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Will be posting updates on ATP/WTA events as well as reacting to news around the great sport of tennis.
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I love this week of tennis where there's tennis on all day no matter what time zone you're in and you get 17-18 consecutive hours of live tennis somewhere.

Starts in Doha with the 1000 there and then the 500 in Rotterdam and then the 500 in Dallas and the 250 in Buenos Aires.
Shelton/Kovacevic win 5-7, 7⁷-6⁵, 10-3 against Dimitrov/Georgiev

After it couldn't be closer for the entire match that tiebreak escalated very quickly, the American pair won the first 8 points. Day session in Dallas is now complete.

📸 Tennis Channel App
February 9, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Mirra Andreeva takes it 7⁷-6⁰, 6-1 against Magda Linette to end the day in Doha. Really pulled away after a tough start

📸 Jimmie48/WTA Tour
February 9, 2026 at 8:16 PM
So good to see Qinwen Zheng return today, she won 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 over Sofia Kenin.

Meanwhile, retirements from defending champion in Doha Amanda Anisimova sent Karolina Pliskova on and Emma Raducanu retired against Osorio directly after the Cluj run.

Ugo Humbert won 7-6, 3-6, 6-3 vs Medvedev also.
February 9, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I love this week of tennis where there's tennis on all day no matter what time zone you're in and you get 17-18 consecutive hours of live tennis somewhere.

Starts in Doha with the 1000 there and then the 500 in Rotterdam and then the 500 in Dallas and the 250 in Buenos Aires.
February 8, 2026 at 11:06 PM
This Week's Champs:

WTA 500 Abu Dhabi: Sara Bejlek
1st Title

ATP 250 Montpellier: Felix Auger-Aliassime
9th Title, Defends Title, 8th Indoor Title

WTA 250 Cluj: Sorana Cirstea
4th Title, Wins Home Event

WTA 250 OSTRAVA!!!: Katie Boulter
4th Title, 1st Since 2024
February 8, 2026 at 9:23 PM
WTA Top 10/Race Top 8 also did not change much, Alexandrova is back in Top 10 and Bencic is back out.

An insane rankings jump for Bejlek, she's at a new high as is Baptiste, Eala, Oliynykova, and Waltert

Sabalenka up to 77 weeks as World #1, still a good bit away from Davenport
February 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Not a ton of changes for the ATP ATP Top 10 or Race Top 8 as it was a calm week.

FAA winning Montpellier puts him back to 6th. Points for Dallas and Rotterdam will come off 1 week early due to the calendar being weird this year.

Alcaraz ties Courier at 58 weeks as World #1.
February 8, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Karolina Muchova wins 6-2, 6-3 against Jacqueline Cristian

Meanwhile, Kasatkina won the last 5 games of the 2nd set from a set and 1-3 down vs Uchijima and then bagels the 3rd set so won the last 11 games to seal the win there

📷 Jimmie48/WTA Tour
February 8, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Davis Cup Qualifers R2:

🇪🇸 vs 🇨🇱 (host)
🇭🇷 vs 🇩🇪 (host)
🇧🇪 vs 🇦🇹 (host)
🇪🇨 vs 🇬🇧 (host)
🇮🇳 vs 🇰🇷 (host)
🇺🇸 vs 🇨🇿 (host)
🇫🇷 vs 🇨🇦 (host)

Bye: 🇮🇹
February 8, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Ecuador completes the upset of Australia with Escobar/Hidalgo defeating Hijikata/Thompson 7-6, 6-4.

Australia has had so much success in the Davis Cup, not this year. Getting Australia on a claycourt at home was the difference and why home/away ties are so awesome.

🇦🇺 0-3 🇪🇨

📷 Tennis Channel App
February 8, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Dominant win for Karolina Pliskova 6-1, 6-2 vs Sierra in Round 1 of Doha.

59 minutes.

📷 Jimmie48/WTA Tour
February 8, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Davis Cup Update:

Advanced into R2:
🇨🇱🇩🇪🇭🇷🇬🇧🇦🇹🇨🇦🇧🇪🇰🇷🇨🇿🇺🇸🇫🇷🇮🇳
Auto Bye: 🇪🇸
Into Final 8: 🇮🇹

Last in progress tie:
🇪🇨 2-0 🇦🇺
February 8, 2026 at 5:12 PM
An incredible moment for India, as Dhakshineswar Suresh has won 6-4, 7⁷-6⁴ against Guy Den Ouden to send India to the 2nd Round of Davis Cup Qualifers.

🇮🇳 3-2 🇳🇱

📷 Tennis Channel App
February 8, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Victoria Mboko wins 7-5, 6-2 vs Marie Bouzkova in the 1st Round of Doha.

📷 Jimmie48/WTA Tour
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Davis Cup Update:

Advanced into R2:
🇨🇱🇩🇪🇭🇷🇬🇧🇦🇹🇨🇦🇧🇪🇰🇷🇨🇿🇺🇸
Auto Bye: 🇪🇸
Into Final 8: 🇮🇹

Other in progress ties;
🇪🇨 2-0 🇦🇺
🇳🇱 2-2 🇮🇳
🇫🇷 2-1 🇸🇰
February 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Alycia Parks wins 1-6, 6-4, 7⁷-6⁵ against Diana Shnaider in Doha R1

Parks can either play incredible or hit errors all over the court, we kinda saw both in this match, but it was enough in the end to get a very big win for her.

📷 Jimmie48/WTA Tour
February 8, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Felix Auger-Aliassime wins 6-3, 7⁷-6⁴ against Adrian Mannarino to win Montpellier

His 8th indoor title out of the 9 he's won and defends his title here. Won the last 5 points of that tiebreak.

📷 Aksana Brendon Ratnayake/AP Photo
February 8, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Davis Cup Update after Saturday:

Advanced into R2:
🇨🇱🇩🇪🇭🇷🇬🇧🇦🇹🇨🇦
Auto Bye: 🇪🇸
Into Final 8: 🇮🇹

Other in progress ties that finish tomorrow:
🇪🇨 2-0 🇦🇺
🇧🇪 2-0 🇧🇬
🇳🇱 1-1 🇮🇳
🇰🇷 1-1 🇦🇷
🇺🇸 2-0 🇭🇺
🇨🇿 2-0 🇸🇪
🇫🇷 1-1 🇸🇰
February 8, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Liam Draxl wins 6-3, 6-4 against Gustavo Heide

Team Canada survives a tough Brazil team despite being without Fonseca giving them all they wanted the last 2 nights in Vancouver despite being heavy underdogs.

🇨🇦 3-2 🇧🇷

📷 Tennis Channel App
February 8, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Gabriel Diallo survives 3-6, 6-1, 7⁷-6⁴ against Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

Diallo keeps Canada alive and avoids an upset defeat like he took yesterday evening. There will be 1 match to decide this tie.

🇨🇦 2-2 🇧🇷

📷 Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press
February 8, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Doha starts tomorrow and kicks off the 1st WTA 1000 of the season, we also have the Final in Montpellier between FAA and Mannarino.

Davis Cup Qualifiers R1 wrap up:
🇪🇨 2-0 🇦🇺
🇧🇪 2-0 🇧🇬
🇳🇱 1-1 🇮🇳
🇰🇷 1-1 🇦🇷
🇺🇸 2-0 🇭🇺
🇨🇿 2-0 🇸🇪
🇫🇷 1-1 🇸🇰
February 8, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Andres Andrade wins 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 against James Duckworth

Despite music blasting when he went to serve for the match, it's a massive win for Ecuador after saving a match point. Being able to get Australia on clay has been really beneficial

🇪🇨 2-0 🇦🇺

📷 Tennis Channel App
February 8, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Luz/Matos win 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 against Draxl/Harper

Brazil is 1 match away from pulling a huge shocker, and this was a must win considering winning both singles would be very unlikely for Brazil. Canada still probably the favorite despite 1-2 down

🇧🇷 2-1 🇨🇦

📷 Tennis Channel App
February 7, 2026 at 11:35 PM
News: Gael Monfils will not only miss Buenos Aires but also Rio in his final season on Tour, was supposed to play the Golden Swing but caught a virus.

In Doha, Paula Badosa and Barbora Krejcikova are both out.
February 7, 2026 at 8:38 PM
News: Jelena Ostapenko has been announced as a wild card for the ATX Open in Austin. She joins Venus Williams, who was previously announced a wild card.

Meanwhile, Jack Draper is out of Rotterdam next week as well as Doha the week after, possibly still not healthy after returning at Davis Cup.
February 7, 2026 at 8:33 PM