There’s a plethora of men’s and women’s tennis tournaments that kick-start on Monday, February 26 as players travel to San Diego, Mexico, Chile and Dubai. Here’s a look at some of the top players in action this week.
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Players In Form
Alex de Minaur
The Australian has already featured on this list before, and for good reason, he is in the absolute form of his life and is always one to look out for whenever he plays right now.
After his brilliant run in the Australian open before just losing out to Rublev, de Minaur got his revenge in Rotterdam in what was a tough run to the final, before he lost out to the only player in better form than him right now, Jannik Sinner.
However, last week he was stunned in Los Cabos as he was thrashed 6-4 6-1 to the unseeded Michelsen.
But, with the way he is playing, and with the fact he is defending champion in the Mexican Open, he will hope to beat out the likes of Zverev, Rune and Tsitsipas to claim the trophy for the second year in a row.
Daniil Medvedev
The world number 4 was on this list last week, that was until he dropped out of the Doha Open, replaced by Bautista Agut.
So, this time he looks to finally return from the Australian Open hangover in Dubai.
Medvedev spent the most amount of time on the court in the history of the Australian Open when he suffered an unstoppable Jannik Sinner comeback to lose the final once again from two sets down.
Theres no blaming Daniil for taking a long time to recover, but he will look to put the heart break of the AO final behind him in the UAE, and he is definitely the favourite to lift the trophy.
Marta Kostyuk
The Ukrainian has really reached a new peak to her career at the start of this season, defying all expectations to reach the quarter finals of the Australian Open, before falling to the formidable Coco Gauff following two tie-breaker sets.
However, it’s not been plain sailing since then, having to drop out of the Qatar and Dubai open with injuries.
Despite this, should the world number 28 be back and fully fit, there’s no reason why she isn’t able to collect her third career title in San Diego, where she is the sixth seed.
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Players Out of Form
Jessica Pegula
Pegula has garnered a worrying trend recently of not being able to finish matches off over the past couple years, but that hasn’t been the issue so far in since the start of this season.
America was stunned by the UK in the United cup, with Pegula’s loss to Katie Boulter a big part in that, before a second-round exit at the hands of unseeded Clara Burel in the Australian Open.
Not only this, but the world number 5 has been the centre of pregnancy rumours after pulling out of Doha and Dubai. It isn’t the calm and quiet return she would’ve hoped for after a few weeks away from the tour.
But, she does come into this as the top seed in a home tournament, and she will be hoping to return to winning ways in San Diego this week.
Andrey Rublev
Rublev has had a mixed bag in terms of results so far this season, he reached a respectable quarter final result at the Australian Open, before being knocked out relatively convincingly by eventual winner Jannik Sinner.
But then he saw himself knocked out by the inform Alex de Minaur one week later, in which he was the second seed, in the quarter finals once again.
And, as this is being written, he is currently fighting a tough battle against the unseeded Mensik, already one set down, in the quarter finals of the Qatar Open.
It creates a worrying trend of quarter final exits, and he will want to break this when he continues his tour of the Middle East, where he goes into as 2nd seed behind Daniil Medvedev, a tough order to lift the trophy for the German.
Arthur Fils
The Frenchman has caught headlines last week for his shock loss to 17-year-old Joao Fonseca, who became the first person born in 2006 to win an ATP level match, not only this, but he won convincingly, 6-0 in the first set.
Match this with early exits in the Australian and Argentinian Open, and the world number 34 seems to be in the first real dip of his short career.
Luckily time is very much on his side, at just 19 years old, Fils has more than enough time to pick his form back up, and he goes into Chile as the third seed. Unfortunately for him, first and second seed, Nicolas Jarry and Sebastian Baez, are both on hot form and will be expecting to reach the final.