Tennis
“Demonstration of narrow-mindedness.” Chen harshly criticized the Ukrainian tennis player for refusing to play with the Russian
Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk demonstrated narrow-mindedness and bad manners by her refusal to play against Russian Mirra Andreeva in the final of the exhibition tournament in France, silver medalist of the World Athletics Championships Yolanda Chen told Match TV.
The tournament took place in Bourg-de-Page. The organizers said that the reason for this decision of the 21-year-old Ukrainian woman was the “geopolitical situation.” Instead of Kostyuk, Andreeva was played by the Frenchman Yanis Ghazouani Duran, who ranks 1145th in the ATP rankings.
– I don’t understand this at all. Not only did the International Olympic Committee tear up the Olympic Charter and wipe itself with it, but also the athletes act like Kostyuk. This is wildly incomprehensible to me, what does sport have to do with the Russian tennis player? You go out to compete, you have to fight against any opponent. Sport should always bring peace, stop hostility and conflicts. This is what the Olympic Games were designed for.
Kostyuk could prove she was right on the court, why give it up? This is a demonstration of lack of education, bad manners, and narrow-mindedness. Most likely, they have been given instructions not to play and are afraid to break them. I’m sure that without restrictions from above, everyone would play. “All this smells bad,” Match TV reports Chen’s words.
Kostyuk is ranked 39th in the world rankings. Newcomer of the year according to the WTA, 16-year-old Andreeva, is the 57th racket in the world.
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Ukrainian tennis player Daria Snigur (WTA 136) failed to qualify for the 2026 Australian Open main draw.
In the qualifying final, the Ukrainian player was defeated neutrally in three sets. Alexandra Sasnovic (WTA 102) in 1 hour 45 minutes.
Australian Open 2026. Qualification
Alexandra Sasnovic [8] – Daria Snigur (Ukraine) – 6:2, 0:6, 6:2
Daria played her first head-to-head match against Sasnovich.
In the qualifying round of the Australian Open, Snigur managed to defeat Katarzyna Kawa and Carson Brensaytan.
Daria competed in the Australian majors for the fifth time in her career and came up unfounded for the third time. His best result in Melbourne was the first round of the main draws in 2024 and 2025.
Ukrainians who qualified for the Aus Open were Yulia Starodubtseva and Angelina Kalinina, joining Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk, Dayana Yastremskaya and Alexandra Oleynikova.
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Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva will meet with Croatian Donna Vekic in the first round of the Australian Open, this became known during the draw.
Andreeva received the eighth seed, Vekic is ranked 70th in the Women’s Tennis Association rankings. Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (11th seeded) and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova received the tennis players who will win the qualification as their opponents.
Results of the draw for other Russians:
Diana Schneider (23rd seed) – Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic)
Anna Kalinskaya (31) – Sonay Kartal (Great Britain)
Anna Blinkova – Talia Gibson (Australia, wild card)
Anastasia Zakharova – Jessica Pegula (USA, 6)
Lyudmila Samsonova – Laura Siegemund (Germany)
Oksana Selekhmetyeva – Ella Seidel (Germany).
The rival of world number one Arina Sabalenka from Belarus will be Rakotomanga Rajaona (France, wild card).
The main draw matches of the first Australian Open will be held in Melbourne from January 18 to February 1. The current title holder is American Madison Keys.
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Novak Djokovic ranked first in the rankings of tennis players in terms of career prize money. The Serbian player earned more than $191 million; This is an absolute record in men’s tennis history. Rafael Nadal ranked second with nearly 135 million, while Roger Federer ranked third with more than 130 million.
The top 5 also included Andy Murray and Carlos Alcaraz, who are 22 years old and have already surpassed $60 million in prize money.
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The top ten winners also include Alexander Zverev, Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev, Pete Sampras and Stan Wawrinka.
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Top 10 tennis players by career prize money (men):
- Novak Djokovic – $191,252,375
- Rafael Nadal – $134,946,100
- Roger Federer – $130,594,339
- Andy Murray – $64,687,542
- Carlos Alcaraz – $60,032,046
- Alexander Zverev – $58,134,592
- Jannik Sinner – $56,632,426
- Daniil Medvedev – $48,820,721
- Pete Sampras – $43,280,489
- Stan Wawrinka – $37,792,029
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