Australian tennis player Ashleigh Barty became the winner of the Australian Open tournament, beating American Danielle Collins in the final. On Saturday, January 29, reports “Sport-Express”.
The game lasted 1 hour 29 minutes and ended with a score of 6:3, 7:6 (7:2) in favor of Barty. She became the first Australian since 1978 to win the Australia Open.
Ashleigh Barty is ranked No. 1 by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) with 15 titles to her credit. The victory at the championship in Australia was the third for the athlete at the Grand Slam tournaments. She previously won the French Open (2019) and Wimbledon (2021).
On the eve of the Russian Daniil Medvedev defeated the representative of Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas and reached the final of the Australian Open tournament, where Spaniard Rafael Nadal will become his opponent. During the game, Medvedev criticized the referee, who, in his opinion, did not respond to the prompts of Father Tsitsipas. The Greek by the end of the match received a warning.
On January 29, it became known that Medvedev was fined $12,000 for behavior in the Australian Open semi-final match. The Russian received a $8,000 fine for unsportsmanlike conduct and a $4,000 fine for “obscenity.” At the same time, Tsitsipas was fined $5,000 for coaching.
The meeting between Medvedev and Nadal will take place on Sunday, January 30.
Source: IZ
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