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Gabriel Diallo advances to second round in Hong Kong, Leylah Fernandez loses in Brisbane

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Gabriel Diallo advances to second round in Hong Kong, Leylah Fernandez loses in Brisbane

(Hong Kong) Quebecer Gabriel Diallo started his new season brilliantly on Tuesday, winning 6-4, 7-6 (7) against Dutchman Jesper de Jong.

De Jong (71e) led 6-4 in the tiebreaker and gave himself three chances to force a decisive third set, but Diallo (40e) won three consecutive points to end the match in one hour 47 minutes.

Both men were very efficient with their first serve, as Diallo put it in play 83% of the time, compared to de Jong’s 81%. Diallo took advantage of the only break point of the match to take the lead in the first game of the match.

Diallo’s last match was in October. He will now face local favorite Coleman Wong (140e) in the second round, with a possible quarter-final duel against the Italian Lorenzo Musetti (seventh), first seed in this ATP 250 tournament.

Fernandez bows

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Leylah Fernandez

In her first match in more than two months, Quebecer Leylah Fernandez experienced service failures, losing 6-1 and 6-2 to Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska in the second round of the Brisbane tournament.

As 13e top seed of the event, Fernandez (22e) had obtained a bye in the first round.

Fernandez only placed his first ball in play 60% of the time, winning just 52% of the points when he did. She won only 48% of rallies with balls in hand and committed seven double faults.

Yastremska (27)e) took advantage of four of her 11 break points to gain the upper hand and defeat the Canadian for the second time in four duels.

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

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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

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Russian Mirra Andreeva rose to eighth place in the WTA rankings

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Russian Mirra Andreeva rose to eighth place in the WTA rankings

Russian Mirra Andreeva moved from ninth to eighth place in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings, an updated version of which was published on the organization’s website.

Another Russian woman, Ekaterina Alexandrova, dropped to 11th position, Lyudmila Samsonova became 18th.

American Cori Gauff became the third racket of the world, ahead of Amanda Anisimova from the USA. Belarusian Arina Sabalenka is still in the lead, Iga Szwiatek from Poland is in second place.

WTA rankings as of January 12:

1 (1). Arina Sabalenko (Belarus) – 10990 points

2 (2). Iga Szwiatek (Poland) – 8328

3 (4). Corey Gauff – (USA) – 6423

4 (3). Amanda Anisimova – (USA) – 6320

5 (5). Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) – 5850

6 (6). Jessica Pegula (USA) – 5453

7 (8). Jasmine Paolini (Italy) – 4267

8 (9). Mirra Andreeva (Russia) – 4232

9 (7). Madison Keys (USA) – 4003

10 (11). Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) – 3512

11 (10). Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) – 3375

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18 (17). Lyudmila Samsonova – 2122

23 (21). Diana Schneider – 1818

31 (30). Veronica Kudermetova – 1517

33 (33). Anna Kalinskaya – 1483

44 (44). Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – 1185

62 (61). Anna Blinkova – 1016

98 (100). Oksana Selekhmetyeva – 766 (all – Russia)

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Australian Open Alexis Galarneau packs up for Melbourne

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Australian Open Alexis Galarneau packs up for Melbourne

Quebecer Alexis Galarneau was eliminated in the first round of qualifying for the Australian Open on Monday in Melbourne.

The 26-year-old lost in two sets of 6-4, 6-2 to the American Nishesh Basavareddy, 172e world player.

Galarneau, 213e in the ATP rankings, slammed three aces and committed two double faults. He only won 59% of the points contested on his first serve.

The Laval resident had only one break point during the clash, and he converted it. His opponent, however, had six and converted four of them.

Basavareddy hit six aces and committed just one double fault. He also won 74% of the points played on his first serve and 69% of those played on his second serve.

In the women’s category, Canadian Cadence Brace lost 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6) to Australian Tina Nadine Smith.

Brace, 20 years old and 186e world player, hit no aces and committed six double faults. She broke her opponent four times, but suffered eight breaks.

Later Monday in Melbourne, Canadians Kayla Cross and Marina Stakusic will be in action.

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