In the Australian Open Round of 16 on Sunday, No. 75-ranked Veronika Kudermetova meets No. 27 Elina Svitolina.Kudermetova enters the Round of 16 after her two-set win on Saturday over Beatriz

Elina Svitolina shared that she hopes to bring “a little light” to the people of Ukraine after her victory at the Australian Open 2025. The 30-year-old reached the quarterfinals on Monday (January 20) by defeating Russian player Veronika Kudermetova in straight sets.

Svitolina beat Veronika Kudermetova at the Australian Open to improve to 7-0 against Russian players since the start of the war.

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Ukraine's Elina Svitolina (left) refuses to acknowledge Russian opponent Veronika Kudermetova at the end their foourth-round match

Elina Svitolina continues her great start to the season and has been through to the Australian Open quarterfinal, while Elena Rybakina suffered a round-of-16 loss. On Monday, the Ukrainian ousted world No. 75 Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 6-1.

Katie Boulter's hopes of making a deep run at a major for the first time are ended by Russia's Veronika Kudermetova at the Australian Open.

Down 1-4 to Veronika Kudermetova, Elina Svitolina roared through 11 of the final 12 games sealing a 6-4, 6-1 sweep to reach the AO quarterfinals. Photo credit: Quinn Rooney/Getty Unleashing a massive uppercut,

Veronika Kudermetova (No. 75 in the world) faces Beatriz Haddad Maia (No. 17) in the Round of 32 at the Australian Open.Haddad Maia earned a two-set win over Erika Andreeva (6-2, 6-3)

No.2 seed Jessica Pegula notched her 17th win in her last 19 matches with a 6-7(9), 6-1, 6-2 victory over No.32 seed Veronika Kudermetova at the China Open on Sunday. It was also Pegula's first win over Kudermetova in three attempts. Why not watch this next…

Record crowds roamed Melbourne Park, new stars emerged, and old ones wound back the clock. Revellers had fun at the party court, but the same conduct was not welcomed by the players as it bled into the big matches.

After the first Grand Slam of the season, the rankings got a major shakeup with Madison Keys returning to the Top 10, Paula Badosa and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova climbing even higher and Belinda Bencic jumping over 100 spots in a week full of big moves.