(AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake) Leylah Fernandez of Canada plays a backhand return to Yuliia Starodubtseva of Ukraine during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship ...

The 22-year-old Montreal native beat Ukraine's Yuliia Starodubtseva 7-5, 6-4 in the first round before rallying to beat Spain's Cristina Bucsa (3-6, 6-4, 6-4) in the second round. Fernandez lost ...

The Australian Open 2025 is officially under way at Melbourne Park. The famous Grand Slam has just kicked off and it has already kept tennis fans around the world on the edge of their seats.

Welcome to the Australian Open briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories on each day of the tournament. On day five, Emma Raducanu set up a huge third-round clash ...

No. 48 Anhelina Kalinina, No. 59 Katie Volynets, No. 95 Nadia Podoroska, No. 100 Yuliia Starodubtseva and No. 139 Daria Snigur made it eight Ukrainian women competing in singles at the Open.

Brazilian qualifier Joao Fonseca beat Russian ninth seed Andrey Rublev 7-6(1) 6-3 7-6(5) to advance to the second round. The 18-year-old has become only the second teenager since 1973 to defeat an ...

IMAGE: Yuliia Starodubtseva, is one of the six women from war-torn Ukraine playing singles at the Australian Open this year. Starodubtseva lost to Leylah Fernandez in her opening round match on ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - There was one solitary Ukrainian flag on display in the stands at the Australian Open when Yuliia Starodubtseva, the first of six women from the war-torn country playing ...

MANILA, Philippines — Leylah Fernandez showcased her trademark grit and determination to overcome Ukraine’s Yuliia Starodubtseva, 7-5, 6-4, in a match riddled with delays and high-stakes ...