# Tennis 2026 General Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** tennis\ **Created:** [January 18, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2026-general-thread/1026788 "2026-01-18T13:02:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2026-general-thread/1026788/2 "2026-01-18T13:25:50Z")
I came here to start this! On the ATP side Medvedev, Machac, Bublik and Mensik won the lead-in tournaments to the AO. In WTA lead-ins it was Svitolina, Cocciaretto and M. Andreeva. Venus Williams looked good for a long time for a first round win, was up 4-0 in the third before losing six in a row. Game 9 was a looong game, but Venus was just piling up the unforced error by this point. On the men’s side #20 seed Cobolli went out very meekly to a qualifier. I only saw a few points and he didn’t look injured. Just a bad day at the office, perhaps. In the women’s side, #11 Alexandrova, #20 Kostyuk and #23 Yastremska all fell on the first day. Sabalenka looked in devastating form. Sakkari looked in good nick as well. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2026-general-thread/1026788)._