Todd Spiker
@TheBackspinner
Weekly WTA tour updates/awards at WTA Backspin blog & https://backspintennis.blogspot.com/ | On Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thebackspinner.bsky.social
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"Making the most of a wild card...Still a treasure...It was hot, but it was intrusive...Turkish delight...Surprise! A Czech with talent...Melbourne breakout...History is made...A team to watch...One cool customer" My Australian Open top 10 womenwhoserve.blogspot.com/2026/02/my-aus… #AusOpen #WTA
AO26 Wrap: "G'Day, Melbourne" ...players of the month, Rybakina in Red, and rankings updates wtabackspin.blogspot.com/2026/02/gday-m… backspintennis.blogspot.com/2026/02/gday-m…
"...the tension was so thick, I could feel it through the screen. Sabalenka, with good reason, looked frustrated, while Rybakina looked--like she always looks." Calm, cool, collected--and lethal: Rybakina upends the plot in Melbourne womenwhoserve.blogspot.com/2026/01/calm-c… #AusOpen #WTA
AO26 Women's Final: "Top Button, Undone" ...what happens when Rybakina's "button-down" game undoes the top button? wtabackspin.blogspot.com/2026/01/top-bu… backspintennis.blogspot.com/2026/01/top-bu…
AO26: "The Immovable Object and the Unstoppable Force Make a Date in Melbourne" ...Sabalenka ✅, Rybakina ✅. In 3...2...1... wtabackspin.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-i… backspintennis.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-i…
Judging players--a fan activity we could do without womenwhoserve.blogspot.com/2026/01/judgin… #WTA
AO26: "Calm, Cool and Elena" ...Rybakina buttons-down Down Under wtabackspin.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-c… backspintennis.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-c…
AO26: "The Re-emergence of Elina" ...Svitolina checks off another box on her career To-Do List wtabackspin.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-r… backspintennis.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-r…
Defending champion out of Australian Open womenwhoserve.blogspot.com/2026/01/defend… #AusOpen #WTA
AO26: "American Pie" ...Pegula meets the defending champ, with a little extra on the line wtabackspin.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-a… backspintennis.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-a…
AO26: "Sabalenka's Vision Remains 20/20" ...there's no confusion in Melbourne, as Sabalenka continues to roll wtabackspin.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-s… backspintennis.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-s…
AO26: "Sweet Sixteen in the Shade" ...the heat is on in Melbourne wtabackspin.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-s… backspintennis.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-s…
AO26: "Aryna in the Arena" ...there's good luck, bad luck, and having-to-face-Sabalenka-in-tie-breaks luck wtabackspin.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-a… backspintennis.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-a…
AO26: "All in the Family" ...there's little question who the "Pegula of the Day" is (hint: she's in Melbourne) wtabackspin.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-a… backspintennis.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-a…
AO26: "Everybody Loves Zeynep" ...Sonmez has entered the building wtabackspin.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-e… backspintennis.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-e…
AO26: "Can Everything New Be New Again?" ...Keys returns to Melbourne, but is New Madi sequel-worthy? wtabackspin.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-c… backspintennis.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-c…
AO26: "Step One, Day Two" ...in the quiet of the Aussie summer (and away from a court featuring Alex Eala), Iga Swiatek's AO journey begins wtabackspin.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-s… backspintennis.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-s…
AO26: "Down and Out and Up and Down" ...history is made in Melbourne, and it was only Day 1 wtabackspin.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-d… backspintennis.blogspot.com/2026/01/ao26-d…
Wk.2: "Mirra, Mirra on the Wall" ...has the upcoming winner in Melbourne already announced her AO26 intentions? wtabackspin.blogspot.com/2026/01/wk2-mi… backspintennis.blogspot.com/2026/01/wk2-mi…
Australian Open main draw play begins on the 17th womenwhoserve.blogspot.com/2026/01/austra… #WTA #AusOpen
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