“Yulia Starodubtseva, Darya Snigur and Anastasia Soboleva will perform in the major qualification”, — write: sport.ua
Yulia Starodubtseva (WTA 101), Darya Snigur (WTA 139) and Anastasia Soboleva (WTA 217) will perform in the selection for the Australian major.
Starodubtseva is on the second position in the alternative list of getting into the main draw, and in the event of two rejections by tennis players who have already entered the Australian Open, she will not play in the qualifiers, but will immediately enter the main draw.
Another representative of Ukraine, Katarina Zavatska (WTA 226), is on the fifth position in the alternative list of getting into the selection sieve.
Experienced Lesya Tsurenko (WTA 115) is not on the list of qualifiers. For the first time since 2011, Lesya can miss the Aus Open, where she has played 36 matches and won 22 during her entire career, including qualifications. Her best result is the third round (2013, 2024).
On December 6, the entry forms for the Aus Open were released. The list of participants includes four Ukrainian women: Marta Kostyuk (WTA 18), Elina Svitolina (WTA 23), Dayana Yastremska (WTA 33) and Angelina Kalinina (WTA 56).