The Tennis Thread - from Jan 2026 (Part 3)

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Vukic out in 5 sets.
Duckworth wins in 4 sets

Birrell wins in 3 sets

Joint and Samsonova 1 set each, but Joint has a break in the decider.

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Joint wins the 3rd 6-2 and is through to the 2nd round.

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Popyrin and Dimitrov are one set all
Hijikata has just leveled his match with Felix Auger-Aliassime at 1 set all.

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Popyrin defeats Dimitrov in 4 sets.
Ricky is down 2 sets to 1, 4-4 in the 4th set.

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Sweeny has a straight sets win over Moutet.

Kasatkina dropped the first set 6-1 against Badosa.

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Tsitsipas and Kyrgios do not like each other , so no surprise Tsitsipas has come out swinging.

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Preston loses her 2nd round match 6-1 6-1

Kasatkina completes her delayed match and is out in straight sets.

De Minaur finally gets on court on day 4 and despite rain interruptions has a straight sets win.
Birell loses in 3 sets to 18th seed Alexandrova.

Duckworth is a set and a break down

Joint’s match just starting.

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Joint pushes Svitolina to 3 tough sets, but goes down.

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Racquets out for Nino.

His sporting interests basically went:

  1. Essendon
  2. Maya Joint
  3. Everything else a distant third
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Sweeny wins his 2nd round match in 4 sets.
Popyrin out in 4 against 25th seed Tabilo
Schoolkate out in 4 against 5th seed Cobilo but played very well.
de Minaur looking very ordinary against van de Zandschulp, down a set and a break.

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and two sets down.

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de Minaur now down a break in the 3rd and is looking at another early exit to a guy who really shouldn’t be troubling him.

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de Minaur folds in the 3rd set and has a fairly weak exit out of the US Open.

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Spud of the first degree. He will likely never improve until such time as he gets a decent coach.

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I wouldn’t say spud.
His strength and weakness are clear. He has great court coverage and ability to stay in the points. But he’s never had a weapon that allows him to dominate a game. I don’t think he ever will.
What’s happened this year is that he’s lost his consistency and is making far more unforced errors.
His bank account is still pretty healthy.

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#1 seed Zverev has a huge scare, but is through in 5 sets over Halys.