Sklyar advanced to the round of 16 at the US Open Junior Championships. Belinska lost her first-round match.

Two Ukrainian tennis players—Polina Sklyar (WTA No. 1041) and Sofia Belinska—played their opening matches at the 2026 US Open Junior Championships.

The 15-year-old Sklyar, seeded ninth, defeated Great Britain’s Holly Smart in two sets in the first round. Next, Polina will face wild-card entrant Isha Manchala.

Fourteen-year-old Belinska lost in the round of 32 to “neutral” 11th seed Felitsata Dorofeeva-Ribas in two sets.

For both Polina and Sofia, this was their debut match on the courts of New York. Sklyar will play a doubles match on September 7 alongside Alissa James, while Belinska will begin her doubles campaign on the 8th (partnering with Nadia Lagayev).

A day earlier, another Ukrainian representative—Antonina Sushkova—advanced to the round of 32 at the 2026 US Open Juniors.

2026 US Open. Juniors, Round of 32

• Polina Sklyar (Ukraine) [9] – Holly Smart (Great Britain) – 6-4, 6-2

• Sofia Belinska (Ukraine) – Felicita Dorofeeva-Ribas [11] – 1:6, 4:6

Photo (Polina Sklyar)

Photo (Sofia Belinska)