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Courier hosts new ATP podcast presented by Infosys, examines Alcaraz-Sinner rivalry

  • Posted: Feb 13, 2026

The legends of our sport — past, present, and future — stand together on a mountain of titles, achievements and broken records. But what has allowed them to do so?

ATP Beyond the Numbers presented by Infosys is a new series hosted Jim Courier examining the powerful and evolving role of statistics in telling the story of tennis.

Each episode, another expert will join Courier to use Infosys ATP Stats to dig deeper into what makes the sport tick and how those insights are helping unlock a new understanding of the game.

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Courier is a member of the prestigious ATP No. 1 Club, having spent 58 weeks at No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings. The iconic player and broadcaster combines his experience on the court with his perspective off it to provide advanced insights into the modern game.

Using their knowledge and the numbers, Courier and his guests will dive deep into the history and future of the ATP Tour and its stars.

Watch the first episode below, with Courier and Mark Petchey exploring rivalries, including the one between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.

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Wawrinka, 40, set for Top 100 return

  • Posted: Feb 13, 2026

Stan Wawrinka is not going away quietly.

The Swiss star, who plans to bring the curtain down on his remarkable career this season, is set to return to the Top 100 of the PIF ATP Rankings on Monday following his good start to the year. He is No. 98 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings and will be back in the Top 100 for the first time since July 2024.

In January, the 40-year-old rolled back the clock at the Australian Open, becoming the oldest man since Ken Rosewall in 1978 to reach the third round in Melbourne. Wawrinka defeated Laslo Djere and then earned a five-set win against Frenchman Arthur Gea.

Returning to Europe, Wawrinka recorded main-draw victories in Montpellier and Rotterdam this month. His win against 17-year-old Thijs Boogaard at the ATP 500 event in Rotterdam on Wednesday ranked as the second-largest age gap in ATP Tour and Grand Slam history, trailing only Dominic Thiem’s 2011 win over Thomas Muster. Twenty-three years and three months separated Wawrinka and Boogaard.

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At 40, with his 41st birthday approaching in March, Wawrinka will stand as the oldest man in the Top 100 by more than two years. For perspective, Novak Djokovic, 38, sits at No. 3, while Adrian Mannarino, Marin Cilic and Roberto Bautista Agut, all 37, also remain inside the elite bracket. The last 40-year-old to feature in the Top 100 was Roger Federer, who held No. 97 in June 2022.

Wawrinka reached a career-high No. 3 in the PIF ATP Rankings after he won the first of his three major titles at the Australian Open in January 2014.

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Etcheverry finds a major spark in thrilling Buenos Aires win

  • Posted: Feb 13, 2026

Tomas Martin Etcheverry soared to his first ATP Tour semi-final since last May on Friday at the IEB+ Argentina Open, where he used the support from a vocal home crowd and high-quality shotmaking in key moments to earn a comeback 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory against Alejandro Tabilo.

Tabilo had defeated former champions Facundo Diaz Acosta and Joao Fonseca in his first two matches at the ATP 250 clay-court event in Buenos Aires and looked on course for another victory after a dominant first set.

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However, Etcheverry hit a scorching forehand winner to break Tabilo’s serve at 0-1 in the second set and that moment changed the complexion of the clash. The seventh seed struck 14 winners in the second set to level and then fired an astonishing backhand pass from near the advertising boards at 4-4 in the third set to break Tabilo again. He served out in two hours and seven minutes to reach the last four in Buenos Aires for the first time.

“I am so happy,” Etcheverry said. “The first set was so tough for me, but in the second set I started to play my best tennis and then in the third set at 4-4, I got the break with the passing shot with my backhand, down the line, was incredible. I am super happy to play here with my people.”

Etcheverry, who is 6-3 on the year according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index, is chasing his first tour-level title this week and will next play top seed Francisco Cerundolo or Vit Kopriva.

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Bergs 'darts' into action for the Rotterdam Lexus ATP Head2Head Challenge!

  • Posted: Feb 13, 2026

Zizou Bergs took aim with a tennis ball ahead of the ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam… but this time without a racquet in hand.

The No. 39 player in the PIF ATP Rankings went up against host Natalie Pike in the latest edition of the Lexus ATP Head2Head Challenge. Given it took place in a country renowned for its love of darts, Bergs and Pike’s abilities with ‘the arrows’ were fully put to the test.

After they each popped a row of balloons and completed a tennis-ball balancing task, Bergs and Pike were charged with throwing a few balloon-popping ‘bullseyes’ to advance to the final stage. The first contestant to land a tennis ball through a target placed in the boot of a Lexus was crowned the winner.

Did Bergs’ elite tennis abilities transfer smoothly to the challenge, or could Pike spring a surprise victory in Rotterdam? Watch the video below to find out who won.

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De Minaur’s ‘mental effort’ thwarts Van de Zandschulp in Rotterdam

  • Posted: Feb 13, 2026

Alex de Minaur remains relentless in Rotterdam, but only just.

The top-seeded Australian dug deep to hold off home favourite Botic van de Zandschulp 3-6, 7-6(4), 7-5 on Friday afternoon and book a semi-final spot at the ABN AMRO Open for the third consecutive year. De Minaur held his nerve after letting slip a 2-0 lead in the deciding set to outlast Van de Zandschulp and set a last-four meeting with Ugo Humbert.

“I’m happy I got through,” said the No. 8 in the PIF ATP Rankings after the two-hour, 44-minute quarter-final tussle. “It wasn’t looking too good about three quarters of the way through the match, but I managed to find some of my better tennis today at the end of the second set. Another great mental effort.”

De Minaur was not always at his best against the World No. 65, who frequently dictated play with his powerful groundstrokes off both wings. Yet the Australian star typically refused to lay down and he found a path to victory after saving five of seven break points he earned, according to Infosys ATP Stats, including three during his crucial service hold at 3-3 in the second set.

Now 4-0 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head series with Van de Zandschulp, De Minaur is just the second player in tournament history to reach three consecutive semi-finals after Tom Okker in 1974-76. The 26-year-old is 15-2 on Dutch soil since the start of 2024, a tally which includes the 2024 ‘s-Hertogenbosch title.

Awaiting De Minaur in the last four on Saturday in Rotterdam will be Ugo Humbert. The Frenchman earlier accelerated past Christopher O’Connell 6-4, 6-1 to win his 10th consecutive ATP Tour quarter-final.

Humbert and O’Connell’s third Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting was a tale of two halves. Neither man carved out a break point until the 10th game of the match, when the Frenchman decisively broke to clinch the set. The World No. 36 Humbert, a four-time tour-level champion on indoor hard courts, then raced through the second set to secure a 77-minute triumph.

In other quarter-final action, Alexander Bublik earned a milestone win. The 28-year-old overcame Jaume Munar 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-6(3) to notch his 200th tour-level victory, becoming the first Kazakhstani to achieve the feat.

“He played unbelievable. I faced him last time at Wimbledon. He is, I guess, the only Spanish [player] who can serve and volley that well. I was surprised,” said Bublik after the win.

The 28-year-old showed strong composure to level the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head series at 1-1. He fended off 91 per cent (10/11) of the break points he faced, according to Infosys ATP Stats and fired 61 winners to Munar’s 31, rallying to victory in two hours and 42 minutes.

“When you play him, you know that all the balls will come back, everything. So the grand plan was to, of course, get the winners, to shorten the points,” he said.

Bublik will face second seed Felix Auger-Aliassime in the last four. Auger-Aliassime defeated home hope Tallon Griekspoor 7-6(2), 6-2 to extend his winning streak to seven. The Canadian won 92 per cent (34/37) of his first-serve points and saved the only break point he faced in one hour and 44 minutes.

Watch extended highlights of Friday’s action in Rotterdam:

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Shelton wins 'ridiculous tennis' battle, reaches Dallas QFs

  • Posted: Feb 13, 2026

Ben Shelton fought off a stern test from French lefty Adrian Mannarino on Thursday at the Nexo Dallas Open, where the American is into his 25th tour-level quarter-final.

Shelton, the No. 9 player in the PIF ATP Rankings, overcame Mannarino 7-6(2), 6-7(4), 6-3 in a topsy-turvy battle filled with superb shotmaking. Mannarino, a finalist last week in Montpellier, expertly absorbed Shelton’s firepower, best showcased during a 29-shot rally on the opening point of the first-set tie-break, but the second seed raised his level in the important moments to advance after two hours and 40 minutes.

“Ridiculous tennis,” Shelton said in his on-court interview. “I thought [Adrian] played at an extremely high level, I think he always does against me. We’ve had some crazy matches, last match I got injured against him at the US Open. A big battle for sure. He does a lot of things that make it very, very difficult. Especially playing him on a low-bouncing indoor court.”

Throughout the clash, Shelton and Mannarino traded momentum shifts. Mannarino forced a decider in dramatic fashion, converting his sixth set point. The 37-year-old had let slip four set points on return at 6-5, two of which the American erased with booming aces. Earlier that game, Mannarino hit a shot-of-the-year-contender when he struck a no-look, between the legs winner.

Shelton in the decider pulled away by winning 52 per cent of his return points, according to Infosys ATP Stats, compared to 32 and 31 per cent in the first and second sets, respectively. With his win, the 23-year-old improved to 2-3 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head series with his fellow left-hander Mannarino. Up next for Shelton is fifth seed Tommy Paul or Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic.

In earlier action, defending champion and seventh seed Denis Shapovalov raced past Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4, 6-4 after 66 minutes, during which the Canadian did not face a break point. Shapovalov next faces third seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

Marin Cilic, who earned his 600th career tour-level win on Wednesday, downed Ethan Quinn 7-6(4), 6-3. Cilic is into his 123rd tour-level quarter-final, second most among active players, only behind Novak Djokovic (226).

Cilic’s next opponent is British qualifier Jack Pinnington Jones, who escaped Eliot Spizzirri 7-6(5), 4-6, 7-6(4) after a two-hour, 52-minute thriller. Pinnington Jones turned pro last year after three seasons at Texas Christian University and is now into his first tour-level quarter-final.

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Darderi excels on return to clay ‘comfort zone’ in Buenos Aires

  • Posted: Feb 12, 2026

Five months away from clay was not enough to stop Luciano Darderi from making a typically assured return to the surface Thursday at the IEB+ Argentina Open.

The second-seeded Italian powered to a 6-1, 6-3 opening-round victory against Tomas Barrios Vera at the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires to pick up where he left off on his favourite surface in 2025. Darderi, who lifted two ATP Tour titles (Bastad, Umag) and an ATP Challenger Crown (Genoa) in his most recent appearances on clay, needed just 82 minutes against Barrios Vera to extend his winning streak on the surface to 15 matches.

“It’s the first match on clay after [five] months playing on hard, but I feel really comfortable here on clay,” said Darderi, who reached the fourth-round on the hard courts of the Australian Open last month. “Today was a really good match and I felt really good. In the second set, he started to play better but I’m really happy to be in the quarter-finals here again.”

Competing at a career-high No. 22 in the PIF ATP Rankings, Darderi converted five of nine break points he earned against Barrios Vera, according to Infosys ATP Stats. The 23-year-old could secure his rise into the Top 20 for the first time if he can lift his fifth ATP Tour title this week. Standing in Darderi’s way next in the Argentine capital will be Pedro Martinez or home favourite Juan Manuel Cerundolo.

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