Tennis
Sakkari after defeating Hunter: “Here I feel like it’s my country’s tournament”
Maria Sakkari was happy about the victory and qualification for the “16” in Guadalajara and emphasized in her statements on the pitch that she felt very good at this tournament.
Maria Sakkari has overcome her obstacle Storm Hunter (No. 157) qualified for the “16” of Guadalajara with a 2-0 set and will compete at midnight Camila Giorgi.
The Greek champion explained, in an atmosphere of light emotions, among other things, that in Mexico she feels as if she were participating in a tournament in Greece and that she could also obtain Mexican citizenship, obviously with a sense of humor.
It will be recalled that in this particular tournament last season, Sakkari reached the final where she defeated Jessica Pegula.
“I couldn’t ask for a better place to overcome my fears, my doubts and my difficult feelings. Before the game I was happy to be back on the pitch.
I feel like it’s my country’s tournament, it’s not a joke. I wish we had a tournament in my home country, but maybe I can get citizenship since I’m Greek and Mexican. It’s incredible that I come here every year and experience this. It is shocking“said the Greek champion significantly on the pitch.
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
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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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