Tennis
Nadezhda Kichenok leaves Hobart after losing quarter-final in a super tiebreak
Ukrainian tennis player Nadezhda Kichenok She could not reach the doubles semi-finals in the challenging WTA 250 tournament held in Hobart, Australia.
Ukrainian player and his partner in the quarter finals Makoto Ninomiya (Japan) lost to Katarzyna Piter (Poland) / Janice Tjen (Indonesia) in three sets (super tiebreaker) in 1 hour and 41 minutes.
WTA 250 Hobart. Couples. Difficult, 1/4 final
Katarzyna Piter (Poland) / Janice Tjen (Indonesia) – Nadezhda Kichenok (Ukraine) / Makoto Ninomiya (Japan) – 6:3, 5:7, [10:7]
Kichenok and Ninomiya started by beating second seeds Chan Hao-Ching/Jiang Xinyu in Hobart.
Nadezhda and Makoto played their 14th match together since the summer of 2025 and suffered their third defeat (they have lost three of the last four matches).
Katarzyna and Janice continued their winning streak to six matches. In October 2025, they became champions of the WTA 250 competition in Zhengzhou.
In the semifinals, Peter and Tjen will compete against third seeds Eri Hozumi and Wu Fansen.
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Russian tennis player Diana Schneider made it to the semi-finals of the WTA 500 tournament in Adelaide (Australia).
Schneider, seeded ninth at the tournament, beat American Emma Navarro (sixth seed) in the quarterfinals with a score of 6:3, 6:3. The meeting lasted 1 hour 18 minutes.
In the semi-finals, the Russian will play with the winner of the pair Mirra Andreeva (Russia, 3) – May Joynt (Australia).
WTA 500. Adelaide International. Adelaide (Australia). Hard. Prize fund – more than 1.2 million dollars
Quarterfinals
Diana Schneider (Russia, 9) – Emma Navarro (USA, 6) – 6:3, 6:3
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Ukrainian tennis player Daria Snigur (WTA 136) failed to qualify for the 2026 Australian Open main draw.
In the qualifying final, the Ukrainian player was defeated neutrally in three sets. Alexandra Sasnovic (WTA 102) in 1 hour 45 minutes.
Australian Open 2026. Qualification
Alexandra Sasnovic [8] – Daria Snigur (Ukraine) – 6:2, 0:6, 6:2
Daria played her first head-to-head match against Sasnovich.
In the qualifying round of the Australian Open, Snigur managed to defeat Katarzyna Kawa and Carson Brensaytan.
Daria competed in the Australian majors for the fifth time in her career and came up unfounded for the third time. His best result in Melbourne was the first round of the main draws in 2024 and 2025.
Ukrainians who qualified for the Aus Open were Yulia Starodubtseva and Angelina Kalinina, joining Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk, Dayana Yastremskaya and Alexandra Oleynikova.
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Russian number one Daniil Medvedev will play against Dutchman Jesper de Jong in the first round of the Australian Open.
The draw for the tournament took place on Thursday in Melbourne. Medvedev is seeded 11th at the tournament.
Andrey Rublev (13th seed) will meet with Italian Matteo Arnaldi in the first round; Karen Khachanov’s opponent (15th) will be Alex Mickelsen from the USA.
The first racket of the world, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (1), will begin the tournament with a match against Australian Adam Walton, the winner of the Australian Open 2025, Italian Jannik Sinner (2), will play with Hugo Gaston from France. 24-time Grand Slam winner Serb Novak Djokovic (4) will meet Spaniard Pedro Martinez.
The Australian Open main draw matches start on January 18.
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