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2 days ago
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Hard-luck story as Aussie women wiped out in Cincinnati
It was a case of three strikes and you're out for Australia's women at the Cincinnati Open. With the US Open less than a fortnight away, players are using the hard-court event as a vital tune-up to the year's final major in New York. However, there was no joy for the Australian trio of Daria Kasatkina, Ajla Tomljanovic and Kimberly Birrell, who all lost their second-round matches in Cincinnati on Sunday (local time). Kasatkina couldn't live up to her 15th seeding, falling to talented Italian Lucia Bronzetti in three sets. Bronzetti brilliance 👏Lucia Bronzetti sees off Kasatkina for her place in the third round!#CincyTennis — wta (@WTA) August 10, 2025 The Australian fought back after a disappointing opening set to handily win the second, before Bronzetti triumphed 6-3 1-6 6-4. Veteran Tomljanovic pushed 16th seed Clara Tauson to the brink, before the Dane clinched victory 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-4. In a battle of the big servers, the tall Dane blasted down 14 aces to nine for the Australian. Tomljanovic was only able to convert one of the five break points she set up, while Tauson managed to break three times from four opportunities. Tauson's victory continues a great fortnight after she beat major winners Iga Swiatek and Madison Keys on her way to the semi-finals of last week's Canadian Open. Birrell gave a good account of herself but was unable to stop the march of fourth-seeded American Jessica Pegula, last year's finalist winning 6-4 6-3. Through in two ✌️No.4 seed Jessica Pegula makes her way to the third round with a 6-4, 6-3 win against Birrell.#CincyTennis — wta (@WTA) August 10, 2025 Australia's hopes in the women's section of the tournament now rest with talented teen Maya Joint. The young Aussie upset 18th-seeded Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia in her second-round match on Saturday to set up a meeting with 12-seeded Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova. In other action on Sunday, second-seeded American Coco Gauff, the 2023 champion, overcame early problems on serve to cruise past China's Wang Xinyu 6-3 6-2. Seventh seed Jasmine Paolini, of Italy, edged into the next round with a tight 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-5) victory over Maria Sakkari, of Greece. However, eighth-seeded American Emma Navarro suffered a surprise loss, with Germany's Ella Seidel beating her 6-4 1-6 6-4. - with Agencies
Yahoo
01-08-2025
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Aussie Kasatkina loses three-set thriller in Montreal
Australia's Daria Kasatkina has been bundled out of the Canadian Open, going down in three sets to Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine. The 15th seed started well taking the opening set before Kostyuk fought back to prevail 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 clinching the tie-break 7-4. Her win sets up a round of 16 clash with American McCartney Kessler who upset fourth-seeded Mirra Andreeva of Russia. Meanwhile, top seed Coco Gauff survived another three-set thriller beat Russian Veronika Kudermetova of 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 in Montreal. Two days after posting 23 double-faults and scraping through against fellow American Danielle Collins, Gauff rallied from a set and break down against Kudermetova to reach the round of 16. WHAT A MATCH 🤩@marta_kostyuk triumphs in a three-set thriller against Kasatkina, winning 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4)!#OBN25 — wta (@WTA) July 31, 2025 "It was a tough match," Gauff said. "I thought I did well mentally, especially on the return. I was playing an opponent that served really well. Obviously, I would like to serve better on my end, but overall, just happy to get through." Gauff, No. 2 in the world behind Aryna Sabalenka, entered the week having lost two straight matches since winning the French Open, falling in her opening matches in Berlin and Wimbledon. "It does give positives that I am winning these matches having literally one part of my game on a crutch," she said. "If I can stand on both feet, then I can only imagine that it will be a lot more straight-forward and a lot easier for me." Gauff's win sets up a match with 18-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko, a 1-6, 6-3, 6-0 winner over Marie Bouzkova of Czechia. In other matches, Dayana Yastremska of the Ukraine knocked off eighth-seeded Emma Navarro 7-5, 6-4, and 10th seeded Elina Svitolina beat Kamilla Rakhimova of Russia 7-5, 6-2.
Perth Now
01-08-2025
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Aussie Kasatkina loses three-set thriller in Montreal
Australia's Daria Kasatkina has been bundled out of the Canadian Open, going down in three sets to Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine. The 15th seed started well taking the opening set before Kostyuk fought back to prevail 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 clinching the tie-break 7-4. Her win sets up a round of 16 clash with American McCartney Kessler who upset fourth-seeded Mirra Andreeva of Russia. Meanwhile, top seed Coco Gauff survived another three-set thriller beat Russian Veronika Kudermetova of 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 in Montreal. Two days after posting 23 double-faults and scraping through against fellow American Danielle Collins, Gauff rallied from a set and break down against Kudermetova to reach the round of 16. "It was a tough match," Gauff said. "I thought I did well mentally, especially on the return. I was playing an opponent that served really well. Obviously, I would like to serve better on my end, but overall, just happy to get through." Gauff, No. 2 in the world behind Aryna Sabalenka, entered the week having lost two straight matches since winning the French Open, falling in her opening matches in Berlin and Wimbledon. "It does give positives that I am winning these matches having literally one part of my game on a crutch," she said. "If I can stand on both feet, then I can only imagine that it will be a lot more straight-forward and a lot easier for me." Gauff's win sets up a match with 18-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko, a 1-6, 6-3, 6-0 winner over Marie Bouzkova of Czechia. In other matches, Dayana Yastremska of the Ukraine knocked off eighth-seeded Emma Navarro 7-5, 6-4, and 10th seeded Elina Svitolina beat Kamilla Rakhimova of Russia 7-5, 6-2.
Yahoo
31-07-2025
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Joint effort comes up just short at Canadian Open
Australian teenage sensation Maya Joint has pushed 28th seed McCartney Kessler to the limit before losing in three sets at the Canadian Open. The 19-year-old Aussie came flying out of the blocks in Montreal on Wednesday (local time), taking the first set, before the American bounced back strongly to claim the next two for a 4-6 6-4 6-3 victory. Little separated the players throughout the match, which threw up 14 break points for each. Joint converted three of those chances, while her American opponent managed four breaks. Joint had been hoping to back up her first-round upset of local favourite Leylah Fernandez, the world No.24 who was fresh off claiming the biggest title of her career on Sunday, the Washington Open. Despite the loss, Joint has shown she is finding top form ahead of the year's final major, the US Open, which kicks off in New York on August 24. Joint is already a two-time WTA title winner this year and will be looking to start making a real impact at grand slam level. She reached the second round at Flushing Meadows in 2024, but is yet to progress past the first round of the other majors. Australia's only remaining competitor in the women's singles, 15th-seeded Daria Kasatkina, plays her third-round match against 24th seed Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine on Thursday (local time). In other second-round results on Wednesday, six-time grand slam champion Iga Swiatek was all business in a 6-3 6-1 demolition of China's Guo Hanyu. Simply SUBLIME ✨Incredible effort from Naomi Osaka in her comeback win against Samsonova!#OBN25 — wta (@WTA) July 30, 2025 The Polish superstar, seeded second in Montreal, is hot off her record-breaking win in the Wimbledon singles final, where she served up two "donuts" to American Amanda Anisimova. "I think I played a really solid match today," Swiatek said. "Playing the first match on hard court after a pretty long break from the surface is always tricky, so I'm happy that I just focused on myself, adjusted to the conditions and played well." American third seed and two-time defending champion Jessica Pegula remained on track for a title hat-trick by beating Maria Sakkari of Greece 7-5 6-4. Four-time major champ Naomi Osaka of Japan upset 13th-seeded Russian Liudmila Samsonova 4-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 to continue her impressive return to tennis after taking a maternity break. And sixth-seeded American Madison Keys crushed Germany's Laura Siegemund 6-2 6-1. - with AP
The Sun
09-07-2025
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- The Sun
Who is Liudmila Samsonova's boyfriend and tennis coach Alessandro Dumitrache?
LIUDMILA SAMSONOVA has hit new heights at the All England Club reaching the quarter-finals for the first time. Her impressive Wimbledon 2025 performance has also brought attention to her coach and romantic partner Alessandro Dumitrache - here we get to know him. 6 Samsonova has qualified for the quarter-finals of Wimbledon for the first time after beating Spaniard Jessica Bouzas in straight sets. The Russian also defeated world number 16 Daria Kasatkina en route to reaching the final eight at the tournament. The 26-year-old now faces tennis legend Iga Swiatek on Court 1 on July 9, 2025. She has risen as high as world number 12 under her coach Dumitrache and ahead of the biggest game of her career thus far - here is everything we know about him. Who is Alessandro Dumitrache? 6 Alessandro Dumitrache was born on January 1, 1992 in Italy. He played briefly on the ITF circuit before transitioning into coaching. The Italian reportedly began coaching Samsonova in 2020 and has overseen her rise in the sport. Samsonova won the 2021 Berlin Open as well as titles in Washington, Cleveland and Tokyo while being coached by Dumitrache. She also reached the fourth round of the 2025 French Open just prior to impressing further this year in SW19. 6 In this time it appears the pair have entered a romantic relationship with Instagram posts of the two dating back to 2020. Much of the relationship remains a mystery with neither confirming that they are dating. However, a series of Instagram posts on Alessandro's account seem to suggest that the pair might be. One post features the pair kissing while holding champagne glasses with the caption, 'Best wishes my love'. The 33-year-old also has a connection with the sportswear brand Asics stating in his Instagram bio that he is an ambassador for the company. 6 Liudmila has said very little about her Italian coach in a romantic or professional manner but has stated her gratitude for another member of her coaching team. Danilo Pizzorno began working with Samsonova in 2019 and the Russian credits a large part of her game to him. She said: 'I think [Danilo] is a genius, a tactical genius. Seriously. It's not because he's working with me. I think in the WTA there is no one with the experience and the level of coaching as him. 6 'It was five years ago when I started working with him. I was working with him at the Piatti Academy and then when I split with Piatti, I contacted him and we started working again. 'All the technical, the shots, my forehand, my backhand, my serves, it's because of him. He built me.'
