28-year-old Swiss tennis player Belinda Bencic was recognized as the MVP of the team tournament United Cup 2026.

Bencic won five of her five singles matches and also had four wins in her five mixed doubles matches.

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The Swiss team reached the final of the competition and lost to Poland with a score of 1:2.

Bencic moved up to tenth place as of Monday and will return to the top 10 of the world rankings for the first time since April 2023.

Bencic’s United Cup 2026 singles results:

• Belinda Bencic- Leolia Zhanzhan – 6:2, 6:4
• Belinda Bencic- Jasmine Paolini – 6:4, 6:3
• Belinda Bencic- Solana Sierra – 6:2, 6:2
• Belinda Bencic- Elise Mertens – 6:3, 4:6, 7:6 (7:0)
• Belinda Bencic- Iga Swiatek – 3:6, 6:0, 6:3

Bencic’s United Cup 2026 mixed doubles results:

• Belinda Bencic / Jacob Paul – Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaona / Edouard Roger-Vasselin – 6:2, 5:7, [10:2]
• Belinda Bencic / Jacob Paul – Sarah Errani / Andrea Vavassori – 7:5, 4:6, [10:7]
• Belinda Bencic / Jacob Paul – Maria Lourdes Carle / Guido Andreozzi – 6:3, 6:3
• Belinda Bencic / Jacob Paul – Elise Mertens / Zizou Cliffs – 6:3, 0:6, [10:5]
• Belinda Bencic / Jacob Paul – Katarzyna Kawa / Jan Zielinski – 4:6, 3:6

He was the WORLD of the Swiss Team 🇨🇭

And @BelindaBencic Is it 2026? #UnitedCup MVP! pic.twitter.com/6anJqSZfcL

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) January 11, 2026

Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk I won’t play in a difficult tournament WTA 500 in Adelaide (Australia) next week.

The Ukrainian player will miss the match due to changes in the schedule. His next tournament will be the Australian Open, which starts on January 18.

The world’s sixth racket will miss the 500 meters in Adelaide for the same reason Jessica Pegulabecame the number one seed.

Martha and Jessica were replaced by lucky losers Maria Bouzkova and Anastasia Potapova in the Adelaide main draw.

Kostyuk and Pegula competed in the WTA 500 competition in Brisbane this week and faced each other in the semi-finals. Marta won with scores of 6:0 and 6:3 and then lost to Aryna Sabalenka in the final.

Only Dayana Yastremska will represent Ukraine in Adelaide singles.

Jessica Pegula and Marta Kostyuk withdrew from the Adelaide International due to schedule changes.

– Adelaide International (@AdelaideTennis) January 11, 2026

Qualifying draws were drawn on January 11 Australian Open 2026.

Four representatives of Ukraine will play in the Australian Open qualifiers: Yulia Starodubtseva, Angelina Kalinina, Daria Snigur and Vitaly Sachko.

Ukrainian opponents in the first round of Australian Open qualifiers:

• Q1: Yulia Starodubtseva [6] – Alice Tubello
• Q1: Daria Snigur – Katarzyna Kava [24]
• Q1: Angelina Kalinina – Joanna Wreath [19]

The Ukrainians’ opponents in the first round of the Australian Open qualifiers are:

• Q1: Vitaly Sachko – Michael Mmo

Ukraine will be represented by four tennis players: Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk, Dayana Yastremskaya and Alexandra Oleynikova.

The main draws for the Australian Open will be drawn on January 15 at 05.30 Kyiv time.

Australian Open qualifying rankings (for Ukrainians)