“On the night of January 9, the main draw of the Australian major took place”, — write: sport.ua
At the Australian Open, six representatives of Ukraine will perform: Marta Kostyuk (WTA 18), Elina Svitolina (WTA 30), Dayana Yastremska (WTA 33), Angelina Kalinina (WTA 48), Yulia Starodubtseva (WTA 100) and Daria Snigur (WTA 139).
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Kostiukwho is seeded under the 17th number, at the start will play with a tennis player from the qualification or a lucky loser. In the 1/32 final, Marta can meet Jule Niemeier (Germany, WTA 92) or another qualifier / lucky loser.
Svitolina with the 28th seed in the first round will play a match against Sorana Kirsti (Romania, WTA 72). Elina’s next potential rivals are either Caroline Dolehide (USA, WTA 82) or a tennis qualifier / lucky loser.
Yastremska (32nd seed) will fight Mayyar Sherif (Egypt, WTA 65) in the 1/64 final. In the 2nd round, Dayana may face either Danka Kovinic (Montenegro, WTA 1293) or Lulu San (New Zealand, WTA 43).
Kalinin in the opening game, she will take the court against Ons Jaber (Tunisia, WTA 40). In the round of 32, Angelina can meet the winner of the match between Camila Osorio (Colombia, WTA 61) and Maria Sakkari (Greece, WTA 32).
Starodubtseva received Leyla Fernandez (Canada, WTA 31) with the 30th seed as her first opponent. Next, Yulia has a possible winner of the confrontation between Christina Buksha (Spain, WTA 101) and Chloe Paquet (France, WTA 123).
Bullfinch will find out the starting opponent later, as she only passed the qualification sieve today.
Australian Open 2025 will be held in Melbourne from January 12 to 26. The main draw of the tournament starts already on Sunday.