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Swiatek will face No. 19 Madison Keys of the U.S. on Thursday night for a berth in the final. The other women’s semifinal is No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, the two-time defending champion, against her good friend, No. 11 Paula Badosa.
The 28th seed beat Veronika Kudermetova in straight sets at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne to set up a clash with American Madison Keys. Like other players from Ukraine, Svitolina did not shake hands with her Russian opponent because of the war, and wrote ...
MELBOURNE - Ukraine's Elina Svitolina said she feels it is her responsibility to bring her country a \"little light\" after she charged past Russian Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 6-1 on Monday to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals.
Ukraine's Elina Svitolina recovered from a sub-par first 20 minutes to charge past Russian Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 6-1 on Monday and reach the last eight of the Australian Open for the third time.
Thirty-nine-year-old Hsieh, who last year retired from singles, is also defending her mixed doubles title with partner Jan Zielinski of Poland, with whom she won at Wimbledon last year. The sixth seeds are today to play Irina Khromacheva of Russia and Jackson Withrow of the US in the second round.
Svitolina reached the quarter-finals at Melbourne Park for a third time, but her first for six years. She has reached the last four in Grand Slams on three previous occasions, at Wimbledon in 2019 and 2023, and the US Open in 2019, but never in Australia.
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Elina Svitolina of Ukraine gestures during her fourth round match against Veronika Kudermetova of Russia at ...
MELBOURNE : Ukraine's Elina Svitolina recovered from a sub-par first 20 minutes to charge past Russian Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 6-1 on Monday and reach the last eight of the Australian Open for ...
Ukraine's Lyudmyla Kichenok accused France's Kristina Mladenovic Thursday of making a "very direct threat" against her during a testy women's doubles clash at the Australian Open.
Zelenskiy, in his nightly video address, said he put Ukraine's new commander of ground forces, Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi, in charge of the Khortytsia operational-strategic group, whose area of responsibility includes much of Ukraine's eastern front.
The world No. 1 and three-time Grand Slam champion lags behind her contemporaries in endorsements despite standing atop her sport