WTA opening week 2026; Brisbane 500 & Auckland 250

[Aussie Darcy]

Meltdown coming for Penko. She’s murmuring to strangers here.

 

[spystud]

Straights for Sorana, nice.

 

[spystud]

Eala forces 3 against Donna in Auckland.

 

[Connor35]

Dani Collins on the Keys/Kessler call. About to be handshakes though.

How was she?

 

[tennis24x7]

Svitolina up a set on Gracheva in Auckland.

Sorana v. Jelena underway in Brisbane.

Didn't know Sorana was still playing.

 

[spystud]

^ She announced this is her final season.

How was she?

Not bad for her first day. Obviously she knows Keys & Kessler pretty well, so she wasn't gonna dig either one of them too much.

 

[robyrolfo]

OH MY GOD!!!!!

Did anyone see Sorana Cirstea???!!!!

She looks AMAZING in that NB kit. An absolute paragon of fitness and beauty!

 

[spystud]

Jovic v. Bejlek gets us started in Auckland.

 

[spystud]

Leylah v. Dayana & Kalinskaya v. JPeg kick us off in Brisbane.

 

[spystud]

Whoever Sinja Kraus is has won 7 of the first 8 games against Fran Jones in Auckland.

 

[spystud]

Breadstick from Dayana, JPeg takes her opener at 2.

 

[spystud]

1 & 2 for Dayana, ouch.

 

[slipgrip93]

yes, Kalinskaya has woken up in 2nd set vs. Pegula.

 

[MotorCityCobra]

Jovic got the win. Youngest in the top 100, about a half year younger than Mirra.

 

[spystud]

Fran Jones did not appreciate my slander, rolled rest of the match.

 

[spystud]

JPeg survives in 3.

 

[spystud]

Amanda v. Birrell now.

 

[Connor35]

OH MY GOD!!!!!

Did anyone see Sorana Cirstea???!!!!

She looks AMAZING in that NB kit. An absolute paragon of fitness and beauty!

It's a great kit. Kessler has worn the same and looks great in it.

 

[spystud]

1 & 3 for Amanda in barely an hour earlier.

 

[spystud]

Eala v. Marcinko from Auckland now.

 

[spystud]

Damn, we got Aryna v. Sorana from Brisbane in about 40 minutes.

 

[spystud]

Good matches everywhere today.

 

[spystud]

22-minute bagel by Eala.

 

[spystud]

Ha, now the ball kids bring the players’ towels to them in a plastic bucket.

 

[spystud]

Aryna breaks to 5-3, serving for it.

 

[spystud]

And that’s a wrap, safely through.

 

[spystud]

Elena v. Paula now.

 

[MotorCityCobra]

Rafa’s protege showing no chill. Serve still a work in progress though. Wonder if she can possibly pull off being a Dimentieva in this era. Onto Cocciaretto or Linette next

 

[spystud]

First to Elena at 3.

 

[spystud]

Rafa’s protege showing no chill. Serve still a work in progress though. Wonder if she can possibly pull off being a Dimentieva in this era. Onto Cocciaretto or Linette next

Magda it is.

 

[spystud]

Straights for ER.

 

[spystud]

Same for Muchova over Alexandrova.

Svitolina v. Boulter in Auckland now.

 

[spystud]

Whee!

https://twitter.com/x/status/2009157316105654416

She won in straights.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Whee!

https://twitter.com/x/status/2009157316105654416

She won in straights.

Monfils coded

 

[Larry Duff]

I saw Costoulas play in a Challenger in Glasgow last year. I don't really remember her game too well, nice to see her advancing though.

 

[spystud]

Dayana v. JPeg now.

 

[spystud]

Dayana just hit the umpire’s chair with a second serve, don’t see that every day.

 

[spystud]

From 3-5 down, DY reels off the next 4 to steal the opener.

 

[spystud]

JPeg rebounded to win in 3.

Marta handled Amanda in straights.

Mirra beat Noskova in 3 long ones.

 

[spystud]

Xinyu Wang v. Fran Jones up first in Auckland.

 

[spystud]

Fran quit down 6-4, 4-3. Them Brit ladies…

Eala v. Linette next.

 

[spystud]

Brisbane QFs are rather salty.

 

[spystud]

First to Eala at 3.

 

[spystud]

And first to Karolina at 2, damn.

 

[spystud]

Now MTO for Elena.

 

[spystud]

Eala is into the semis.

 

[spystud]

Elena miraculously recovered, smoked KM in the 2nd, 2-all now in the decider.

 

[MotorCityCobra]

Eala into the top 50 with that win

 

[spystud]

Karolina survives in the end.

 

[tx10is]

go muchova