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Venus Williams Eyes Doubles Revival With Coco Gauff as Indian Wells Beckons
Venus Williams does not collect appearances. She collects chapters. And this latest one, written in doubles pairings and wildcard entries, carries the faint scent of unfinished business. With her comeback gathering rhythm, the seven-time Grand Slam singles champion has made clear she intends to keep playing doubles. That alone turns every draw into intrigue. When…
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Kim Clijsters Reacts to Tara Moore’s $20M Lawsuit Against WTA
The Tara Moore case refuses to stay confined to paperwork and legal briefs. It has become a fault line running through modern tennis — science on one side, strict liability on the other. Kim Clijsters, former world No. 1 and seven-time Grand Slam champion, did not rush to courtroom theatrics. Instead, she called the situation…
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Desert Coronation? Eugenie Bouchard Backs Victoria Mboko for Indian Wells Breakthrough
Indian Wells has a habit of separating promise from proof. In the Californian desert, reputations wilt quickly. Victoria Mboko arrives this year not as a curiosity, but as a contender — and Eugenie Bouchard has made that clear. A week before the first combined WTA 1000/Masters 1000 event of 2026, Bouchard publicly endorsed her fellow…
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Give Them Wings: Judy Murray’s Stark Warning to Tennis Parents About Winning at All Costs
Judy Murray has seen enough centre courts to know where the real match is played. It is not in the rankings or the forehand technique, but in the car ride home. Speaking to the Tennis Insider Club podcast, the former Great Britain Fed Cup captain reduced modern tennis parenting to a line that cuts through…
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WTA Mérida 2026 Prize Money
Updated as of March 1, 2026, the Mérida Open offers far more than a single winner’s check. Each round comes with its own prize money paycheck — and at RallyHer, we break down exactly how much every woman earns depending on where her Mexican campaign comes to an end. As the tournament progresses, players move…
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Emma Raducanu Opens Up on Illness, Coaching Uncertainty and Fresh Start with Uniqlo
Emma Raducanu’s 2026 season continues to unfold in chapters — some promising, some complicated. After reaching the final in Cluj and showing encouraging signs of form, the 2021 US Open champion has now revealed she is not actively searching for a new coach, despite recently parting ways with Francisco Roig. At the same time, lingering…
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Alexandra Eala Buzz, Pegula’s Dubai Masterclass & Coco Gauff Serve Debate Ignite WTA Discussion
The microphones were hot — and so were the takes. In the latest episode of Nothing Major, Sam Querrey, John Isner, Steve Johnson and Jack Sock turned their focus to the women’s tour, delivering one of the most wide-ranging and surprisingly sharp WTA discussions in recent memory. From Alexandra Eala’s meteoric rise as a global…
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WTA Prize Money Leaders 2026: Jessica Pegula Storms Podium After Dubai Triumph
Dubai didn’t just crown a champion — it reshuffled the financial hierarchy of the 2026 WTA season. With her commanding run to the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title, Jessica Pegula didn’t merely lift a trophy. She launched herself into the elite circle of the WTA Prize Money Leaders 2026, joining Elena Rybakina and Aryna…
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Iga Swiatek Psychologist Debate Intensifies After Polish Podcast — Is There Even a Problem?
In elite tennis, the margins are thin. Confidence, clarity, composure — they can determine whether a forehand lands inside the line or drifts wide. This week, Iga Swiatek’s mental game moved from private strategy to public debate. A Private Partnership, Suddenly Public Comments made on the Polish podcast Trzeci Serwis have reignited discussion around Swiatek’s…
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Paula Badosa Withdraws from Mexico’s Mérida Open 2026 Amid Ongoing Physical Struggles
Paula Badosa’s 2026 season continues to unfold in fragments. Another Pause in a Season Searching for Stability The Spaniard has officially withdrawn from the WTA 500 Mérida Open Akron, marking yet another interruption in what has been a stop-start campaign. Currently ranked No.70 in the world, Badosa began the year aiming to rebuild momentum —…
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Jessica Pegula Delivers Masterclass to Win Dubai WTA 1000 Title
Jessica Pegula left no doubt in Dubai and delivered a masterclass. In a final that followed two emotional semifinals, the American imposed her rhythm from the very first games and powered past Elina Svitolina 6-2, 6-4 to lift the WTA 1000 trophy. A Lightning Start Pegula wasted little time asserting control. After sharp baseline exchanges…
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Monte Carlo Masters Opens Door to WTA Event: A Future Combined ATP-WTA 1000 on Clay?
Monte Carlo has always been about tradition. Red clay above the Mediterranean. Packed grandstands carved into rock. A tournament that feels carved out of time itself. But change may be quietly stirring. Monte Carlo’s Next Evolution? The WTA Door Is Not Closed David Massey, director of the Monte Carlo Masters 1000, confirmed this week that…
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Pegula and Svitolina Ignite Dubai: “What Jess Can Do, I Can Do Better,” Elina Must Have Thought
The semifinals of the WTA Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships delivered exactly what WTA elite tennis promises: pressure, precision, and the fall of favorites. Dubai Delivers Chaos — And Clarity Both the top seed and the No.2 seed were eliminated on Friday, leaving behind a final shaped not by ranking, but by resilience. Jessica Pegula…
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Venus Williams Accepts Indian Wells 2026 Wildcard: A Desert Return for a Living Legend
Indian Wells has seen champions, comebacks and controversies. But in 2026, it welcomes something even more powerful: longevity. Venus Williams, at 45 years old, has accepted a wildcard into the BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells 2026, granting her entry into both singles and doubles. Tournament director Tommy Haas called it “an honor” to award the…
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Dubai Tennis Championships 2026 Tournament Centre: Results, Schedule & Daily Key Stats (WTA 1000)
Updated as of February 21. The Dubai Tennis Championships 2026 is the second headline WTA 1000 event on the Middle East Swing. This Tournament Centre tracks every result day by day, with scores updated regularly as the draw advances. What you’ll find here all weekEvery women’s singles score from February 13–21, updated round by round from…
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Dubai Quarterfinals: Gauff Overcomes Yesterday’s Gauff, Svitolina and Pegula Still On Course
The Dubai quarterfinals were about margins — and mindset. Coco Gauff advanced past rising star Alexandra Eala. Elina Svitolina imposed her authority once again. And the desert delivered three matches defined by momentum shifts and tactical adjustments. If the earlier rounds were about survival, the last eight became about control. Coco Gauff Responds Against Eala…
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Mirra Andreeva in Tears as Amanda Anisimova Ends Dubai Title Defense in Epic Quarterfinal
Under the Dubai night sky, the defending champion walked off in tears. Mirra Andreeva’s bid to retain her Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships crown ended in one of the most dramatic matches of the 2026 WTA season. After 2 hours and 40 minutes of razor-thin margins, Amanda Anisimova prevailed 2–6, 7–5, 7–6(4), denying the 18-year-old…
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From Sabalenka to Rybakina: A Double Dozen Withdrawals Shake Dubai’s WTA 1000
The desert was meant to showcase brilliance. Instead, it has exposed fragility. While Mirra Andreeva, Coco Gauff and Amanda Anisimova surge forward under the Dubai lights, the 2026 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships have quietly produced a staggering statistic: a double dozen players have withdrawn or retired from the event. Twenty-four names. Across generations. Across…
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Mirra Andreeva Leads Dubai Drama as Rybakina Retires and Gauff Survives Thriller
Dubai does not whisper. It tests. It twists. It exposes. And on a day packed with tension, resilience, and sudden exits at the WTA 1000 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, defending champion Mirra Andreeva stood at the center of it all — imperfect, emotional, but still marching forward. Around her, chaos unfolded. A top seed…
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Pegula Steps Forward as WTA Faces Calendar Reckoning
The desert heat in Dubai has exposed more than just physical fatigue. As withdrawals stacked up at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, the WTA quietly unveiled a structural response that could reshape the future of the women’s tour. Jessica Pegula — world No. 5, former world No. 3, and one of the sport’s most…
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Gauff in Control, Eala Electrifies Dubai: A Quarter of the Draw Comes Alive
Under the bright Dubai lights, one superstar imposed her authority — and one rising force shook the bracket. The Round of 32 at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships delivered clarity in one corner of the draw and a spark of unpredictability in another. Coco Gauff handled business with poise. Alexandra Eala ignited the evening…
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Rybakina in Cruise Control, Svitolina Survives as Dubai Delivers Early Drama
The desert sun can be unforgiving — and so can Elena Rybakina. On a day where form, fortune and fitness all played their part at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, the Round of 32 delivered clarity at the top and heartbreak elsewhere. A reigning Grand Slam champion flexed her authority, a former world No.…
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WTA Dubai 2026 Prize Money
Updated as of February 17, 2026, the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships offer far more than a single winner’s check. Each round comes with its own prize money payout — and at RallyHer, we break down exactly how much every player earns depending on where her Dubai campaign comes to an end. 👉 Lost in…
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Mirra Andreeva’s Dubai Title Defense Begins With Walkover Boost
Mirra Andreeva walked into Dubai this week and saw her own face staring back at her. On hotel walls. Around the tournament grounds. On banners celebrating last year’s champion. For the first time in her young career, the 18-year-old isn’t the rising underdog. She is the defending champion at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships…
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Coco Gauff Speaks Out in Dubai: Patriotism, Protest and the Responsibility of a Voice
Thousands of miles from home, Coco Gauff is preparing for another WTA 1000 campaign in Dubai. But even as she sharpens her game on court, her mind remains deeply connected to the United States — a country she says she loves, even when she disagrees with its direction. The 21-year-old American has never been one…
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Elena Rybakina at the Crossroads: From Australian Open Champion to a World No.1 Chase
Elena Rybakina’s season feels suspended between two climates. On one side, the heat of Doha and Dubai, where she now lives and trains, pushing through long rallies under desert skies. On the other, the icy spectacle of the Winter Olympics, where athletes launch themselves into the unknown with fearless precision. Rybakina has been watching both…
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Dubai Director Calls for Ranking Point Penalties After Sabalenka and Swiatek Withdraw from WTA 1000
The glittering skyline of Dubai is used to hosting the biggest names in tennis. But this week, the spotlight shifted from forehands and first serves to governance and consequences. After world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and world No. 2 Iga Swiatek withdrew from the Dubai Tennis Championships, tournament director Salah Tahlak made a bold proposal:…
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Alexandra Eala Set to Ignite Dubai with Filipino Fan Power at WTA 1000 Showdown
Wherever Alexandra Eala plays these days, a sea of Filipino flags is never far behind. At tournaments around the world, a loyal and vocal group of supporters gathers courtside, transforming her matches into near home events. The same vibrant scene is expected at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, where the 20-year-old Filipina star is…
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Victoria Mboko Embraces Top-10 Status After Doha Breakthrough: “I Don’t Want to Put Too Much Pressure on Myself”
A year ago, Victoria Mboko was grinding on the ITF circuit, ranked outside the Top 300 and still waiting for her Grand Slam debut. Today, she walks into tournaments as a Top-10 player and one of the most feared names on the WTA Tour. Her rise has been nothing short of meteoric — and she…
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Zeynep Sonmez and Turkish Airlines Part Ways as Zheng Qinwen Steps In as Global Ambassador
At a time when Zeynep Sonmez is playing the best tennis of her career, an unexpected off-court development has taken center stage. The Turkish No. 1 and Turkish Airlines have officially ended their sponsorship partnership — a decision that raises eyebrows given Sonmez’s growing international profile and historic milestones for Turkish tennis. On court, she…