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THE COST OF FAILURE: DANIIL MEDVEDEV'S COMMITMENT TO TOP 10 RETURN
Former World No. 1 Daniil Medvedev is dissatisfied with his year-end No. 13 ranking, stating he would retire if he accepted it. He is focused on improving fitness and consistency for a strong 2026 comeback.
Daniil Medvedev says he'll retire if he's ever satisfied with his ranking, making it clear he wants to be higher in the standings by the end of 2026.
The 2025 season was tough for the Russian. He only won a single match at the Grand Slams, causing him to slide down the rankings.
Medvedev finished the year ranked No. 13, marking his first season outside the world's top 10.
In 2024, he ended the season at No. 4, just 70 points from cracking the top four.
If I'm still ranked the same at the end of 2026? "I won't be happy, which is a good thing," said the 2021 US Open champ at an exhibition event in St. Petersburg.
That's why I'm still playing. If I liked my ranking, I'd probably retire.
I just hope I can play as well as I did at the end of this year because it wasn't too bad.”
Two years ago, Medvedev finished the year ranked No. 3 after making it to the Wimbledon semi-finals (losing to Carlos Alcaraz) and the US Open final (losing to Novak Djokovic).
Since then, he's had trouble getting back to that level, and he went more than two years without winning a title.
He finally broke that streak at the 2025 ATP 250 event in Almaty, beating Corentin Moutet 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in the final.
About two weeks before that, Medvedev reached the Shanghai Masters semi-finals, his first time in the final four of a Masters 1000 event since Indian Wells in 2024.
But Arthur Rinderknech came back to win 4-6, 6-2, and 6-4 and advance to the final.
"I know I can play even better than I did at the end of the season in terms of being more consistent because some matches were great," Medvedev admitted.
Like the match against [Alex] De Minaur in the quarter-finals in Shanghai. I couldn't have played better.
But I could have been more consistent. So I'm going to work on my fitness to keep up the pace and play well in several tournaments in a row, like before.
And I hope I can play well from one tournament to the next.
Medvedev kicks off his 2026 season in Adelaide from January 12 to 17, using the tournament to warm up for the Australian Open.
He's reached the final of the first Grand Slam of the year three times, losing to Djokovic in straight sets in 2021 and losing after leading two sets to love against Rafael Nadal in 2022 and Jannik Sinner in 2024.
He only has to defend 400 ranking points between the Australian tournaments and Indian Wells. This means the one-time Grand Slam champion is aiming to get back into the world's top 10 soon.
Medvedev is just 230 points behind the current world No. 10, Jack Draper.
ARYNA SABALENKA VS KYRGIOS: WTA NO. 1 DEFENDS "BATTLE OF THE SEXES" EXHIBITION MATCH
Aryna Sabalenka hit back at critics, defending her upcoming exhibition match against Nick Kyrgios, stating the unique "Battle of the Sexes" event will grow women's tennis.
Aryna Sabalenka isn't buying the idea that her upcoming exhibition match with Nick Kyrgios will hurt women’s tennis.
The two are set to play on December 28th in Dubai, a match that's stirred up plenty of talk online.
This match is meant to recall the famous 1973 King-Riggs face-off, which drew a huge TV audience and was later called the Battle of the Sexes.
King's win over Riggs was a big step forward for women's tennis.
Since the match was announced, some have said it could take attention away from women's tennis. Sabalenka disagrees.
“I don’t think so,” the WTA world No. 1 told BBC Sport. I'm not risking anything. We're there to have a good time and play some great tennis. Whoever wins, wins.
“It's obvious men are generally stronger, but that's not the point. This event will only help raise the profile of women’s tennis.”
Sabalenka wrapped up 2025 with a US Open title and finished as runner-up at the WTA Finals in Riyadh.
She ended the year as No. 1, way ahead of Iga Swiatek.
Kyrgios is currently ranked No. 672, having played only five matches this year because of a wrist injury.
To level the playing field a bit, Sabalenka's side of the court will be smaller.
Also, both players only get one serve per point in the best-of-three match, with a tiebreak deciding the final set if needed.
“It won’t be easy for Nick,” Sabalenka added. “I’ll be competing hard and showing that women are strong, powerful, and entertaining. He’s in a tough spot. I'm in a good one.”
Kyrgios hasn’t played a pro singles match since Miami and is still dealing with a wrist issue.
He had wrist surgery in September 2023.
He recently played in the Garden Cup exhibition against Ben Shelton and Tommy Paul, losing both matches.
“Tennis doesn’t have this kind of buzz often, so when it does, it’s special,” said Kyrgios.
“We are helping tennis grow,” Sabalenka said, responding to critics. It’s fun, it’s a challenge, and I think that’s what people want to see.”
MYSTERIOUS ABSENCE: WHY IS NO. 64 DANIELLE COLLINS SKIPPING THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN
American star Danielle Collins, ranked No. 64, is surprisingly absent from the 2026 Australian Open entry list after last year's fan clashes and infamous prize money comments.
Danielle Collins is expected to skip the 2026 Australian Open.
The outspoken American player, nicknamed ‘Danimal,’ had a run-in with Aussie fans at Melbourne Park last January. During her second-round win against local player Destanee Aiava, she told hecklers to shut up.
The 31-year-old also appeared to slap her backside and later joked that she'd spend her $290,000 prize money on a girls' trip to the Bahamas after reaching the third round.
During the match [against Aiava], I thought I might as well take that big fat paycheck, Collins said while being booed in her on-court interview. We love a five-star vacation, so a big part of that will go towards that. So thank you guys; thanks for coming out here and supporting us tonight. Thank you guys, love you.”
Collins seemed to embrace being the villain in her next match against Maddison Keys, but lost in straight sets to the player who eventually won the 2025 Australian Open women’s singles title. She was booed during that game and said fans were taking things too seriously.
The Australian Open entry list came out on Tuesday, and Collins wasn’t on it. The top 104-ranked WTA players automatically qualify for the main draw, and Collins is currently ranked No. 64.
Nine’s Wide World of Sport reports it’s not clear why Collins is skipping the event, and Tennis Australia is also unsure of the reason.
This announcement comes after Collins was eliminated in the first round of the US Open by world No. 39, Jaqueline Cristian. She also didn’t go far in the events leading up to the Grand Slam in Washington, Montreal, and Cincinnati.
However, Collins reached the third round at Wimbledon this year before losing to Iga Swiatek.
Her best result was at the Strasbourg International, where she beat Sofia Kenin, Emma Raducanu, and Anna Kalinskaya to reach the semi-finals before losing to Liudmila Samsonova.
Five Australians are on the entry list for the women’s singles: Maya Joint, Daria Kasatkina, Kimberley Birrell, Emerson Jones, and Ajla Tomljanovic.
Nick Kyrgios, who suggested he was planning an Australian Open comeback, apparently hasn’t been given a wildcard for the men’s singles. James Duckworth, Patrick Kypson (USA), and Yunchaokete Bu (China) all received wildcards. Kyrgios, who will be in the Australian Open's new One Point Slam, might still play in the doubles events.
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