Wim Fissette, the Polish coach, analyzes what happened in the last WTA Finals and highlights which aspects they will try to improve for the 2026 season.
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Iga Swiatek has decided to extend her season by one more week to answer her country's call and compete in the Billie-Jean King Cup 2025 playoff. The aim is for Poland to emerge victorious from the triangular with Romania and New Zealand, in order to secure a spot for the Qualifiers next year. If Swiatek wins both her individual matches, she will finish the year as the player with the most matches won, with 64, surpassing Sabalenka's 63.
This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, El reto de Iga Swiatek en el playoff de la Billie-Jean King Cup 2025
In these weeks, you will notice that there is more talk about the 2026 season, especially about the first tournaments that will take place in January. One of them, although unofficial and lasting only a few days, is the Kooyong Classic, where several of the best circuit players sign up to compete against each other in preparation for the Australian Open. This time, the names we will see there include Lorenzo Musetti, Alexander Bublik, Karen Khachanov, and Donna Vekic. Below is a slightly more expanded list.
Players confirmed for @Kooyong_Classic in Melbourne, January 13-15
— Michal Samulski (@MichalSamulski) November 13, 2025
Hubert Hurkacz
Marin Cilic
Karen Khachanov
Lorenzo Musetti
Matteo Berrettini
Alexander Bublik
Learner Tien
Zhang Zhizhen
Donna Vekic
Daniela Hantuchova pic.twitter.com/xDpcSibCKj
This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Musetti, Bublik o Cilic se apuntan al Kooyong Classic de 2026
The Polish player, who will play in the Billie Jean King Cup playoffs this weekend, says that winning in London was "a dream come true and something I did not expect."
While the circuit players continue to compete this week in Turin, some will also be in the Davis Cup in Bologna. The women have been enjoying a well-deserved vacation for a few days now. Some, used to traveling together by plane throughout the season, are also repeating this stage to continue sharing moments. Here we can see Naomi Osaka and Taylor Townsend having a hard time on a boat, taking the opportunity to do some kind of Challenge for social media, spreading some good vibes. So envious!
Naomi Osaka and Taylor Townsend doing the Beez in the Trap Challenge in the off season 🏝️ pic.twitter.com/aJlhsRAWnf
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) November 13, 2025
This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Osaka y Townsend disfrutan de las vacaciones en alta mar
The complete calls for the 18 countries that will compete next January are already known. Jaume Munar and Jessica Bouzas will lead the Spanish team.
Incredible, but true. Aryna Sabalenka has admitted in a recent interview that she was so desperate about her inability to achieve big results due to her tendency to make double faults that she was very close to retiring. The Belarusian was perceived as a great star, but struggled a lot to take the final step to materialize her potential into titles.
The lack of trust was piling up due to her inability to reduce the double faults, reaching a total of 428 in one season. It was in 2022, and by the end of the year, she informed her team that she was quitting tennis. At that moment, her fitness coach, Jason Stacy, convinced her to give biomechanics a chance as a remedy for her issue. It worked wonders.
To think Aryna almost retired if it wasn't for Jason Stacy!!!! Sabalenka did 428 double faults in 2022 and thought about quitting luckily Jason her fitness coach told her " wait we haven't tried biomechanics yet" 😭😭😭😭 and the rest is history. pic.twitter.com/DJnra8oGHW
— Liviefromparis 🇫🇷🤸🏼♀️🎾 (@Livieparis2024) November 12, 2025
This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Sabalenka admite que estuvo a punto de retirarse del tenis en 2022
Aryna Sabalenka is not only the best player in the world, but also a role model for many girls, both for her sporting performance and for her personality and charisma on and off the courts. Nike doesn't seem to see it that way, the brand that dresses her in the tennis world, as the Belarusian recently revealed that her kits will not be personalized.
Surely Nike is joking?!?
— Liviefromparis 🇫🇷🤸🏼♀️🎾 (@Livieparis2024) November 11, 2025
Sabalenka says her Nike kits in 2026 won't be special for her...No customs...She will have to wait for 2027???? She jokes saying "let's start sending some messages to Nike to put some pressure" 😭😭😭😭 @Nike please. pic.twitter.com/qYNMaoDyHJ
This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Sabalenka desvela una incomprensible falta de respeto por parte de Nike
Wim Fissette, the Polish coach, analyzes what happened in the last WTA Finals and highlights which aspects they will try to improve for the 2026 season.
The Polish player, who will play in the Billie Jean King Cup playoffs this weekend, says that winning in London was "a dream come true and something I did not expect."
Iga Swiatek has decided to extend her season by one more week to answer her country's call and compete in the Billie-Jean King Cup 2025 playoff. The aim is for Poland to emerge victorious from the triangular with Romania and New Zealand, in order to secure a spot for the Qualifiers next year. If Swiatek wins both her individual matches, she will finish the year as the player with the most matches won, with 64, surpassing Sabalenka's 63.
This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, El reto de Iga Swiatek en el playoff de la Billie-Jean King Cup 2025
While the circuit players continue to compete this week in Turin, some will also be in the Davis Cup in Bologna. The women have been enjoying a well-deserved vacation for a few days now. Some, used to traveling together by plane throughout the season, are also repeating this stage to continue sharing moments. Here we can see Naomi Osaka and Taylor Townsend having a hard time on a boat, taking the opportunity to do some kind of Challenge for social media, spreading some good vibes. So envious!
Naomi Osaka and Taylor Townsend doing the Beez in the Trap Challenge in the off season 🏝️ pic.twitter.com/aJlhsRAWnf
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) November 13, 2025
This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Osaka y Townsend disfrutan de las vacaciones en alta mar
In these weeks, you will notice that there is more talk about the 2026 season, especially about the first tournaments that will take place in January. One of them, although unofficial and lasting only a few days, is the Kooyong Classic, where several of the best circuit players sign up to compete against each other in preparation for the Australian Open. This time, the names we will see there include Lorenzo Musetti, Alexander Bublik, Karen Khachanov, and Donna Vekic. Below is a slightly more expanded list.
Players confirmed for @Kooyong_Classic in Melbourne, January 13-15
— Michal Samulski (@MichalSamulski) November 13, 2025
Hubert Hurkacz
Marin Cilic
Karen Khachanov
Lorenzo Musetti
Matteo Berrettini
Alexander Bublik
Learner Tien
Zhang Zhizhen
Donna Vekic
Daniela Hantuchova pic.twitter.com/xDpcSibCKj
This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Musetti, Bublik o Cilic se apuntan al Kooyong Classic de 2026
The complete calls for the 18 countries that will compete next January are already known. Jaume Munar and Jessica Bouzas will lead the Spanish team.
Incredible, but true. Aryna Sabalenka has admitted in a recent interview that she was so desperate about her inability to achieve big results due to her tendency to make double faults that she was very close to retiring. The Belarusian was perceived as a great star, but struggled a lot to take the final step to materialize her potential into titles.
The lack of trust was piling up due to her inability to reduce the double faults, reaching a total of 428 in one season. It was in 2022, and by the end of the year, she informed her team that she was quitting tennis. At that moment, her fitness coach, Jason Stacy, convinced her to give biomechanics a chance as a remedy for her issue. It worked wonders.
To think Aryna almost retired if it wasn't for Jason Stacy!!!! Sabalenka did 428 double faults in 2022 and thought about quitting luckily Jason her fitness coach told her " wait we haven't tried biomechanics yet" 😭😭😭😭 and the rest is history. pic.twitter.com/DJnra8oGHW
— Liviefromparis 🇫🇷🤸🏼♀️🎾 (@Livieparis2024) November 12, 2025
This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Sabalenka admite que estuvo a punto de retirarse del tenis en 2022
Aryna Sabalenka is not only the best player in the world, but also a role model for many girls, both for her sporting performance and for her personality and charisma on and off the courts. Nike doesn't seem to see it that way, the brand that dresses her in the tennis world, as the Belarusian recently revealed that her kits will not be personalized.
Surely Nike is joking?!?
— Liviefromparis 🇫🇷🤸🏼♀️🎾 (@Livieparis2024) November 11, 2025
Sabalenka says her Nike kits in 2026 won't be special for her...No customs...She will have to wait for 2027???? She jokes saying "let's start sending some messages to Nike to put some pressure" 😭😭😭😭 @Nike please. pic.twitter.com/qYNMaoDyHJ
This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Sabalenka desvela una incomprensible falta de respeto por parte de Nike
Emma Raducanu is enjoying a well-deserved vacation after a 2025 season where she clearly went from strength to strength. While thinking about 2026, a year where she will need to take a significant step if she wants to become one of the best tennis players in the world, the British athlete has enjoyed a day with the English Rugby team, one of the sports with the most fans in Great Britain.
Emma Raducanu gets down to work with the England Rugby squad 😂 pic.twitter.com/z7zG0GkREq
— Sky Sports (@SkySports) November 11, 2025
This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Raducanu se pasa al Rugby durante sus vacaciones
A professional since the 2015 season, currently ranked number 1 in the world and in a stable relationship for some years, the future of Aryna Sabalenka involves continuing to dominate the women's tennis circuit, but she also wants to keep growing personally. In a recent interview in her native language, the Belarusian confesses her desire to become a mother in, more or less, about five years. If she is 27 now, it's just a matter of counting. However, don't think she will retire in 2030, as in the past she has already stated her intentions to return to the tour even after becoming a mother. In one way or another, there is still a long time ahead before any of this happens.
5 more years of Sabalenka??!! 🤪😅She says she would like to have a baby 🍼, but right now her career is her priority "I just want to achieve my full potential in my sport and see how far I can go, I'd probably like to try starting a family in about five years" 🥳🥳🥳 pic.twitter.com/LxOMGudA4h
— Liviefromparis 🇫🇷🤸🏼♀️🎾 (@Livieparis2024) November 12, 2025
This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Sabalenka declara cuándo le gustaría ser madre