Tennis
A valuable start. Oleynikova nearly won a set against Aus Open 2025 champion
Ukrainian tennis player Alexandra Oleynikova (WTA 92) She made her debut in the Grand Slam tournaments.
On the night of January 20, the Ukrainian entered the Rod Laver Arena, the center court of the Australian Open, for the 1/64 final match against the ninth ranked racket in the world and the current grand champion from Melbourne. Madison Keys from the USA.
Oleynikova lost to Keys in straight sets in 1 hour and 40 minutes and narrowly missed the first match.
In the first set, Alexandra immediately made two breaks and took the lead 4:0 / 4:1 (40:15). Keys moved to the ball on time, began to constantly press and hit the field, so that five consecutive games were played. However, Oleynikova managed not only to serve and stay in the set, but also to attack in the 11th game. Keys called a reverse break and sent the game to a tiebreaker.
Alexandra took the first four points in the tiebreak and then won two set points: 6:4. Unfortunately, they were unable to execute these and Madison completed its comeback.
Australian Open 2026. 1/64 finals
Alexandra Oleynikova (Ukraine) – Madison Keys (AMERICA) [9] – 6:7 (6:8), 1:6
Keys will face her compatriot Ashlyn Kruger (WTA 62), who defeated Sara Beilek (Czech Republic, WTA 89) 6:3, 6:3 in the second round of the Australian Open.
Since the Australian Open moved from Kueng to Melbourne Park in 1988, the last women’s singles champion is 28-1 in the first round of the tournament. The only person who didn’t advance was Jennifer Capriati in 2003.
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Source: Sport UA
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Tennis
Khachanov defeated Mickelsen in four hours and reached the second round of the Australian Open
Russian tennis player Karen Khachanov made it to the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.
Khachanov, who received the 15th seed, beat the 38th racket of the world, American Alex Mickelsen, with a score of 4:6, 6:4, 6:3, 5:7, 6:3. The athletes were on the court for 3 hours 55 minutes. The Russian needed eight match points to win.
Khachanov’s next opponent will be the winner of the match between Christopher O’Connell (Australia, WC) and Nishesh Basavareddy (USA, Q).
Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million
Men. First round
Karen Khachanov (Russia, 15) — Alex Mickelsen (USA) — 4:6, 6:4, 6:3, 5:7, 6:3.
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Russian tennis player Anna Kalinskaya reached the second round of the Australian Open.
In the first round match, Kalinskaya, who received the 31st seed, defeated Briton Sonay Kartal with a score of 7:6 (7:3), 6:1. The meeting lasted 1 hour 38 minutes.
Kalinskaya’s next opponent will be Julia Grabher from Austria.
Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million
Women. First round
Anna Kalinskaya (Russia, 31) — Sonay Kartal (Great Britain) — 7:6 (7:3), 6:1.
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Kazakh tennis player Elena Rybakina reached the second round of the Grand Slam tournament in Australia.
At the start of the competition, the fifth racket of the world beat Slovenian Kaja Juvan, who finished in the top 100 in the world rankings. The meeting lasted 1 hour 12 minutes and ended with a score of 6:4, 6:3 in favor of Rybakina.
In the next round, the Moscow native will play against French representative Varvara Gracheva. Both athletes previously competed at international tournaments for Russia.
Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million
Women. First round
Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan, 5) – Kaya Juvan (Slovenia) – 6:4, 6:3.
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