“Elina defeated Mirra in two sets in the match of the fourth round of the Australian Open Championship”, — write: sport.ua
In the fourth round of the major in Melbourne, the Ukrainian beat the “neutral” seventh ranked player in the world in two sets Mir Andreev.
Australian Open 2026. 1/8 finals
Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) [12] – Mirra Andreeva [8] – 6:2, 6:4
Svitolina held a second head-to-head match against Andreeva and took revenge on her opponent for her defeat in the Indian Wells quarterfinals a year ago.
In the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, Elina will play against world number three Coco Goff from the USA, who won against Karolina Mukhova in her fourth round match.
Svitolina reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the fourth time, including the second year in a row. So far, Elina has never made it to the semifinals. In total, for Elina, this will be the 14th quarterfinal in her career at Grand Slam tournaments.
Elina won her seventh victory over a tennis player from the top 10 of the WTA ranking at slams. She has a total of 44 such victories at the Tour level.
Svitolina extended her winning streak to nine matches. In the first week of 2026, she won the trophy at the WTA 250 competition in Auckland, and in Melbourne, in addition to Andreeva, she defeated Kristina Buksha, Linda Klimovichova and Diana Schneider.