WTA opening week 2026; Brisbane 500 & Auckland 250

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First to Jovic at 2 over Costoulas.

 

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First to Aryna at 3.

 

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Jovic is also into the Auckland semis.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Sabalenka in complete control, looks great. Game away from the SF.

Crazy to have the AO Final rematch in the QF's here in Brisbane. Could've also gotten the US Open final in the final here if Anisimova didn't bounce early.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Easy does it for Sabs.

6-3 6-3 over Keys.

Defending champ here looks fantastic.

 

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3 & 3 for Tigress, easy day.

 

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First to Svitolina over Kartal in Auckland.

Same for JPeg over Samsonova in Brisbane.

 

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Kartal wins the breaker to force 3.

 

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And JPeg wins her breaker to avoid 3.

 

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Elina wins the deciding breaker, Sonay had her chances. They played 36 games in barely over 2 hours, that’s moving.

 

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Mirra v. Marta now to wrap up all the quarters.

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/2009560009219469454

 

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Marta wins a tough opening breaker.

 

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Brisbane semis start first today, little over 4 hours.

 

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First pair walking on now.

 

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Aryna takes the opener at 3.

 

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And the second at 4, Tigress is into the 500 final.

 

[Subway Tennis]

May as well give GOATalenka the trophy now in this type of form.

 

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Eala v. Xinyu Wang in the first Auckland semi now.

 

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And now JPeg v. Marta underway in Brisbane.

MK's kit is quite tight.

 

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These two matches are crazy. Eala was down 1-5, up 6-5 now.

Marta has won the first 5 in a hurry, she is firing.

 

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And the young Filipina seals the set.

 

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21-minute bagel complete, yowza.

 

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JPeg serving to stay at 2-5.

 

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Aryna v. Marta in the 500 final, that’ll be fun.

 

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Wang comes back from 3-5 to force a decider. Neither lady wants to close a lead.

 

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Wang ends the kid's run, gets the winner of Svitolina v. Jovic next.

 

[Subway Tennis]

Kostyuk off forehand is looking out of this world at this tournament. She is going huge down the line over and over again and pulling it off with ease. And her point construction looks so solid. Never thought of her as a super high IQ style point constructor but she has been playing so smart in Brisbane. Mission impossible trying to beat GOATalenka in this type of form but it would be great to see Kostyuk pull it off.

 

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Elina takes the opening breaker on her 5th SP.

 

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[Fabrivitx]

Kostyuk off forehand is looking out of this world at this tournament. She is going huge down the line over and over again and pulling it off with ease. And her point construction looks so solid. Never thought of her as a super high IQ style point constructor but she has been playing so smart in Brisbane. Mission impossible trying to beat GOATalenka in this type of form but it would be great to see Kostyuk pull it off.

Kostyuk will win, watch..

 

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Can we at least give credit to tourney organizers for not scheduling their finals at the same time?

Auckland (Svitolina v. Wang) is 10 pm Central, Brisbane midnight.

Nice run by Jovic this week too.

 

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20 minutes late, but we're underway in Auckland.

 

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First to Elina at 3.

 

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Good start to the season for Kiki.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2010199659491537181

 

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6-all in the breaker.

Aryna v. Marta will be on T2, TC is gonna stay with United Cup after the Brisbane final.

 

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And Elina wins Auckland, that a woman.

 

[MichaelNadal]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2010232265335538042

 

[Fabrivitx]

LoL they hate eachother so much

 

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First to Aryna at 4.

 

[Fabrivitx]

Kostyuk throw away the game

 

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About to be handshake time, #1 is rolling.

 

[Fabrivitx]

Kostyuk can never control her emotions when playing against Sabalenka, shes chirping to her coaches and losing effort

 

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This was funny earlier.

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Marta trying to take Aryna’s second serve 10’ inside the baseline, that didn’t work.

 

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Also, Jelena/Hsieh won Brisbane doubles earlier.

 

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Marta serving to stay at 2-5, good luck.

 

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Tigress wins the 500.

Two damn good tourneys to start the year.

 

[Hitman]

Sabalenka has to be the solid favorite now for AO.

 

[Subway Tennis]

Kostyuk will win, watch..

Would've been awesome to see for sure. I'm still really positive about Kostyuk for this year. She played brilliantly all week. unfortunately she just ran into a freight train having to play AUSSIElenka in the final. Sabs is unplayable in Australia when she is in this type of form.