Tennis player Alexandrova lost to 112th racket of the world Senmez at the Australian Open

Russian tennis player Ekaterina Alexandrova, ranked 11th in the WTA Women's Tennis Association world rankings, failed to overcome the first round of the 2026 Australian Open on January 18.

In the opening round match, she lost to Turkey's Zeynep Senmez, who is in 112th position in the ranking. The meeting lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes. Final score — 7:5, 4:6, 6:4 in favor of the Turkish tennis player.

Alexandrova completed ten straight serves, made seven double faults and made seven break points out of 14. Her opponent scored four aces, five double faults and eight break points out of 17, clarifies "Газета.Ru ".

In the second set, with the score 5-3 in favor of Alexandrova, an incident occurred: a ball girl near the referee's tower felt unwell and fell onto the court. Senmez and the referee on the tower immediately treated her, after which doctors came to the court. They provided medical assistance to the girl and took her to the podium.

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It's a good test of strength for her before the start of the 2026 Australian Open.

On January 15, the draw for the Australian Open 2026 tournament was held in Australia, following which the rivals of Russian tennis players in men's singles became known. Daniil Medvedev (11th racket of the world) will play Jesper de Jong from the Netherlands in the first round. Andrey Rublev (13th in the ranking) will face Italian Matteo Arnaldi, and Karen Khachanov (15th in the ranking) will play American Alex Michelsen.

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