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The Czech tennis player was disqualified for six months for the same drug that was found in Valieva’s possession.
Czech tennis player Nikola Bartunkova has been suspended for six months, the press service of the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) reports.
Following an investigation, the ITIA concluded that the 18-year-old athlete’s positive tests for trimetazidine were caused by contamination of a supplement containing milk thistle extract. The violation was found to be unintentional, so the athlete did not bear substantial fault or negligence.
Bartunkova was temporarily suspended in April; she tested positive in February and March. The period of temporary suspension was counted towards the period of disqualification, so from November 11 the tennis player can return to competition.
In 2023, the Czech became a finalist at junior Wimbledon.
Previously, Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was suspended for a positive test for trimetazidine. At the end of January, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) suspended Valieva for four years for violating anti-doping rules. The Russian woman’s suspension period starts on December 25, 2021, and her results have been canceled since that date. The athlete was deprived, among other things, of gold at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing in the team tournament and the 2022 European Championship.
The Russian team won the team tournament of the 2022 Games, but after Valieva was disqualified for violating anti-doping rules, the results of the competition were revised. As a result, the Russian team moved to third place.
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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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