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Russian Tennis Has a New Superstar. Are We Expecting an Olympic Medal?
Diana Schneider / Photo: © Robert Prange / Contributor / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
On Monday, Diana Schnyder will rise to 23rd place in the WTA rankings.
Tennis fans have not yet forgotten the bitter defeat of Diana Schneider in the third round of Wimbledon. Then the young Russian tennis player lost to the American Emma Navarro, and one of the reasons for the defeat was a wrist injury.
Fortunately, the injury was relatively minor. The injury will not prevent Schneider from playing at the Olympics in Paris. Moreover, this week Diana is taking part in the WTA-250 tournament in Budapest and is close to winning it.
In the semi-final, Diana played against the experienced German Eva Lis. At the moment, Diana is the 28th racket in the world, and her opponent is only 120th in the world ranking. Therefore, the Russian was considered the favorite of the semi-final match, and the obvious one.
Forward for a new title
And the 20-year-old Russian lived up to her status. She confidently won the first set 6:3. In the second set, the German put up some resistance, but in the end it was the same 6:3. Schneider won in 1 hour 25 minutes.
On Sunday, Diana Schneider will play the final match against Belarusian athlete Aliaksandra Sasnovich, who is ranked 134th in the world rankings. Diana has a great opportunity to win her third tournament of the season. Schneider previously won in Hua Hin, and before Wimbledon, she conquered the WTA-500 for the first time in Bad Homburg, Germany.
Five steps up
However, regardless of Sunday’s final, Diana will rise five places in the rankings and move to 23rd place. An enviable progress, because she started the calendar year only in 60th place.
Diana’s quick recovery and good play cannot but please in light of the Olympic tennis tournament. In Paris, Schneider will perform both in singles and in pairs with another young starlet Mirra Andreeva.
Oleg Lytkin
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Three Ukrainians are one step away from the establishment of the Aus Open. Who will they play with in the qualifying final?
The second round of qualification matches were held on January 14. Australian Open 2026.
advanced to the finals in the election three Ukrainian tennis players: Yulia Starodubtseva (WTA 110), Daria Snigur (WTA 136) and Angelina Kalinina (WTA 178). Vitaly Sachko (ATR 166) left the major.
Starodubtseva defeated Despina Papamikhail (Greece, WTA 160), Snigur defeated Carson Brenstein (Canada, WTA 179), Kalinina defeated Anouk Koevermans (Netherlands, WTA 192) and Sachko lost to Liam Draxl (Canada, ATP 145).
In the qualifying finals, Starodubtseva will face Victoria Tomova (Bulgaria, WTA 128), Snigur will compete with Alexandra Sasnovich (WTA 102), and Kalinina will compete with Maya Khwalinskaya (Poland, WTA 145).
The final round of Australian Open qualifiers will be held on January 15.
Results of Ukrainian representatives in the second round of Aus Open 2026 qualifiers:
- Q2:
Yulia Starodubtseva [6] – Despina Papamikhail – 6:1, 6:2 - Q2: Daria Snigur – Carson Brenstein – 6:4, 4:2, RET., Brenstein
- Q2: Angelina Kalinina – Anouk Koevermans – 7:6 (8:6), 6:0
- Q2: Vitaly Sachko – Liam Draxl [20] – 3:6, 7:5, 6:7 (7:10)
The opponents of the Ukrainian representatives in the Aus Open 2026 qualifiers final are:
- Q3: Yulia Starodubtseva [6] – Victoria Tomova [18]
- Q3: Daria Snigur – 🏳️ Alexandra Sasnovich [8]
- Q3: Angelina Kalinina – Maya Khvalinskaya
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An amateur tennis player won an exhibition tournament with a prize fund of 1 million Australian dollars before the start of the Australian Open
Australian amateur tennis player Jordan Smith won an exhibition tournament with a prize fund of 1 million Australian dollars (about 668 thousand dollars) before the start of the Australian Open.
According to the 1 Point Slam tournament format, an athlete only needed to score one point to win each match and advance to the next round.
During the tournament, Smith beat Pablo Carreno Busta, Jannik Sinner, Amanda Anisimova and Pedro Martinez. In the final, he defeated world number 117 Joanna Garland.
Russians Daniil Medvedev and Marat Safin took part in the tournament.
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He knocked out Sinner. An amateur became the One Point Slam champion and took home A$1 million
amateur tennis player Jordan Smith Became the champion of the exhibition tournament from Sydney Single Point SlamIt took place on January 14 at the central stadium, Rod Laver Arena.
Along the way, Smith passed Laura Pigossi (WTA 200), Jannik Sinner (ATP 2), Amanda Anisimova (WTA 4), Pedro Martinez (ATP 71) and Joanna Garland (WTA 117).
Jordan earned one million Australian dollars (US$668,000) by winning the One Point Slam.
One Point Slam is an exhibition tournament where matches consist of one point. The right to serve was determined using a game of rock, paper, scissors without a second ball. Meanwhile, Sinner could not put the ball into play against Jordan.
Ukrainian tennis players did not participate in the One Point Slam. Carlos Alcaraz, the leader in the world rankings, lost to Maria Sakkari in the third round.
PHOTOGRAPH. Jordan Smith – champion of the One Point Slam exhibition tournament
Video recording of the One Point Slam exhibition tournament
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