Tennis
SVITOLINA: “Today I think he deserves victory more than me”
Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina She said the following about the victory against Sonay Kartal in the quarter-finals of the WTA 250 tournament held in Auckland:
– There is still a lot of adrenaline after the last set and tiebreak. It is always very very difficult and difficult. I want to give Sonai credit, she played incredibly today. In fact, I think he deserves to win today more than me.
“He is a very cunning tennis player and most of the time it was almost impossible to understand where to direct the ball and what shots to make.
– Yes, of course today was a big challenge for me and I really needed to level up my game. I was trying to find my best tennis. I am very happy with the way I serve.
He really helped me in the third set because he served very well too, so I just had to stay on top and keep fighting again. So yeah, I think that really gave me victory today.
Svitolina defeated Kartal in 2.5 hours with scores of 6:4, 6:7 (2:7), 7:6 (7:5). In the semi-finals, Elina will face Iva Jovic.
Video review of Elina Svitolina – Sonay Kartal match
Source: Sport UA
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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
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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
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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
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