Marina Stakusic, who’s had plenty of success in Mexico, got a wild card into the WTA 500 in Mérida and is first up on the stadium Monday against No. 5 seed Dayana Yastremska.
Stakusic had some physical issues at the Australian Open, even though she qualified easily. And ended up having to retire against Priscilla Hon due to cramps that left her hauled off the court in a wheelchair.
This is her first match since then.
(Mérida and Austin are an hour behind ET).
Mérida Open Akron
Location: Mérida, Mexico
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Feb. 23 – March 1, 2026
Prize Money: $1,206,446
Draws: S28 – D16
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Estadio (2 p.m. start – 3 p.m. ET)
1. [5] Dayana Yastremska (UKR) vs. [WC] Marina Stakusic (CAN)
2. Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) vs. [Q] Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (AND)
3. Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) vs. [WC] Katie Boulter (GBR) (not before 6 p.m.)
4. Anastasia Potapova (AUT) vs. Emiliana Arango (COL)
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Cancha 1 (4 p.m.)
[2] Cristina Bucsa (ESP) / Jiang Xinyu (CHN) vs. [WC] Sloane Stephens (USA) / Ana Sofia Sánchez (MEX)
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ATX Open
Location: Austin, Texas
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Feb. 23 – March 1, 2026
Prize Money: $283,347
Draws: S32 – D16
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Center Court (11 a.m. start – Noon ET)
1. Alycia Parks (USA) vs. Oksana Selekhmeteva (RUS)
2. Katie Volynets (USA) vs. [Q] Nikola Bartunkova (CZE)
3. [3] Eudice Chong (HKG) / En-Shuo Liang (TPE) vs. Anna Blinkova (RUS) / Petra Marcinko (CRO)
4. [5] Varvara Gracheva (FRA) vs. [WC] Taylor Townsend (USA) (not before 6 p.m.)
5. [3] Wang Xinyu (CN) vs. [Q] Rebeka Masarova (SUI)
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Grandstand (1 p.m.)
1. [6] Anna Bondar (HUN) vs. Kamilla Rakhimova (UZB)
2. Emily Appleton (GBR) / Alexa Guarachi (CHI) vs. Natsumi Kawaguchi (JPN) / Ya Hsin Lee (TPE) (not before 4:30 p.m.)
3. [Q] Elizabeth Mandlik (USA) vs. [Q] Whitney Osuigwe (USA)
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