Navarro v. smoking hot Kalinskaya in a decider on T2 now.

Welp, double break for the Rooskie, will serve for it.

Short tourney for both Emmas.

Some seeds going down!

The Eastern Bloc took a big hit today in Doha…

Edited February 12Feb 12 by Napoleon

Muchova just beat Kalinskaya, nice of TC & T2 to not show that matchup.

Fritz had 3 Tournament points up 4-5 in the 3rd set, but Shelton held. Then Fritz shat himself on his serve. Then Shelton won 7-5 in the 3rd and his girlfriend was there to be the tennis girlfriend.

British Emma lost in 3 to a scrub in Dubai.

America Emma decided to win one.

Our favorite scoreline!

JPeg v. Gracheva on TC now.

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• Tick Tock Tennis @TickTockTennis

Badosa retires against Svitolina.

So, 24 of 43.

• 2:02 PM · Feb 17, 2026

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• Tick Tock Tennis @TickTockTennis · Feb 17, 2026

23 of the 43 players originally entered into Dubai have now withdrawn or retired mid-match.

53%

Never seen anything like it.

It’s a required tournament, but apparently most girls don’t want to be there.

The tournament organizer paid a huge fee to the tour to host the event and wants players docked points and/or fined for skipping the event.

Oops. 😅

That seems so odd to me. I thought Women would love being in the Middle East

Rybakina retired

As goofy as this tourney has been, QFs still ain’t too bad. Obviously Ruzic is the big outlier.

1 hour ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

As goofy as this tourney has been, QFs still ain’t too bad. Obviously Ruzic is the big outlier.

This has “very solid 500” level quarterfinals.

Andreeva snatched defeat from the jaws of victory today. She can self destruct in the closing moments and that’s what Anisimova allowed her to do

Semis are solid.

Elina v. Coco

JPeg v. Amanda

1 hour ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Semis are solid.

Elina v. Coco

JPeg v. Amanda

Like the Greensboro Open or some such.

3 🇺🇸 and a 🇺🇦, just like most non Putin-loving Americans wouldn’t mind seeing.

JJPeg v. Amanda now.

Damnit, the double-letter thing caught me above.

JPeg won in 3, Elina did as well in 3 hours.

Going 2nd and playing for 3 hours…

Elina is going to be dead tomorrow.

I don’t gamble, but JPeg is going to be favored by more than 2 to 1 tomorrow and yet it will still be a good bet.

Edited February 20Feb 20 by Napoleon

Svitolina never had a chance after that semifinal I didn’t watch it, but my prediction was fairly spot on.

Women's Tennis Association

Svitolina vs. Pegula | Final Dubai Duty Free Tennis Champ...

[4]J. Pegula d [7]E. Svitolina 6-2,6-4 | Final match of Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2026. Stats, head-to-head and scores.

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• Matthew McConaughey @McConaughey

Fellow Longhorn Payton Stearns ran me around the court today at UT. Go get em in the ATX P. Hook em.

• 11:40 PM · Feb 20, 2026

*Peyton. Main draw begins Tuesday, Jovic is there too.

Also this.

• 
• Emily @sportyandhot

"you have played flavio three times, you had sex, success, with him all three times, why have you had such success against"

Sebi Korda: "Well, he is a good looking guy..."

• 10:49 PM · Feb 21, 2026

Sloane is entered in Merida, but her marriage is done.

Former US Open tennis champion Sloane Stephens and former U.S. men's national soccer player Jozy Altidore are ending their marriage after four years.

Stephens, who won the 2017 US Open, posted a story on Instagram announcing the split Saturday.

"Jozy and I have decided to end our marriage," the post read. "With peace, I am navigating this transition with mutual respect and kindly ask for privacy during this time. Thank you for your love, understanding and continued support."

Stephens, 32, was also the runner-up at the 2018 French Open. Altidore, 36, scored 42 goals over 115 appearances for the U.S. men's soccer team from 2007 to 2019 and had a long professional career in Major League Soccer and overseas.

14 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

• 
• Matthew McConaughey @McConaughey

Fellow Longhorn Payton Stearns ran me around the court today at UT. Go get em in the ATX P. Hook em.

• 11:40 PM · Feb 20, 2026

*Peyton. Main draw begins Tuesday, Jovic is there too.

I think that Austin being a 250 limits the number of Top 10 players who can play in it.

The limit is 2 or something, which means some top Americans can’t play the tournament.

They mentioned this last year when Madison Keys (or someone) wasn’t able to play due to this weird rule.

And coming off the two ME 1000s, no one gives a shit.

Actually, the draw ain’t bad if you just go by names.

JPeg (if she stays in), Bianca, Venus, etc.

Austin draw

Rough timing for an ATP and WTA tournament to be in Mexico this week

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• Brett Haber @BrettHaber

Just left Mexico. Police activity at the airport was insane. Polite suggestion to the @atptour & @WTA -- and to Larry Ellison: get one plane to Acapulco and one to Merida and get everybody out of there -- and put them up for an extra week at Indian Wells to train and be safe.

• 1:48 AM · Feb 23, 2026

Sloane withdrew from Mexico.

Austin’s Tuesday lineup is pretty solid.

9 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Sloane withdrew from Mexico.

Austin’s Tuesday lineup is pretty solid.

All of those ladies should withdraw from Mexico!

I like Mexico (except for El Tri fans), but there is zero reason that any of those ladies should risk their life for $12,000.

3 & 4 for Iva.

Galfi beat Bianca in 3, Ajla smoked Venus.

Krueger beat McNally.

JPeg withdrew even though she’s in Austin.

Yep. Good on her to still show up and make an appearance

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• Christian's Court @christianscourt

Dubai champ Jessica Pegula pulled out from her first round match in Austin vs Sramkova but she's still on-site to celebrate her 32nd birthday! 🎉

(ATX Open/IG stories)

• 6:17 PM · Feb 24, 2026

AIja Tomljanovic beat the 560th ranked player in the world in straight sets in Austin.

SIDE NOTE: The Surly software update user experience continues to be pure shit. The number of times that I simply try to tape a word and suddenly Gif options pop down and then have to be cleared before doing the same circus clown song & dance again reminds one of gags that circus clowns 🤡 perform for kids.

Peyton forces a decider against Fran Jones.

Peyton survives. Austin would be bummin’ if they lost her on top of Bianca, Venus, & JPeg today.

Lulu Sun did not follow her to the next round though.

Bianca isn’t the worst person in the world, but she’s a whiner and I always cheer for her to lose.

Did Pegula withdraw?

I would’ve expected her to. I don’t think that you can ever expect a player to play a 250 a day or two after winning a 1000 event. Throw in that she was in the shitty Middle East and flew a long way just to get back to the States and fuck that!

At 6:00pm tonight (in Austin).

Taylor just won in singles, so she can chill for awhile.

Ha, they just mentioned Keys couldn’t play here because of JPeg, then JPeg quits. Rule is can’t have two top-10s in a 250 the same week as a 500.

Doubles match on T2. Can't think of the black girl's name that's calling it at the moment, but she sounds 14.

Edited February 26Feb 26 by shadow_operative2.0
Vicky Duval, shit, that was driving me crazy.

Peyton/Venus did not win.

3 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Doubles match on T2. Can't think of the black girl's name that's calling it at the moment, but she sounds 14.

Without looking, I bet its Vicky Duval

Ann Li v. Sonmez in a decider from Mexico on T2.

Iva v. Ajla in Austin in about 40.

We are playing 3 in Austin.

Iva breaks to 4-all.

But Ajla breaks right back, will serve for it.