Svitolina punished Andreeva and reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open 2026!

Ukraine’s first racket Elina Svitolina (WTA 12) reached the quarter finals at the Australian Open 2026!

In the fourth round of the major in Melbourne, the Ukrainian beat the world’s “neutral” seventh racket in two sets Mirra Andreeva.

Australian Open 2026. 1/8 final

Elina Svitolina (Ukrainian) [12] – Mirra Andreeva [8] – 6:2, 6:4

Svitolina had her second head-to-head match with Andreeva and took revenge on her opponent for the defeat she suffered in the Indian Wells quarter-finals a year ago.

In the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, Elina will play against US world number three Coco Gauff, who won her fourth round match against Carolina Muchova.

Svitolina reached the quarter-finals at the Australian Open for the fourth time, specifically for the second time in a row. Elina has never reached the semi-finals so far. In total, this will be Elina’s 14th quarter-final appearance in her career at Grand Slam tournaments.

Elina won her seventh victory at the slams against a tennis player ranked in the top 10 of the WTA rankings. In total he has 44 victories at Tour level.

Svitolina continued her winning streak to nine matches. She won the cup at the WTA 250 competition in Auckland in the first week of 2026 and beat Andreeva, as well as Kristina Buksha, Linda Klimovichova and Diana Schneider in Melbourne.