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Eala finally starting to look like she's living up to her hype

jazzyg wrote: ↑Wed Feb 18, 2026 5:34 pm Mertens has now played in the two worst WTA matches between good players I've ever seen.

Seven years ago, she lost in a third-set tiebreak on clay to Venus when both players were inept. Today, she blew three match points in the second-set tiebreak against Gauff in a match when both players were pathetic. Gauff served 16 double faults, including three in a row in the last game she lost, but she still won 6-3 in the third because Mertens could not keep the ball in the court and had her own critical double faults. I lost an hour-and-a-half of my life I will never get back.

That terrible match was Gauff's 100th win at 1000 level tournament, the youngest player to claim that honor.

That is a tribute to Gauff's mental strength! Winning ugly, when you are not playing well ..

Day 5 Order of Play

Center Court
Starts at 5:00 AM

Quarterfinals
DEN C. Tauson (12) vs USA J. Pegula (4)
Starts: 14:00 (Venue) 05:00 (Your time)
Quarterfinals
Upcoming
RUS M. Andreeva (5) vs USA A. Anisimova (2)
Follows previous match
Quarterfinals
Upcoming
USA C. Gauff (3) vs PHI A. Eala
Not before: 19:00 (Venue) 10:00 (Your time)
Quarterfinals
Upcoming
CRO A. Ruzic vs UKR E. Svitolina (7)
Follows previous match

New Court 1
Starts at 5:00 AM

Quarterfinals
UKR Kichenok/USA Krawczyk vs KAZ Danilina/SRB Krunic (4)
Starts: 14:00 (Venue) 05:00 (Your time)
Quarterfinals
Upcoming
GER Siegemund/RUS Zvonareva vs AUS Hunter /CZE Siniakova (7)
Follows previous match
Quarterfinals
Upcoming
CAN Dabrowski/BRA Stefani (5) vs MEX Olmos/USA Pegula
ORDER TBC NOT BEFORE 4:30 PM
Quarterfinals
Upcoming
TPE Chan/DEN Tauson vs ROU Cristian/ROU Ruse
ORDER TBC NOT BEFORE 4:30 PM