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David Goffin’s Indian Wells 2026 campaign is already over.

The #143 Belgian, seeded 21 in qualifying, lost in the first round to #144 Chun‑Hsin Tseng of Taipei.

Osaka × Sabalenka in the third round, if Naomi doesn’t retire before that.

Nicolás Jarry lost his 11th consecutive match.

Will he reach Zhang Shuai’s 24‑match losing streak?

Could someone please take Andrey Rublev with them?

Emiliana Arango didn't win Mérida in 2025. It was Emma Navarro, as you wrote in the text.
;-)

#106 Paula Badosa is out of Top 100 for the first time since July, 2019.

#43 Stefanos Tsitsipas is out of Top 40 for the first time since May, 2018.

But they found each other.

Katie Boulter started the year at #112 and is now at #64.

Won WTA 250 Ostrava and made QF at WTA 500 Mérida both in February after losing in the first round of AusOpen to Bencic.

#63 Cristina Bucsa beat

#100 Vekic,
#142 Stakusic
#81 Sönmez
#7 Paolini
#57 Frech

to win her fist title at WTA 500 Mérida.

Only the final was in 3 sets.

#119 Taylor Towsend played the Austin final yesterday and is scheduled to play the 1st round of Indian Wells quali against Taipei's #129 Joanna Garland today.

Tennis players in Dubai and Doha are competing against the backdrop of a rapidly escalating regional conflict, while tennis players in Mexico are dealing with the fallout from a major cartel leader’s killing.

Cobolli reached #15 in the rankings:

QF in Wimbledon

Best result in Masters 1000: R4 in Canada

Titles
ATP 500 Hamburg and Acapulco

ATP 250
F Bucharest
SF Delray Beach

Last year he lost in 1st round in Auckland, AusOpen, Montpellier, Rotterdam, Acapulco, Indian Wells and Miami.

Darderi in South America 2026:

F Buenos Aires (l. F. Cerúndolo)
R1 Rio de Janeiro (l. J. M. Cerúndolo)
F or title in Santiago vs. Hanfmann

Darderi lost to the older Cerúndolo, then lost to the younger Cerúndolo, and won’t face the older one again in Santiago because he lost in the SF.

Báez entered February at #35 and will leave it at #53, literally reversing the numbers.

Báez in South America

In 2026

SF Buenos Aires (l. Darderi)
R1 Rio de Janeiro (l. Faria)
SF Santiago (l. Darderi)

Total: 200 pts

In 2026

R2 Buenos Aires (l. Wild)
Title Rio de Janeiro (d. Müller)
F Santiago (l. Djere)

Total: 690 pts

Wait.

#81 Yannick Hanfmann beat [1] Francisco Cerúndolo in the semifinals!

Hanfmann +16 —> #65 next week, #56 if he wins the title (Darderi or Báez).

The more competitive the match is, the louder Báez’s grunt gets.

Darderi 6-4 Báez, first set.

Alcaraz on the cover of India’s magazine “Man’s World”.

www.mansworldindia.com

Alejandro Tabilo started the year at #81 and will enter March at #40, thanks to:

F Challenger Concepción (Chile)
QF at ATP 250 Buenos Aires
F at ATP 500 Rio de Janeiro
QF at ATP 250 Santiago (Chile)

He'll need to cut his ranking in half again to return to his career high of #19.

Pellegrino’s cross‑court forehand can be a real weapon when it actually lands inside the court.

His backhand is the weak spot — it lacks depth.

Andrea Pellegrino +13 —> #124, a career high, after reaching the ATP 250 Santiago quarterfinals as a qualifier.

He defeated Valdés, Galán in qualifying, then Barrena, #82 Comesaña in the main draw.

Going to third set against #21 Darderi to decide who will make the semifinal.

Griekspoor into Dubai's final.

Back to #24, #21 (his career high) if he wins the title against Medvedev.

The serve was the key in the tiebreak.

#107 Vilius Gaubas, from Lithuania, is playing his 5th professional match of his career in 2026 against Hanfmann.

He is a lucky loser at ATP 250 Santiago, having lost to Barrena in the quali, but then beat Soto and Prizmic in the main draw.

Career high #101 next week even if he loses today.

In all the matches Tabilo has played in 2026, 12 have gone to three sets and 9 have finished in two.

In February alone:
– Fonseca and Etcheverry in Buenos Aires
– Passaro, Tirante, and Etcheverry again in Rio de Janeiro
– Tirante again in Santiago

Tabilo is the new Nishikori.

Tsitsipas in Acapulco

2024: lost to Altmaier in 1st round
2025: lost to Tien in 2nd round
2026: lost to Kecmanovic in 1st round

Mensik:

1. beats Sinner, then loses to Fils;
2. beats Hurkacz, then loses to Griekspoor.

Rafael Jódar +13 —> #101, a career high, after reaching the 2nd round at ATP 500 Acapulco.

A year ago, Jódar was #902 in the rankings. He went to win the USOpen Junior title and turned pro after Next Gen Finals last year.

Speaking of first‑round exits, Nicolás Jarry lost his tenth consecutive opening match in Santiago yesterday.

The last time he won a match was at Wimbledon 2025.

Players who, in February 2026, attempted to defend their 2025 titles but lost in the first round:

Anisimova — Doha*
João Fonseca — Buenos Aires
Sebastián Báez — Rio de Janeiro
Tsitsipas — Dubai
Álex de Miñaur — Acapulco

* by retirement

Carreño Busta broken serving for the first set.

58 minutes and 5-5.

After 40 minutes, Jehecka X Carreño Busta is just 3-3.

56 points played.