“The match will take place on January 18, the approximate start time of the game is at 05:00 Kyiv time”, — write: sport.ua
In the 3rd round, the Ukrainian will play against the 6th ranked player in the world Yelena Rybakina (Kazakhstan). The estimated time of the start of the meeting is 05:00 Kyiv time.
Sport.ua will conduct a video broadcast of the match.
Diana Yastremska
The Ukrainian very confidently passed both Mayar Sherif and Danka Kovinych. Yes, it can be said that the Egyptian tennis player is weak on fast courts, and Kovinych practically did not play for the whole year 2024. But let’s not forget that Diana’s main rival is herself.
Yastremska has not played against a top tennis player for a long time. The last time it was Karolina Mukhova in Cincinnati, and before that it was Donna Vekic at Wimbledon and Coco Goff at Roland Garros. The Ukrainian lost all those matches, but last season she had a clear decline after the Aus Open.
Now I somehow want to believe that the Ukrainian woman will once again feel not just the game, but first of all stability. Because you don’t need a lot of intelligence to try to break through forever, but you can’t do without stable quality for such a style.
At AO-2025, Sherif Yastremska scored 22 winners and 25 enforcers, and Kovinych scored 18 hits and only 6 unforced ones. Let’s see what will happen in the match against Rybakina, who has the same arsenal as Dayana, only her serve is much stronger.
Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine. Diana Yastremska Yelena Rybakina
The scandalous return of Stefano Vukov to Rybakina’s team was one of the main topics of discussion on the eve of the Australian Open. Such an authoritative resource as The Athletic even suggested that the Kazakh woman may refuse to participate if Vukov is not allowed to box her.
But somehow everything calmed down. Mentioning Goran Ivanishevich in a positive way has already repeatedly appeared in Rybakina’s post-match comments. In particular, Yelena agreed that Goran would make her a serving master.
Rybakina has always been famous for its power. And due to her height and rather long arms, she is able to steadily score points in her games. At the Aus Open, for example, Yelena won 75% of the points on the first serve in each of the matches. Here, only 49% of hitting the first ball in the game with Iva Jaksic does not look very good for a top player.
In terms of winners, Yelena is also doing well: 26 against 20 easy ones with Emerson Jones and 29 against 20 enforcers with Iva Jakshich. But neither the Australian woman nor the American woman put up adequate resistance to Rybakinia. The Kazakh controlled the course of the game. It will be interesting to see what happens if Diana tries to go on the attack faster than Yelena.
Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine. Yelena Rybakina Dayan Yastremska – Yelena Rybakina match forecast
Bookmakers do not believe in Yastremsk at all. The coefficient for Rybakina’s victory is 1.09, and for Dayana – as much as 8.30. It is clear that Yelena is the favorite in the confrontation, but the Ukrainian can be her first serious test at this major.
Very large positive handicaps roll out to Yastremsk. +6 for 1.89 looks attractive.
Diana Yastremska 18.01.2025 –
05:00
Yelena Rybakina