Tennis
A convincing comeback. Kalinina beats the polka and qualifies for Aus Open 2026
Ukrainian tennis player Angelina Kalinina (WTA 178) She managed to qualify for the 2026 Australian Open.
In the final of the selection, the Ukrainian player beat the Polish representative in three sets Maya Khvalinskaya (WTA 145) in 2 hours 25 minutes.
Australian Open 2026. Qualification
Angelina Kalinina (Ukraine) – Maya Chwalinska (Poland) – 5:7, 6:2, 6:1
Kalinina played against Khvalinskaya for the first time.
In addition to Maya, Angelina also beat Joanna Garland and Anouk Koevermans in the Australian Open qualifiers.
Kalinina will be playing in a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since last year’s Roland Garros. In early July 2025, Angelina was injured and only returned to tennis in December, immediately winning the WTA 125 cup in Limoges.
It will be Angelina’s fifth time playing in the main draw of an Australian major. His best result on the Melbourne courts was the third round in 2023.
Previously, Yulia Starodubtseva also passed the AO-2026 qualification. Kalinina and Starodubtseva join Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk, Dayana Yastremskaya and Alexandra Oleynikova in the heart of slam.
Match statistics: Angelina Kalinina – Maya Khvalinskaya
Source: Sport UA
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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.
Source: Sport UA
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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.
Source: Sportbox
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