Article by Alexandru Stanciu – Published Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 07:27 / Updated Wednesday, January 21, 2026 07:43
Gabriela Ruse (28, #79 WTA) faces Ajla Tomljanovic (32, #78 WTA) in the second round of the Australian Open. The match is scheduled to start at 8:00, Romanian time, and can be watched liveTEXT on GSP.ro and live on Eurosport.
The winner of this match will play in the 3rd round against the winner of Maria Sakkari (30 years old, #53 WTA) and Mirra Andreeva (18 years old, #7 WTA).
Live from 8:00 am » Gabriela Ruse – Ajla Tomljanovic
In the first round of the Melbourne tournament, Gabriela Ruse produced a surprise and eliminated the 26th seed Dayana Yamstremska (25 years old, #28 WTA), score 6-4, 7-5.
On the other hand, Tomljanovic defeated another player from Ukraine, Yuliia Starodubtseva (25 years old, #110 WTA), score 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-1.
This is the third straight match between the two tennis players. The first duel took place in the qualifications of the WTA Dubai 2022 tournament, where Gabriela Ruse prevailed with a score of 6-1, 7-5.
The Australian got her revenge two years later, at the Challenger tournament in Hong Kong, where she won 7-5, 6-3.
