The 2026 Tennis Thread

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The Tennis Letter

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Eala d. Jasmine Paolini 6-1 7-6(5) Incredible win for Alex.
She had 3 match points at 5-3 but got it done in a tiebreak.
1st top 10 win of 2026.
She’s also into the Dubai R16 for the first time.
3rd top 10 win
Still only 20 years old…An enormous talent who’s gaining more & more belief by the day.
The world better be ready

 

[Adrian]

Tennis TV

@TennisTV
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Some way to win it Alcaraz comes through a stern test against Rinderknech 6-4 7-6!

 

[Adrian]

The Tennis Letter
@TheTennisLetter
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Elena Rybakina retires from her match against Antonia Ruzic in Dubai.

She told the physio she felt nauseous, didn’t sleep well, woke up with a heavy head, and felt really tired.

Hopefully we see her back at her best very soon.

She’s been incredible this season. ‍

Antonia is into her first WTA 1000 Quarterfinal.

 

[Adrian]

Tsitsipas d. Medvedev 6-3 6-4

Stefanos gets his 2nd top 20 win since 2024.

He also gets his first win over Daniil since 2022.

He'd lost the last 3 matches and 6 sets he played against him.

1st Doha QF since 2018

Very positive signs...

He's still got the game.

 

[Adrian]

The Tennis Letter
@TheTennisLetter
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Elise Mertens wins the 1st set 6-2 against Coco Gauff in Dubai.

Playing a very smart match so far.

 

[Adrian]

The Tennis Letter
@TheTennisLetter
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Rublev d. Marozsan 6-2 6-4

The defending champ gets his 7th straight win in Doha

He's gotten through his first couple of matches here comfortably.. no sets dropped

Andrey is a 2-time champ here.

Nice to see him looking confident

 

[Adrian]

The Tennis Letter
@TheTennisLetter
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Gauff wins the 2nd set 7-6(9) against Elise Mertens in Dubai.

3 match points saved.

Fighting back.

 

[Adrian]

The Tennis Letter
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1h
Alex Eala and Coco Gauff will face each other in the quarterfinals of Dubai.

This will be their first tour level meeting.

Rapidly rising star vs the world #4.

 

[Adrian]

The Tennis Letter

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Gauff d. Alex Eala 6-0 6-2
Coco reaches her first semifinal in Dubai since 2023.
This is the best match she’s played in weeks.
In her last match, she saved 3 match points and never found her best level.
Totally different player today.
2nd Dubai SF

 

[Adrian]

The Tennis Letter
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Pegula d. Amanda Anisimova 1-6 6-4 6-3 in Dubai

Down 1-6, 1-3.

Jessica reaches her first final of 2026.

She’s now 12-2 this season… very impressive start.

21st WTA final

 

[Adrian]

Coco Gauff complains about her coach in on-court meltdown

The world No 4 was beaten by Ukraine's Svitolina in the semifinal of the Dubai Tennis Championships. It was a three-hour thriller but Gauff's frustrations got the better of her.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Adrian]

Jessica Pegula cruises past Elina Svitolina to clinch title | Dubai Highlights | Tennis.com

The American celebrated her first triumph of the season.

www.tennis.com

 

[Adrian]

Sports Business Journal

@SBJ
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Grand Slam voice added @espn has signed @andyroddick to a multiyear on-air deal starting in 2026, joining coverage of Wimbledon Championships and the US Open.The former world No. 1 and 2003 U.S. Open champ has already built media momentum with his “Served” podcast — and now steps onto one of tennis’ biggest broadcast stages.MORE: https://ow.ly/LzGU50YkiWa

 

[Adrian]

Front Office Sports
@FOS
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3h
The Indian Wells Open has nearly tripled the prize money for its mixed doubles tournament, raising this year's purse to $1M.

2026: $1M
2025: $370,000
2024: $150,000

A tournament executive tells FOS the goal is to draw top singles players.

 

[Adrian]

The Tennis Letter
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3h
Daniil Medvedev calls for a remodeled tour where smaller events don’t count towards the rankings, ‘Make it 4 Grand Slams, 11 Masters. The others, maybe make them without points’

“That's the only way to make the tour shorter. It's never going to happen because there are licenses, and the ATP won't have enough money to buy all of them.”

"The other tournaments won't say, 'OK, we're out' because they would lose money. It's business. Right now with how the ATP Tour is, it's never going to change, at least while I'm playing.”

"Make it four Grand Slams ... 11 Masters. The others, maybe make them without points."

He brought up Holger Rune, who ruptured his Achilles last October playing an ATP 250, and pointed out that the players push themselves too hard to make the top 8 in the race to play the ATP Finals in Turin:

"Everybody was like 'Yeah, but you don't have to play it', but if he wants to be in Turin, he has to, even if it's not a mandatory tournament.”

"Last year I played seven tournaments in a row. Did I have to? No. I played bad at the beginning of the year, maybe I can get 100 points here, 200 here. If there would be no points, it's an easier decision."

Source:

https://reuters.com/sports/tennis/medvedev-calls-ranking-system-rethink-ease-burden-players-2026-02-25/

 

[Adrian]

The Tennis Letter
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Feb 24
Stefanos Tsitsipas will drop out of the top 40 for the first time in 8 years following his loss to Ugo Humbert in Dubai.

Tough way for the defending champion to go out.

 

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José Morgado
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Denis Shapovalov breaks to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 and reach the 2nd round in Indian Wells.

Good match at times. Shapovalov more consistent.

vs. Etcheverry in R2.

 

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