Tennis
Nadal lost his first match after returning
Rafael Nadal / Photo: © Bradley Kanaris / Freelancer / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal, paired with compatriot Mark Lopez, failed to reach the second round of the ATP 250 tournament in Brisbane in doubles.
Nadal and Lopez, who received a special invitation to compete at the competition, were defeated by Australians Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson with a score of 4:6, 4:6. The opponents spent 1 hour and 13 minutes on the court.
This game was the first for the 37-year-old Spaniard since January 16, 2023. Nadal missed almost the entire last season due to injury. In singles at the Brisbane tournament, Nadal will play against Austrian Dominic Thiem.
Previously, Nadal said that with a high degree of probability the 2024 season will be his last in his career.
Nadal is a 22-time Grand Slam winner. According to this indicator, among the ATP tour players, he is second only to the Serbian Novak Djokovic (24).
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Russian tennis player Diana Schneider made it to the semi-finals of the WTA 500 tournament in Adelaide (Australia).
Schneider, seeded ninth at the tournament, beat American Emma Navarro (sixth seed) in the quarterfinals with a score of 6:3, 6:3. The meeting lasted 1 hour 18 minutes.
In the semi-finals, the Russian will play with the winner of the pair Mirra Andreeva (Russia, 3) – May Joynt (Australia).
WTA 500. Adelaide International. Adelaide (Australia). Hard. Prize fund – more than 1.2 million dollars
Quarterfinals
Diana Schneider (Russia, 9) – Emma Navarro (USA, 6) – 6:3, 6:3
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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 number one Daniil Medvedev will play against Dutchman Jesper de Jong in the first round of the Australian Open.
The draw for the tournament took place on Thursday in Melbourne. Medvedev is seeded 11th at the tournament.
Andrey Rublev (13th seed) will meet with Italian Matteo Arnaldi in the first round; Karen Khachanov’s opponent (15th) will be Alex Mickelsen from the USA.
The first racket of the world, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (1), will begin the tournament with a match against Australian Adam Walton, the winner of the Australian Open 2025, Italian Jannik Sinner (2), will play with Hugo Gaston from France. 24-time Grand Slam winner Serb Novak Djokovic (4) will meet Spaniard Pedro Martinez.
The Australian Open main draw matches start on January 18.
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