WTA Tennis
Alexandra Eala reaches Indian Wells round of 16 as Coco Gauff retires with left arm injury
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Alexandra Eala advanced to the round of 16 at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells for the first time, becoming the first Filipino player to do so, after world No. 4 Coco Gauff retired injured while trailing 6-2, 2-0 in their third-round match on March 9, 2026. Gauff cited sharp pain in her left forearm; Eala will next face Linda Noskova.
Marta Kostyuk won the Madrid Open women's final, beating Mirra Andreeva 6-3, 7-5 in an emotional clash. The victory highlighted the rare presence of female coaches in both players' corners. Rennae Stubbs, former coach of Serena Williams, called for more women in top-level tennis coaching.
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Elena Rybakina, the world No. 2, showed rare frustration by throwing her racket after dropping the first set to Leylah Fernandez at the Stuttgart Open. The Kazakh player staged a comeback to win 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-6(8) in a nearly three-hour quarterfinal match. Rybakina advances to face Mirra Andreeva in the semifinals.
Peyton Stearns outlasted Taylor Townsend 7-6(10-8), 7-5 in the all-American final of the 2026 ATX Open WTA 250 event in Austin on March 1, securing her second career singles title—her first on hard courts and home soil—in a nearly 2.5-hour battle. The fourth-seeded American (world No. 62) overcame a resilient opponent in the ninth all-American WTA final of the 2020s.
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Jessica Pegula secured a straight-sets victory over Jasmine Paolini, closing out group play at the WTA event in Riyadh. The win advances Pegula to the semifinals. This marks her first straight-sets triumph since September.