News about Anna Blinkova

Medvedev (left and right) and Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori (inset) didn't make it into the courtroom at Rod Laver Arena until after 11 p.m., with the Russian saying he was ill before the game even started.

Elena Rybakina (pictured right) made the women's final last year last year and had a good chance of returning a step forward this year, but Anna Blinkova (pictured left and inset) triumphed in a match for the ages.

By the time the sun went down at Flushing Meadows last night, Britain's tennis players had scored an unexpected six at the US Open. Andy Murray's 200th Grand Slam victory gave him six straight sets in the first round as part of a dramatic start to the season's first Grand Slam. In the second round, Jack Draper dispelled concerns about his shoulder by defeating Radu Albot 6-1 6-4 6-3 to advance Murray, Katie Boulter, Lily Miyazaki, and Cam Norrie. Dan Evans beat Colombia's Daniel Elahi Galan 6-4 7-5, making it sixteen sets played and sixteen sets won. With a 6-3 6-4 victory over Anna Blinkova of Russia, Jodie Burrage was the last of the group, making it a thrilling seven.

Lily Miyazaki is not just a qualifier for the US Open; she is unquestionably the most qualified player at the whole tournament. The 27-year-old British No 7 spent five years at university in Oklahoma, where she obtained a full maths degree and then a Masters in Information Technology Management. As she begins the British challenge at Flushing Meadows against Russia's Margarita Betova, she catches the game, while the majority of her coworkers wait until day two.

Aryna Sabalenka has backed rival Elina Svitolina's call for Wimbledon to announce before matches that there will be no handshakes between players from Ukraine and those from Russia or Belarus. On Sunday night, Salabenka's Belarusian counterpart Victoria Azarenka was booed by a section of the number one court crowd after she walked away from Ukraine's Svitolina, who has a rule of not shaking hands with countries involved in the invasion of her country. Sabalenka, the number two seed who faces Madison Keys in the quarter-finals after beating Anna Blinkova of Russia on Monday, said of the Azarenka aftermath: "I mean, it's a very difficult situation."

With a 6-2 6-3 win over Anna Blinkova, second seed Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the fourth round of Wimbledon. Sabalenka, the Australian Open winner, needed three sets to defeat Varvara Gracheva in a close match on Friday, but she remained in total control against her Moscow-born rival 24 hours later.

LEWIS STEELE — A NON of a love story for the ages, the controversies surrounding a Ukrainian's absence from shaking hands with a Russian prompted Elina Svitolina's first Grand Slam appearance since giving birth to her first child. Svitolina's journey is the most heartwarming tale of the first week at Roland Garros, with no Rafael Nadal on site. In a tight three-set match yesterday, she defeated Anna Blinkova 2-6, 6-2, 7-5, and then went on to inspire others with her quick return. Last week, the Ukrainian won an event in Strasbourg but wasn't expected to progress so far here after a quick return from giving birth to Skai with fellow tennis player Gael Monfils, who had to pull out of the second round injured.

Sofya Zhuk won the Wimbledon girls' singles title in 2015 but has since switched to another source of income - as an OnlyFans creator. Russian Zhuk, a 23-year-old woman, has confirmed plans to launch a channel on the adult website, which encourages people to upload photos and videos of themselves for a monthly subscription. It's a far cry from her debut as a child, defeating fellow Russian Anna Blinkova in straight sets on Wimbledon's famous No. 109. 1 Court will win the girls' singles title without losing a single set throughout the tournament.