Starodubtseva lost to world number 78 in the Australian Open 2026 1/64 final

Ukrainian tennis player Yulia Starodubtseva (WTA 110) She completed her campaign at the 2026 Australian Open.

The Ukrainian player was defeated in three sets in the first round Family Tomljanovic (Australia, WTA 78) in 2 hours 33 minutes.

Australian Open 2026. 1/64 finals

Yulia Starodubtseva (Ukraine) [Q] – Ayla Tomljanovic (Australia) – 6:4, 6:7 (3:7), 1:6

Starodubtseva held her second head-to-head match against Tomljanovic. In 2025, Yulia lost to Ayla at the start of the WTA 1000 competition in Beijing.

Starodubtseva started with the qualifiers at the Australian Open, where she managed to defeat Alice Tubello, Despina Papamikhail and Victoria Tomova.

Yulia played on the courts of Melbourne for the third time in her career and has not yet managed to get past the first round of the main draw.

Tomljanovic will play in the 1/32 final against Elena-Gabriela Ruse, who knocked out Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska the previous day.

In addition to Starodubtseva and Yastremskaya, Marta Kostyuk also left the Australian slam from the Ukrainian representatives. So far, the only Ukrainian who has managed to advance to the second round of AO-2026 is Elina Svitolina. Angelina Kalinina and Alexandra Oleynikova will start at the Major on the 20th.

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