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<!–qv q:id=5y q:key=vcaa: Nothing about the quarterfinal match at the 2026 Athens Open between Zheng Qinwen and Barbora Krejcikova could be assured. The Chinese player, for instance, raced to a 3-0 first-set lead and appeared ready to take the entire match easily. That's when things changed. –> Nothing about the quarterfinal match at the 2026…

<!–qv q:id=5y q:key=vcaa: Andrey Rublev struggled to get through his round-of-16 match at the 2026 Nordea Open, and one might have logically assumed his quarterfinal match against Sebastian Baez, a clay-court specialist, would be far more difficult. It wasn't. –> Andrey Rublev struggled to get through his round-of-16 match at the 2026 Nordea Open, and…

<!–qv q:id=5y q:key=vcaa: Casper Ruud didn't want to have happen against Juan Manuel Cerundolo at the 2026 Swiss Open what happened in 2025. In a tough three-set match, it was the Argentine who pulled through. In their quarterfinal match in 2026, Ruud appeared set to reverse that narrative. –> Casper Ruud didn’t want to have…

<!–qv q:id=5y q:key=vcaa: Emma Raducanu has been one of the unluckiest players in dealing with injuries over the last few years. She's had surgery on her ankles and wrists that have forced her to miss significant time. Her latest ailment is a stress fracture in her leg. –> Emma Raducanu has been one of the…

<!–qv q:id=5y q:key=vcaa: For a while in the second and third sets of the Iasi Open second-round match between Paula Badosa and Alevtina Ibragimova, the best thing that Badosa's opponent could do was keep the ball in play. This wasn't because the Spaniard was dominating the Russian, however. –> For a while in the second…

<!–qv q:id=5y q:key=vcaa: Andrey Rublev was once a staple in the top 10 of the ATP tour, and ironically, as his ranking has slipped a bit over the last year or so, his emotional outbursts have been curbed too. He still gets angry at himself, and maybe not enough. –> Andrey Rublev was once a…

<!–qv q:id=5y q:key=vcaa: Alex Eala is obviously one of the ascending stars in tennis and is a megastar in her home nation of the Philippines. She's earned that by already achieving things that haven't been done in Filipino tennis. Her best is likely still ahead of her. –> Alex Eala is obviously one of the…

<!–qv q:id=6q q:key=vcaa: The Cincinnati Open doesn't play around. The event has arguably the best facilities of any Masters 1000, and each year seems to be better. But the tournament will make one key change in 2026, and it could be because they listened to Carlos Alcaraz. –> The Cincinnati Open doesn’t play around. The…

<!–qv q:id=6q q:key=vcaa: Is Jannik Sinner already one of the top 10 players of the ATP rankings area? If the main criteria is number of weeks at No. 1, the answer is “yes.” –> Is Jannik Sinner already one of the top 10 players of the ATP rankings area? If the main criteria is number…

<!–qv q:id=6q q:key=vcaa: Carlos Alcaraz might never play the Barcelona Open again. The event is his home tournament, but he has also been injured playing there in each of the past two years. In 2026, he hurt his wrist, and the ailment forced him out of the French Open and Wimbledon, and he sank in…