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Multiple Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal announces his retirement
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Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal announced that he has decided to end his professional career.
The 38-year-old Spaniard played his last match to date on July 31. Then he, paired with Carlos Alcaraz, lost in the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games in Paris.
— I’m leaving professional tennis. The last two years have been difficult and I haven’t been able to play without restrictions. This is a difficult decision, it took me a while to make it, but in this life everything has a beginning and an end. Now is the time to end a long and much more successful career than I could have ever imagined.
I am very glad that my last tournament will be the Davis Cup final, where I will represent my country. It comes full circle because one of my first great joys as a professional tennis player was the final in Seville in 2004,” Nadal said in a video posted on his social media account.
The Davis Cup Final Eight will take place in Malaga from November 19 to 24.
Nadal led the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings for a total of 209 weeks and has 92 titles under the organization’s auspices. Nadal won the Grand Slam tournaments 22 times and the Davis Cup five times. He has two Olympic golds to his name – in singles and doubles.
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Ukrainian tennis player Angelina Kalinina (WTA 178) reached the final qualifying round of the 2026 Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the season.
The Ukrainian team was defeated in the second round of the election Anouk Koevermans (Netherlands, WTA 192) She took the wheel in the second match in 1 hour and 52 minutes.
Australian Open 2026. Qualification
Anouk Koevermans (Netherlands) – Angelina Kalinina (Ukraine) – 6:7 (6:8), 0:6
Angelina played her first head-to-head match against Kuvermans.
Kalinina started the Australian Open qualifiers by defeating Joanna Garland. Her next opponent will be either Rebeka Masarova (Switzerland, WTA 115) or Maja Chwalinska (Poland, WTA 145).
Angelina became the second representative of Ukraine after Yulia Starodubtseva, who managed to reach the final qualification of the major in Melbourne this year.
Match statistics Anouk Koevermans – Angelina Kalinina
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Russian tennis player Anastasia Gasanova reached the final qualifying round of the Australian Open.
Hasanova beat the Lithuanian representative Justyna Mikulskite with a score of 6:7 (4:7), 6:2, 6:0.
The Russian’s opponent in the match for access to the main draw will be Turkish Zeynep Sönmez.
In another match of the second round of qualifying, another representative of Russia, Tatyana Prozorova, lost to Spain’s Guiomar Maristani Zuleta with a score of 2:6, 6:2, 7:6 (10:7).
The Australian Open main draw matches start on January 18.
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January 14 Ukrainian tennis player Angelina Kalinina (WTA 178) will continue to compete to qualify for the 2026 Australian Open.
Ukrainian player in the second round of the Australian Open qualifiers, Anouk Koevermans (Netherlands, WTA 192). The match will start at 02.30 Kyiv time.
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This will be the first head-to-head meeting between the rivals.
The winner of the match will compete against Rebeka Masarova or Maia Chvalinska in the final round of qualifiers.
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Baranka after the tiebreaker: Kalinina advances to the final of the Aus Open 2026 qualifier
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