Tennis
The big time of the Australian Open semifinals
Rafael Nadal meets Matteo Beretini at 05:30 at Rod Laver Arena, while Stefanos Tsitsipas meets Rafael Nadal at 10:30.
Friday (28/1) looks set to be an exciting day for the Australian Open as the two men’s semi-finals will be played where the top 4 of the tournament will battle it out for a place in Sunday’s grand final.
Appointment with the story about Stefanos
Stefanos Tsitsipas (No. 4), who had an excellent run at this year’s Australian Open, meets Daniel Medvedev (No. 2) for a place in the final at 10.30 a.m. (Eurosport 1 and LIVE on Sportish) at Rod Laver at the earliest Arena und Wille is the second semi-final of the day.
The Greek champions are chasing their first qualification for a final at the Australian Open and second overall at a Grand Slam in a repeat of last year’s semifinal against No. 2 Medvedev. The two tennis players have met eight times in the past, most recently in the quarter-finals at Roland Garros 2021, where Tsitsipas won 3-0.
Stefanos comes off an amazing performance and a 3-0 win over the talented Yannick Sinner, while Medvedev had to ‘sweat’ against Felix Ozer Aliasim, beating him 3-2 after a reversal in a match that lasted almost 5 hours. !
In the dream of 21 Rafa
Mateo Beretini (No. 7) will be the next hurdle for Rafa Nadal (No. 5) to overcome on his way into history and the 21st Grand Slam of his career. The two tennis players will not meet before 5:30 a.m at Rod Laver Arena in the first semi-final of the day.
The Spaniard has surpassed this year’s Australian Open as he put on amazing performances after an injury-related 5-month absence from games, reaching the semi-finals and keeping alive hopes of winning a record-breaking 21st Grand Slam. On the other hand, Mateo Beretini has another great course in Slam, reaching his 3rd semi-final and will follow his presence in the 2nd final of Slam in his career. The pair have met before at the 2019 US Open where Rafa clinched the win 3-0.
Nadal comes off a difficult and challenging 3-2 win over Denis Sapovalov. Matteo Beretini’s victory was also very difficult, overcoming Gael Monfis’ obstacle with 3-2.
Mixed doubles final
The Rod Laver Arena program will open with the final doubles final, in which the duo of Ivan Dodig / Kristina Mladenovic will meet Jason Kumbler / Jamie Fourlis. The game takes place at 03:00.
Source: tennis24
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Four representatives from Ukraine were included in the qualification list Australian Open 2026.
Yulia Starodubtseva (WTA 113), Angelina Kalinina (WTA 127), Daria Snigur (WTA 153) and Vitaly Sachko (ATP 153) will compete for the Australian Open main draws.
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Major qualifiers in Melbourne will be held from January 12-17.
The place at the heart of the Australian Open 2026 is guaranteed by four Ukrainian tennis players: Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk, Dayana Yastremskaya and Alexandra Oleynikova.
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Ukraine’s first racket Elina Svitolina (WTA 14) became the “Opening Week” participant of the Australian Open 2026.
On January 14, 2026, the Ukrainian will play an exhibition match against Amanda Anisimova (USA, WTA 4) at the tournament’s main stadium, Rod Laver Arena.
The meeting will be held in the format of two standard sets as the deciding game and a super tiebreak up to 10 points.
There will also be four more exhibition matches: Elena Rybakina – Zheng Qingwen, Alexander Zverev – Lorenzo Musetti, Carlos Alcaraz – Alex de Minaur, Jannik Sinner – Felix Auger-Aliassime.
After the match between Svitolina and Anisimova, Rod Laver Arena will host the AO 1 Point Slam tournament, where tennis stars Iga Swiatek, Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka, Daniil Medvedev, Zheng Qingwen, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Jasmine Paolini will compete against amateurs.
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Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) announced the list of all award winners for the 2025 season.
World number one Arina Sabalenka was chosen as the best tennis player of the year. Hendrik Vleshouwers, coach of American Amanda Anisimova, received the best coach award.
Anisimova received the Progress of the Year award, while Victoria Mboko received the Newcomer of the Year award. Katerina Sinyakova / Taylor Townsend couple was chosen as the best duet of the season.
WTA Awards 2025. All award winners
- The best tennis player of the season – Aryna Sabalenka
- Best Duo of the Year – Katerina Sinyakova / Taylor Townsend
- Progress of the Year – Amanda Anisimova
- Rookie of the Year – Victoria Mboko
- Comeback of the Year – Belinda Bencic
- Diamond Aces (promoting tennis both on and off the court) – Coco Gauff
- Peachy Kellmeier Award (for contributions to WTA players) – Gabriela Dabrowski
- Karen Kranzke Sportsmanship Award – Jessica Pegula
- Georgina Clarke Mother of the Year Award (awarded to retired female tennis players) – Nicole Pratt (Australian coach)
- Coach of the Year – Hendrik Vleshouwers (Amanda Anisimova’s coach)
- Pet of the Year (singles) – Zheng Qingwen
- Favorites of the year in pairs – Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini
- Shot of the year – Carolina Muchova (vs. Clara Towson in WTA 1000 semi-final in Dubai)
- Match of the year – Coco Gauff vs. Zheng Qingwen (WTA 1000 semi-final in Rome – 7:6 (7:3), 4:6, 7:6 (7:4))
VIDEO. Shot of the year from Carolina Muchova
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— wta (@WTA) November 13, 2025
VIDEO. Match of the year from Coco Gauff and Zheng Qingwen in Rome
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