{"id":813942,"date":"2026-08-15T00:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T00:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/813942\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T00:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T00:58:10","slug":"oleksandra-oliinykova-defeats-elvina-kalieva-to-reach-second-round-in-cincinnati-ukraine-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/813942\/","title":{"rendered":"Oleksandra Oliinykova Defeats Elvina Kalieva to Reach Second Round in Cincinnati | Ukraine news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:500;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\">A fast start in Ohio has put one Ukrainian player in the spotlight, but a major test awaits in the next round.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian tennis player Oleksandra Oliynykova claimed a victory at the start of the prestigious WTA 1000 tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio. The tournament\u2019s prize money exceeds $7.4 million.<\/p>\n<p>Oliynykova, who is ranked 46th in the WTA world rankings, defeated American Elvina Kalieva, the world No. 120, in the first round of the main draw.<\/p>\n<p>Oliynykova\u2019s first-round victory<\/p>\n<p>The match lasted nearly an hour and a half. The Ukrainian won convincingly in straight sets, 6\u20134, 6\u20131, to advance to the second round of the Cincinnati tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Oleksandra Oliynykova \u2013 Elvina Kalieva \u2013 6\u20134, 6\u20131.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian\u2019s next opponent<\/p>\n<p>In the second round, Oleksandra Oliynykova will face fifth seed Mirra Andreeva.<\/p>\n<p>The WTA 1000 tournament in Cincinnati will run until August 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fast start in Ohio has put one Ukrainian player in the spotlight, but a major test awaits&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[345241,9747,3,345242,345240,99,428,240928,337488],"class_list":["post-813942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-cincinnati-wta-1000","tag-mirra-andreeva","tag-news","tag-oleksandra-oliinykova","tag-oleksandra-oliinykova-cincinnati-wta-1000-wta-tennis-mirra-andreeva-ukrainian-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-ukrainian-tennis","tag-wta-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}