Tennis
Olkhovsky called psychology a key factor in Daniil Medvedev’s victories
Daniil Medvedev / Photo: © Phil Walter / Staff / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
In matches with equal opponents, Daniil Medvedev “puts the squeeze” on them thanks to his psychology, said two-time winner of the Grand Slam tournaments in mixed doubles Andrei Olkhovsky.
On Wednesday, Medvedev defeated Pole Hubert Hurkacz in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open with a score of 7:6 (7:4), 2:6, 6:3, 5:7, 6:4. The meeting lasted 3 hours 59 minutes.
– Medvedev once again did not play the match very smoothly. He had unsuccessful rallies, games, several double faults, but the main thing is that Daniil puts the finishing touches on his opponents – primarily thanks to his psychology. Both tennis players were equal today, but at the decisive moment Danya played more confidently, Olkhovsky told RT.
In the next match at the Australian Open, the Russian will play against the winner of the meeting between Alexander Zverev (Germany, 6th seed) and Carlos Alcaraz (Spain, 2nd).
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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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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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