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Ekaterina Alexandrova’s straight sets loss to Magda Linette means no Russian women remain in the Australian Open singles, ending a run that began with 14 Russian players in the main draw and prolonging Russia’s wait for a female Grand Slam champion since 2014.

Ekaterina Alexandrova lost 6-3 6-4 to Magda Linette in the third round, eliminating the last Russian woman from the singles draw.
Russia started the tournament with 14 women in the main singles draw, including four top 20 seeds, and none reached the second week.
Daria Kasatkina, the highest-ranked Russian at number eight, was beaten in the first round by Varvara Gracheva.
Several seeded Russians, including 18th seed Liudmila Samsonova, lost in the first round, and ninth seed Veronika Kudermetova exited in the second round to American qualifier Katie Volynets.
Diana Shnaider lost in the second round to sixth seed Maria Sakkari and Varvara Gracheva fell in the third round to Karolina Pliskova.
Russia still has doubles presence with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Elena Rybakina in the doubles third round and Anna Kalinskaya paired with Caroline Dolehide also through to the doubles third round.
Elena Rybakina, who represents Kazakhstan, remains in the singles and is set to face world number one Iga Swiatek in the fourth round.
In the men's draw Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov are in the last 16 and will face Holger Rune and Yoshihito Nishioka respectively.

No Russian women left in Australian Open singles after Alexandrova upset

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