Tennis
Four Russian women reached the third round of the WTA tournament in Brisbane
Mirra Andreeva / Photo: © VCG / Contributor / Visual China Group / Gettyimages.ru
Four Russian tennis players reached the third round of the WTA tournament in Brisbane.
In the second round, Daria Kasatkina beat the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in two sets (6:3, 6:4), Veronika Kudermetova was stronger than the Slovak athlete Anna-Karolina Shmidlova (6:2, 6:3), Anastasia Potapova defeated the Australian Daria Saville (6:4, 3:6, 6:4), and Mirra Andreeva defeated her compatriot Lyudmila Samsonova (6:2, 6:1).
In the third round, Potapova will play with Kudermetova, Andreeva will meet with Arina Rodionova (Australia), and Kasatkina’s opponent will be determined later in the match Magda Linette (Poland) – Kristina Bucha (Spain).
Ekaterina Alexandrova lost to Julia Riera from Argentina (3:6, 4:6) and ended her fight in the tournament.
Source: Sportbox
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Tennis
Australian Open 2026 draws. Rivals for Ukrainians. Watch online. LIVE
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.
Australian Open 2026 draws. Rivals for Ukrainians. Watch online. LIVE
Video broadcast is available on the Australian Open YouTube channel.
Seeded tennis players and women tennis players:
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VIDEO. Winning gesture at 7:1 turned into failure: an epic fiasco at the Aus Open
Austrian tennis player Sebastian Ofner (ATP 131) suffered a disappointing defeat in the second round of the 2026 Australian Open qualifiers.
In the semi-finals of the selection, the Austrian player lost to the US representative in three sets Nisheshu Basavareddy (ATP 239) in 2 hours 32 minutes. Basavareddy took the victory over Ofner in the third set super tiebreaker.
Sebastian was ahead 7:1 in the super tiebreaker and started celebrating his victory after gaining a point. Sebastian started walking towards the goal and the referee told him the match wasn’t over yet.
As a result, Ofner lost 11:13 and missed two match points: one at 10:9 on the return, the other at 11:10 on serve.
Basavareddy will compete against George Loffagen (Great Britain, ATP 211) in the Australian Open qualifying final.
Australian Open 2026. Qualification
Nisesh Basavareddy (USA) – Sebastian Ofner (Austria) – 4:6, 6:4, 7:6 (13:11)
VIDEO. Winning gesture at 7:1 turned into failure: an epic fiasco at the Aus Open
When your brain calls the match point before the referee… pic.twitter.com/r1i49K1k2V
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 14, 2026
Video review of Nishesh Basavareddy – Sebastian Ofner match
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The quarter-final pairings of the WTA 500 in Adelaide and the WTA 250 in Hobart tournaments have been announced.
On January 14, all second round matches in tough tournaments ended WTA 500 in Adelaide And WTA 250 in HobartIt will take place parallel to the Australian Open 2026 qualifying match (Melbourne).
In Adelaide, Dayana Yastremskaya’s felon Katerina Sinyakova lost to Diana Schneider in the second round.
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Second-seeded five-hundred Madison Keys knocked out Tereza Valentova, and eighth-seeded Victoria Mboko fought Anna Kalinskaya.
WTA 500 Adelaide. 1/8 final
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🏳️Mirra Andreeva [3] – Maria Bouzkova [LL] – 6:3, 6:1
Maya Joynt-
Ayla Tomljanovic [WC] – 0:2, RET., Tomljanovic
🏳️Diana Schneider [9] – Katerina Sinyakova [LL] – 6:1, 2:6, 7:5
Yulia Putintseva [Q] –
Emma Navarro [6] – 1:6, 4:6
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Marketa Vondrousova –
Kimberly Birrell – WO., Birrell
Daria Kasatkina –
Jacqueline Christian [Q] – 4:6, 0:6
Victoria Mboko [8] – 🏳️ Anna Kalinskaya – 6:2, 3:6, 7:6 (8:6)
Teresa Valentova –
Madison Keys [2] – 4:6, 1:6
WTA 500 Adelaide. Quarter final matches
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🏳️Mirra Andreeva [3] – Ayla Tomljanovic [WC]
🏳️Diana Schneider [9] – Emma Navarro [6]
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Kimberly Birrell-
Jacqueline Christian [Q]
Victoria Mboko [8] –
Madison Keys [2]
Video review of match day in Adelaide
In Hobart, top seed Emma Raducanu advanced to the quarter-finals without a fight – Magdalena French withdrew from her second round match.
Olga Danilovich, who defeated McCartney Kessler and advanced to the second place, also defeated Peyton Stearns in the 1/8 final.
Third-seeded Iva Jovic crushes her opponents: The young American first gave up just one game to Janice Tjen and then defeated Renata Sarasua with scores of 6:1, 6:2. Her next opponent will be Magda Linette.
WTA 250 Hobart. 1/8 final
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Emma Raducanu [1] –
Magdalena French – WO., Raducanu
Rebecca Shramkova –
Talia Preston [WC] – 4:6, 1:6
Iva Jovic [3] –
Renata Sarasua [Q] – 6:1, 6:2
Wang Xinyu-
Magda Linette [8] – 1:6, 5:7
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Tatyana Maria [6] –
Anna Bondar – 6:7 (7:9), 5:7
Elisabetta Cocciaretto [Q] –
Ann Lee [4] – 1:6, 7:5, 7:5
Antonia Ruzic –
Solana Sierra – 7:5, 6:4
Peyton Stearns-
Olga Danilovich – 6:7 (2:7), 1:6
WTA 250 Hobart. Quarter final matches
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Emma Raducanu [1] –
Talia Preston [WC]
Iva Jovic [3] –
Magda Linette [8]
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Anna Bondar-
Elisabetta Cocciaretto [Q]
Antonia Ruzic –
Olga Danilovich
Video review of match day in Hobart
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