Tennis

Gabriel Diallo cuts ties with Martin Laurendeau

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4 days ago

January 8, 2026

Nancy

Gabriel Diallo cuts ties with Martin Laurendeau

Quebec tennis player Gabriel Diallo has decided to cut ties with coach Martin Laurendeau. This is what he revealed to Radio-Canada Sports on Thursday morning.

The Swedes Johan Ortegren and Jonas Bjorkman are among the coaches who will support him from now on.

Diallo pierced the top 50 world last season and won his first career title on the ATP tour in mid-June in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.

Furthermore, Diallo and his playing partner, local favorite Coleman Wong, defeated German Constantin Frantzen and Dutchman Robin Haase 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5) and 10-8 in the quarter-finals on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, before withdrawing from the Hong Kong tournament.

Diallo and Wong, who had beaten him in the singles in the second round the day before, allowed the Italians Lorenzo Sonego and Lorenzo Musetti to reach the final of the doubles tournament.

They will face the winners of the other semi-final between the American Vasil Kirkov and the Dutchman Bart Stevens and the Russians Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev.

Source: lapresse

Nancy

I am a sports journalist who has worked in print and online. I have authored articles for a sports website and have covered sports news for over 6 years.

Tennis

Nadezhda Kichenok and her partner took second place at the Hobart start

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2 hours ago

January 12, 2026

Nancy

Nadezhda Kichenok and her partner took second place at the Hobart start

Ukrainian tennis player Nadezhda Kichenok Won the opening doubles match at the WTA 250 hard court tournament held in Hobart, Australia.

With the Ukrainians in the first round Makoto Ninomiya (Japan) defeated Chan Hao-Ching (Chinese Taipei) / Jiang Xinyu (China) in two sets in 1 hour 38 minutes.

WTA 250 Hobart. Couples. Difficult, 1/8 final

Nadezhda Kichenok (Ukraine) / Makoto Ninomiya (Japan) – Chan Hao-Chin (Chinese Taipei) / Jiang Xinyu (China) [2] – 7:5, 7:5

In the first match, Nadezhda and Makoto lost 1:4, and then they won four matches in a row, winning back serve with a score of 3:5 in the set.

This was the first time the two had faced each other. Kichenok and Ninomiya will compete in the second round against Katarzyna Piter and Janice Tjen or Gabriella Da Silva Fick and Alexandra Osborne.

Nadezhda and Makoto won their 11th victory in their 13th joint fight since July 2025. The Ukrainian and Japanese set out for their third WTA 250 trophy; They became champions in Hamburg and Prague last summer.

Source: Sport UA

Nancy

I am a sports journalist who has worked in print and online. I have authored articles for a sports website and have covered sports news for over 6 years.

Tennis

Three sets and 6:0. Starodubtseva made a successful start to the Aus Open 2026 selection

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3 hours ago

January 12, 2026

Nancy

Three sets and 6:0. Starodubtseva made a successful start to the Aus Open 2026 selection

Ukrainian tennis player Yulia Starodubtseva (WTA 111) has made a successful start to the 2026 Australian Open qualifiers.

In the first round of the selection, the Ukrainian player beat the French representative in three sets Alice Tubello (WTA 431) in 1 hour 52 minutes.

Australian Open 2026. Qualification

Yulia Starodubtseva (Ukrainian) [6] – Alice Tubello (France) – 6:2, 3:6, 6:0

This was the first head-to-head meeting between the rivals.

Julia’s next opponent will be Despina Papamikhail (Greece, WTA 157), who beat Sasha Vickery at the beginning of the selection.

Starodubtseva is performing on the courts of Melbourne for the third time in her career. In 2024, she passed the qualifications, losing to Ons Jabeur in the 1/64 final, and last season, she immediately entered the top 11, losing to Leila Fernandez.

In the Aus Open 2026 qualifiers, Ukraine will be represented by Starodubtseva, as well as Daria Snigur, Angelina Kalinina and Vitaly Sachko. They will hold their first meeting on the night of January 13.

Source: Sport UA

Nancy

I am a sports journalist who has worked in print and online. I have authored articles for a sports website and have covered sports news for over 6 years.

Tennis

Medvedev rose to 12th place in the ATP rankings

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3 hours ago

January 12, 2026

Gary

Medvedev rose to 12th place in the ATP rankings

Daniil Medvedev / Photo: © Albert Perez / Stringer / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru

Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev has moved up one position in the ATP ranking, a new version of which has been published on the organization’s website.

The Russian, who won the tournament in Brisbane, Australia on Sunday, moved from 13th to 12th place. Andrey Rublev, who reached the semifinals at the tournament in Hong Kong, rose from 16th to 14th place.

Kazakhstani tennis player Alexander Bublik, who won the title in Hong Kong, entered the top 10 rankings for the first time in his career and is in 10th place.

The rating is still headed by the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the second is the Italian Jannik Sinner, the third is Alexander Zverev from Germany.

ATP rating, version dated January 12:

1 (1). Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) – 12,050 points

2 (2). Jannik Sinner (Italy) – 11,500

3 (3). Alexander Zverev (Germany) – 5105

4 (4). Novak Djokovic (Serbia) – 4780

5 (7). Lorenzo Musetti (Italy) – 4105

6 (6). Alex de Minaur (Australia) – 4080

7 (5). Felix Auger-Alassime (Canada) – 3990

8 (8). Ben Shelton (USA) – 3960

9 (9). Taylor Fritz (USA) – 3840

10 (11). Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan) – 3065…

12 (13). Daniil Medvedev – 2910…

14 (16). Andrey Rublev – 2600…

17 (17). Karen Khachanov (all – Russia) – 2320

Source: Sportbox

Gary

I am a sports journalist who has written for a number of Sportish. I have a background in journalism and have been writing since I was young. My main focus is sports news, but I also write about general news. I am currently working as an author at Sportish.