# Tennis 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** tennis\ **Created:** [January 18, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2026/1026805 "2026-01-18T20:57:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2026/1026805/1 "2026-01-18T20:57:44Z")
Australian Open for 2026 is underway and I find myself watching: Federer-Agassi vs Rafter-Hewitt A very fun exhibition. Agassi correctly pointed out that the only non-hall-of-famer is actually Federer at this point. Ha! I hadn’t seen Agassi in awhile, he looked good. The other guys as well. I think I have also spotted Rod Laver in the crowd, always nice to see him. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2026/1026805/2 "2026-01-18T21:02:10Z")
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2026/1026805/3 "2026-01-18T21:02:18Z")
See here: > [@Tennis 2026 General Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2026-general-thread/1026788/2): > > 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’…