Sorry. Mentally I was ready to play three games, I didn’t play the tennis I wanted to show my team and the world.
I’m disappointed because I came here because of the qualifications. Psychologically, the most important thing was to win the doubles because it would give me the impetus to put more energy into the singles. It’s not that I felt pressured, but in times like these it’s important to have a track to feel less pressure on you. We continue to hope for better games in the future.”
Finally, he was asked to award a title for the historic first time tennis was played in Kallimarmaro: “Tennis is glorified at one of Greece’s most historic sites”.
Source: sport 24
Kazakhstani tennis player Yulia Putintseva (WTA 105) can compete with Ukraine Marty Kostyuk (WTA 20) in the second round of the 2026 Australian Open.
Putintseva lost in the first round of the Australian major Beatrice Hadda Mayu (Brazil, WTA 59) in 2 hours 55 minutes.
Kostyuk will face Putintseva if she defeats Elsa Jacquemot (France, WTA 58) in the 1/64 final match.
Australian Open 2026. 1/64 finals
Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) – Beatriz Haddad Maya (Brazil) – 3:6, 7:5, 6:2
Photo gallery of the match
Source: Sport UA
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Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremskaya (WTA 27) has completed its campaign at the 2026 Australian Open.
In the first round, the Ukrainian player was defeated in two sets. Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania, WTA 79) In 1 hour 50 minutes.
Australian Open 2026. 1/64 finals
Dayana Yastremskaya (Ukraine) [26] – Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania) – 4:6, 5:7
In the second game, Dayana was trailing 1:5 but managed to regain Ruse’s serve twice. The Ukrainian saved four match points and looked to start a comeback, but lost two games with a score of 5:5 and gave up the match.
Yastremskaya had her third match against Ruse and suffered her third defeat.
Diana performed on the Melbourne courts for the eighth time. Its best result is the semi-final stage in 2024.
Yastremskaya will continue to compete in doubles at the Australian Open, where she will compete alongside Alisha Parks of the United States against 16th seed duo Guo Hanyu/Kristina Mladenovic in the first round.
Ruse will play with the winner of the match, Yulia Starodubtseva (Ukraine, WTA 110) – Ayla Tomlyanovich (Australia, WTA 76), in the second round. Yulia and Ayla will start in the major on January 19.
Photo gallery of the match
Source: Sport UA
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Russian tennis player Anna Blinkova lost to Australian Talia Gibson in the first round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.
The match ended with a score of 6:1, 6:3 and lasted 1 hour 16 minutes.
In the second round, Gibson will meet the winner of the match between another Russian, Diana Schneider, and the Czech Barbora Krejcikova.
Grand Slam tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard
Prize fund – more than 74 million dollars
Women. First round
Talia Gibson (Australia, WC) – Anna Blinkova (Russia) – 6:1, 6:3
Source: Sportbox
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