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Tennis player Yuzhny recalled how he smashed his head with a racket during one of the matches at a tournament in Miami
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Former Russian tennis player Mikhail Youzhny recalled the moment he smashed his head with a racket during a third-round match at a tournament in Miami in 2008.
Yuzhny held a meeting against the Spaniard Nicolas Almagro, which ended in the victory of the Russian with a score of 7:6 (7:4), 3:6, 7:6 (8:6). In the third set, Yuzhny smashed his head with several blows from his racket and started bleeding. Subsequently, a video of this moment became popular online.
– Of course, I’ve seen this video a hundred times, people show it to me all the time. What a lot of people don’t know is that I was very nervous from the start of that match. I don’t know why, but that day I was crazy. In the first set I was leading 4:0, then they made a break against me, and I threw my racket from the baseline onto the chair. After the first point in the next game, I broke the rules because I threw the ball out of the stadium. Obviously a lot of emotions, but it was a good lesson. And in the end I won the match! I overdid it, hitting my head with my racket, but I calmed down and after that I won seven points in a row. When I saw the blood, I fell silent. This moment turned the course of the match, at that moment my mentality changed,” Yuzhny Tennis Majors quotes.
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January 15 Ukrainian tennis player Daria Snigur (WTA 136) will continue to compete to qualify for the 2026 Australian Open.
He will play against the Ukrainian player in the last round of the selection Alexandra Sasnovic (WTA 102). The match will start at 05.00 Kyiv time.
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This will be the rivals’ first meeting.
The winner of the match will advance to the main draw of the Australian Open.
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January 15 Ukrainian tennis player Yulia Starodubtseva (WTA 110) will continue to compete to qualify for the 2026 Australian Open.
In the qualifying final the Ukrainian player will play against Victoria Tomova (Bulgaria, WTA 128). The meeting will start at approximately 02:00 Kyiv time.
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This will be the first head-to-head meeting between the rivals.
The winner of the fight will advance to the main draw of the major tournament in Melbourne.
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It will take place on January 15 draw main grill Australian Open 2026 in both men’s and women’s singles.
The ceremony will start at 05.00 Kyiv time. The video broadcast will be available on the official Australian Open website and the tournament’s YouTube channel.
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Current major champions Jannik Sinner and Madison Keys will attend the draw ceremony.
They know their opponents Ukrainian tennis players: Elina Svitolina (WTA 12), Marta Kostyuk (WTA 20), Dayana Yastremskaya (WTA 27) and Alexandra Oleynikova (WTA 90).
Svitolina, Kostyuk and Yastremskaya rank 12th, 20th and 26th, respectively. There will be a total of 32 seeded players for both men and women.
US Open main rule matches will begin on January 18 and run through February 1.
Three Ukrainians continue to compete in the Australian Open 2026 qualifiers: Yulia Starodubtseva, Daria Snigur and Angelina Kalinina.
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Video broadcast is available on the Australian Open YouTube channel.
Seeded tennis players and women tennis players:
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