Mission for Svitolina. Aus Open 2026 Women’s First Semi-Final Set

January 27 at Australian Open 2026 1/4 final matches were held in the upper part of the women’s singles tournament grid and the first semi-final pair was determined.

Ukrainian woman Elina Svitolina defeated the American Coco Goff, and the “neutral” first racket of the world Arina Sobolenko won from the representative of the USA, Iva Jovich.

Svitolina will hold her fourth Grand Slam semifinal and her first at the Australian Open. Elina will fight for her debut final at the majors.

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For Sobolenko, this will be the 14th GS semi-final in his career and the fourth in a row in Melbourne. In 2023 and 2024, Arina won the Aus Open trophy, and in 2025 she lost to Madison Keys in the final.

Svitolina and Sobolenko previously played each other six times. The score is 5:1 in favor of “neutral”.

Elina will hold the AO-2026 semifinal against Sobolenko on January 29. The start time of the game will be determined later.

Australian Open 2026. Pairs of 1/4 finals

The upper part of the grid

Arina Sobolenko [1] – Iva Jovich [29] – 6:3, 6:0
Coco Goff [3] – Elina Svitolina [12] – 1:6, 2:6

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