Tennis
Mirra Andreeva will play Vekic in the first round of the Australian Open
Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva will meet with Croatian Donna Vekic in the first round of the Australian Open, this became known during the draw.
Andreeva received the eighth seed, Vekic is ranked 70th in the Women’s Tennis Association rankings. Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (11th seeded) and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova received the tennis players who will win the qualification as their opponents.
Results of the draw for other Russians:
Diana Schneider (23rd seed) – Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic)
Anna Kalinskaya (31) – Sonay Kartal (Great Britain)
Anna Blinkova – Talia Gibson (Australia, wild card)
Anastasia Zakharova – Jessica Pegula (USA, 6)
Lyudmila Samsonova – Laura Siegemund (Germany)
Oksana Selekhmetyeva – Ella Seidel (Germany).
The rival of world number one Arina Sabalenka from Belarus will be Rakotomanga Rajaona (France, wild card).
The main draw matches of the first Australian Open will be held in Melbourne from January 18 to February 1. The current title holder is American Madison Keys.
Source: Sportbox
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Tennis
Andreeva reached the semi-finals of the tournament in Adelaide, where she will play against Schneider
Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva reached the semi-finals of the WTA 500 tournament in Adelaide (Australia).
Andreeva (3rd seed) beat Australian Maya Joynt in the quarterfinals with a score of 6:2, 6:0. The tennis players spent 1 hour and 7 minutes on the court.
Andreeva’s opponent in the semifinals will be Russian Diana Schneider (number 9 seed).
WTA 500. Adelaide International. Adelaide (Australia). Hard. Prize fund – more than 1.2 million dollars
Quarterfinals
Mirra Andreeva (Russia, 3) — Maya Joint (Australia) — 6:2, 6:0.
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Ukrainian tennis players Yulia Starodubtseva (WTA 110) and Angelina Kalinina (WTA 178) qualified for the tournament Australian Open 2026We determined our first opponents in the main draw.
starodubtseva She will play with Ajla Tomljanovic (Australia, WTA 76) in the 1/64 finals. Ukrainian derby possible if Yulia wins; For this, Dayana Yastremska (WTA 27) also needs to beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania, WTA 79).
Kalinina She will face Wang Xinyu (China, WTA 43) in the first round of the main event. If Angelina manages to beat the Chinese, she will compete with Rebekka Sramkova (Slovakia, WTA 72) or Alena Ostapenko (Latvia, WTA 24).
In addition to Starodubtseva and Kalinina, Ukraine will also be represented by Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk, Dayana Yastremskaya and Alexandra Oleynikova, who will meet their first opponents at the Australian Open.
Ukrainian opponents in the first round of the Australian Open 2026:
- R1:
Elina Svitolina [12] – Kristina Buksha - R1: Marta Kostyuk [20] – Elsa Jacquemot
- R1: Dayana Yastremskaya [26] – Elena-Gabriela Ruse
- R1: Alexandra Oleynikova – Madison Keys
- R1: Yulia Starodubtseva [Q] – Ayla Tomljanovic
- R1: Angelina Kalinina [Q] – Wang Xinyu
On January 15, Daria Snigur (WTA 136) also played in the Aus Open qualifying final and lost to Alexandra Sasnovich (WTA 102).
Starodubtseva knocked out Victoria Tomova (Bulgaria, WTA 128) in the decisive qualifying match, and Kalinina defeated Maya Khwalinskaya (Poland, WTA 145).
Results of Ukrainian representatives in the Aus Open 2026 qualifying finals:
- Q3: Yulia Starodubtseva [6] – Victoria Tomova [18] – 7:6 (7:3), 6:2
- Q3: Daria Snigur – 🏳️ Alexandra Sasnovich [8] – 2:6, 6:0, 2:6
- Q3: Angelina Kalinina – Maya Khvalinskaya – 5:7, 6:2, 6:1
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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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Andreeva reached the semi-finals of the tournament in Adelaide, where she will play against Schneider
Starodubtseva and Kalinina’s opponents in the Aus Open 2026 1/64 final have been announced
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