Tennis
Mirra Andreeva missed a big chance at the Australian Open, says Pivovarova
Mirra Andreeva / Photo: © Cameron Spencer / Staff / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
Former world number two among juniors Anastasia Pivovarova said that 16-year-old Russian Mirra Andreeva missed her chance at the last Australian Open; she could have reached the quarterfinals of the tournament.
Andreeva reached the fourth round of the tournament, where she lost to Czech Barbora Krejcikova in three sets with a score of 6:4, 3:6, 2:6.
— To be honest, I expected Mirra to win this match, because the Czech tennis player was clearly out of shape, or she was worried about an injury. The way Krejcikova played at this tournament was far from her best form. And against Mirra, she also played completely different tennis. I went to the net and even there I made mistakes on simple balls and made a huge number of unforced errors.
Mirra definitely should have won this match. But, apparently, she herself was tired, because her game was unstable. However, I think she missed a very big chance. Probably, Mirra was not yet mentally ready to overcome this stage,” Gazeta.Ru quotes Pivovarova as saying.
Andreeva is ranked 35th in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings.
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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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