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Sakkari wears a Mexico jersey: “I would like to dedicate this trophy to my grandfather who passed away last year”
Maria Sakkari, wearing a Mexico jersey, dedicated the biggest title of her career to her grandfather Dimitris Kanellopoulos, who died last summer.
She had a flawless tournament, didn’t drop a single set, was flat and played fantastic tennis, true to her talent. The stunning Maria Sakkari defeated American Caroline Dolheide 2-0 to lift the 1000m trophy in Guadalajara and claim her second career title in her ninth final.
In her statements at the trophy presentation, which she even wore in the Mexico jersey, she dedicated the biggest title of her career to her grandfather Dimitris Kanellopoulos, who died last summer.
“I would like to thank my family back home. I wish they could be here with me, but they are watching and very proud of me. I would like to dedicate this trophy to my grandfather who passed away last year and my father grandmother is watching”He said at first and continued
“I don’t want to forget my coach Tom, who was with me for the last 5 years. We waited over 4 years for the 2nd title. We heard so many bad things that I would never win a title, that. “With just one title I would be a top 5 player. All of that was very difficult for me to overcome and I’m very happy to have done it here this week.”
She said about her opponent in the final: “I’ve known you for many years, you work very hard, I see the stories you upload on Instagram, I always knew you had a great game and this week you clicked. I’m sure you’ll have many more opportunities and this was just the beginning.”
He also thanked Gabriela Sabatini, who was the selected guest of the tournament and presented the award: “Thank you for being here today, I know you played with my mother. She admired you very much and always had very kind words about you. You are a role model for her and me. Thank you for being here.” an inspiration for having you with us.”
Finally, Sakkari addressed the people who had supported her throughout the week: “I’ve seen it too many times and I repeat myself, but this is my second home, thank you very much.”
Source: sport 24
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
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Ukrainian tennis player on the night of January 18 Dayana Yastremskaya (WTA 27) will begin competing at the 2026 Australian Open.
In the first round, the Ukrainian player will play against the Romanian representative. Elena-Gabriela Ruse (WTA 79). The fight will begin with the first launch at ANZ Arena. The approximate start time of the match is 02:00 Kyiv time.
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This will be the third head-to-head encounter. The score is 2:0 in favor of Ruse.
The winner of the fight will face Yulia Starodubtseva or Ayla Tomljanovic in the second round.
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Former world third place in men’s singles Milos Raonic The Canadian announced his retirement from his professional career:
“It’s time. I’m ending my professional tennis career. It’s the moment you know will come one day, but it’s impossible to be truly prepared for it. No matter how ready I am right now. Tennis has been my love and obsession for most of my life.”
I am incredibly lucky to be living and achieving my dreams. I went out on the field every day focused on getting better, seeing where it took me, and playing the game I was introduced to completely by chance when I was eight years old. It somehow became my entire obsession and childhood, and then it turned into my profession and my entire life.
I am grateful to the amazing fans around the world that I have played and trained in front of. They saw me in my best moments on the field and in my hardest moments. They saw me grow. Thank you to everyone who stopped for a moment to watch and support me.
I would like to thank my coaches and my entire team who sacrificed their time with their families and homes to be with me on this path as I pursued my dreams and goals. I am extremely grateful for your mentorship and knowledge.
Thanks to the ATP Tour, ITF and all Grand Slam tournaments. It has been my dream to play in your great tournaments and I have been lucky enough to have this experience with wonderful people who do their best for the beautiful game called tennis.
I would like to thank all my colleagues and competitors. I admired you growing up, I respected you throughout my career, and I will continue to respect you as a fan. Because of you, I have become the best player I can be, a better person, and learned life’s most important lessons while competing with you every week for over twenty years.
Thank you Canada. My family and I came here more than 30 years ago. You made me choose tennis, you changed my family’s life and I enjoyed every moment of being able to represent you all over the world.
Mother, father, Elena and Momir; I am forever grateful to you for often putting your life on hold so that I could have the chance to follow my dreams. All this was only possible thanks to you. Nothing would happen without your constant support, effort and emotional investment. And as happy as I am to have found tennis, it’s nothing compared to how lucky I am to have such parents, a sister and a brother.
I hope to make my wife and son proud every day and be as much a family to them as my family is to me.
A big part of my tennis journey has been the amazing people I’ve been lucky enough to meet from around the world. In many cases, they became mentors who helped me understand the rest of my life. I am grateful for their attention, time and support, which makes the answers to life’s most important questions clearer and more inspiring.
What’s next? I won’t slow down. I still have a lot of life ahead of me and I’m just as motivated and hungry for new goals as I was when I broke through on tour in 2011. I will bring the same dedication and intensity to the next level. “If I can strive for the same level of excellence as in tennis, trying to get better every day, we’ll see where that takes me.”
Milos, 35, has won eight trophies at Tour level. In 2016, she reached the Wimbledon final as well as the semi-finals of the Australian Open and the Finals. Raonic earned $20,764,512 during his career.
Raonic last played in the 2024 Olympics and lost to Dominik Koepfer in the first round.
It’s time to quit tennis. It’s a moment you know will come one day but you just don’t feel ready for it. This is more ready than I will ever be. Tennis has been my love and obsession for most of my life.
I was the luckiest person to experience this…
— Milos Raonic (@milosraonic) January 11, 2026
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Blinkova lost to Gibson in the first round of the Australian Open
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