“Elina lost to the world number one in two sets, taking five games”, — write: sport.ua
In the semifinals of the major, the Ukrainian lost in two sets to the world’s number one racket Arina Sobolenkowhich acts in a “neutral” status.
Australian Open 2026. 1/2 finals
Arina Sobolenko [1] – Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) [12] – 6:2, 6:3
Elina held her seventh head-to-head match against Arina and suffered her sixth defeat.
Svitolina played in the semifinals of the Australian Open for the first time in her career (for the fourth time at the Grand Slam tournaments) and fought for her debut final at the slams.
Elina, thank you for these two weeks! It was incredibly cool!
In Melbourne, Elina managed to beat Kristina Buksha, Linda Klimovichova, Diana Schneider, Mirra Andreeva and Coco Goff. Svitolina broke her winning streak of 10 matches – in the first week of January, the Ukrainian became the champion of the WTA 250 competition in Oakland.
From Monday, Svitolina will climb into the top 10 of the WTA ranking – for the first time since 2021. Elina will take 10th place.
Sobolenko will fight either Jessica Pegula or Yelena Rybakina in the Australian Open final.
Svitolina’s results at the Australian Open 2026:
Video review of the match
Match statistics
Photo gallery of the match
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