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2026 ATP, Challenger and ITF Tour Week One
 
Results (January 5-11, 2026)
 
 
United Cup in Perth and Sydney :
1. Poland  (Hurkacz - Swiatek - Michalski - Kawa - Zielinski - Piter)
2. Switzerland  (Wawrinka - Bencic - Paul - Castelnuovo - Karamoko)
3. United States  (Fritz - Gauff - McDonald - Lepchenko - Harrison - Melichar-Martinez)
3. Belgium  (Bergs - Mertens - Coppejans - Minnen - Gille - Salden)
5. Greece  (S Tsitsipas - Sakkari - Sakellaridis - Papamichail - P Tsitsipas - Sakellaridi)
5. Australia  (de Minaur - Joint - Kubler - Inglis - Smith - Hunter)
5. Argentina  (Baez - Sierra - Trungelliti - Carle - Andreozzi - Fossa Huergo)
5. Czech Republic  (Mensik - Krejcikova - Svrcina - Fruhvirtuova - Pavlasek - Skoch)
 
ATP 250 in Hong Kong :
1. Alexander Bublik  
2. Lorenzo Musetti
3. Andrey Rublev  (Russia)
3. Marcos Giron
5. Coleman Wong
5. Nuno Borges
5. Michael Mmoh
5. Juncheng Shang
 
Doubles: Lorenzo Musetti & Lorenzo Sonego  d. Karen Khachanov & Andrey Rublev  (Russia)
 
ATP 250 in Brisbane :
1. Daniil Medvedev  (Russia)
2. Brandon Nakashima
3. Alex Michelsen
3. Aleksandar Kovacevic
5. Kamil Majchrzak  
5. Sebastian Korda  
5. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard  
5. Raphael Collignon
 
Doubles: Francisco Cabral  & Lucas Miedler  d. Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool
 
Challenger 125 in Bengaluru :
1. Pedro Martinez
2. Timofey Skatov
3. Matteo Martineau
3. Harold Mayot
 
Challenger 125 in Canberra :
1. Alexander Blockx
2. Rafael Jodar
3. James McCabe
3. Kyrian Jacquet
 
Challenger 75 in Noumea :
1. Arthur Gea
2. Jurij Rodionov
3. Blake Ellis
3. Michael Zheng
 
Challenger 50 in Nonthaburi :
1. Rio Noguchi
2. Marek Gengel
3. Zdenek Kolar
3. Joel Schwarzler
 
Challenger 50 in Nottingham :
1. Clement Chidekh
2. Johannus Monday
3. Mikhail Kukushkin
3. Toby Samuel
 
M25 in Hazebrouck  : Moise Kouame  d. Theo Papamalamis
M25 in Antalya  : Felix Gill  d. Filip Jianu
M25 in Monastir  : Florian Broska  d. Olle Wallin
M25 in Winston-Salem  : Keegan Smith  d. Shunsuke Mitsui
M15 in Manacor  : Yaroslav Demin  (Russia) d. Ivan Ivanov
M15 in Oslo  : Max Hans Rehberg  d. Alex Knaff
M15 in Hurghada  : Marko Miladinovic  d. Nikola Djosic

Not a news specifically with the Games, but i got my leave from work approved today.  Got 7 days from 12th to 20th, so will only miss day stuff from 9-11th, but you can't win them all. 

If you start acting sick on the 5th you can probably get away with taking of a couple days as sick too 

Not a news specifically with the Games, but i got my leave from work approved today.  Got 7 days from 12th to 20th, so will only miss day stuff from 9-11th, but you can't win them all. 

Not a news specifically with the Games, but i got my leave from work approved today.  Got 7 days from 12th to 20th, so will only miss day stuff from 9-11th, but you can't win them all. 

Not a news specifically with the Games, but i got my leave from work approved today.  Got 7 days from 12th to 20th, so will only miss day stuff from 9-11th, but you can't win them all. 

Another great performance for the  Latvian Vlhova, Dzeni Germane  I'm hopeful this is just the beginning and we will be seeing her for years to come. The technique is there, time to work on the consistency and attack. 
 
On the top, Rast puts and end to Shiffrin's streak in the slalom and with a showcase run just after Mikaela had destroyed everyone else.  I wonder if Rast is going to get inside Shiffrin head just before the Olympics.    

Yes, now it's way better. Starting 2026 in style 

Absolutely phenomenal game between Anderson and Wattimena  If you haven't watched it, go and find it, one of the best games the whole year.

Volleyball World are doing a countdown to the new year with a list of the best players for 2025. 
 
Here is the men's top 10 with two places to go: (which are Michieletto and Aleks Nikolov)
 
1. ???
2. ???
3.  Simone Giannelli
4.  Jakub Kochanowski
5.  /  Wilfredo Leon
 
6.  Simeon Nikolov
7.  Fabio Balaso
8.  Aleks Grozdanov
9.  Jan Kozamernik
10.  Patrik Indra
 

New info has come out, that  Sivert Bakken when found, was wearing his high altitude mask. As we know those masks reduce the oxygen, that goes in the body. And with Bakken's previous health conditions, that should have been a red light... The Norwegian Biathlon Federation has forbidden all of it's athletes to wear altitude masks until further notice.

Point for me i reckon  16 year old D'Antonio is set to make her WC debut in tomorrows slalom, without having a single Europa Cup race. 

Shocking news 😔 We just saw him competing 2 days ago in Annecy. 

New info has come out, that  Sivert Bakken when found, was wearing his high altitude mask. As we know those masks reduce the oxygen, that goes in the body. And with Bakken's previous health conditions, that should have been a red light... The Norwegian Biathlon Federation has forbidden all of it's athletes to wear altitude masks until further notice.

Shocking news 😔 We just saw him competing 2 days ago in Annecy. 

Bit of a strange incident in the Women's race this morning as WC Leader  Natalie Armbruster seemingly fainted on the long climb - eventually got up & finished, but she wasn't moving for a while.

Snow or Ice or GTFO! Sometimes i wish i was in these organization's structures, so i can give them a piece of my mind. 

Done with the voting.  As with every contest i re-arranged the placing numerous times before reaching a conclusion. 

It's not even Four Hills and  Zografski has set his PB for World Cup points already! His previous best season was 2012/13 

Vonn winning by a second doesn't speak well for the state of women's alpine skiing.

I will definitely vote on Sunday evening as well. This time for real.  Need to fill my final ranking, as i have a couple of clashes, but will be traveling on the weekend, so will finalize things when i get home.

Great 6th place for Gismondi  Beating almost all Norwegians and some of the Swedes is a superb performance.

Despite total domination by the Norwegian men (and yes, it's exhausting and boring), the accomplishments this weekend of Emil Iversen and Einar Hedegart are worth highlighting, despite them being Norwegian. 
 
Iversen was dropped by the Norwegian national team after the opener in Beitostølen 2 weeks ago and was not taken to Ruka. Instead, he won both the 10k and 20k Interval Classic starts in Gålå in the Norwegian Cup last week, which granted him a spot on the start line in Trondheim. He took full advantage of that opportunity and finished on the podium in the skiathlon, and finished just off the podium in today's 10k Interval Freestyle. This definitely puts his name in serious contention for a spot on the Olympic team, which looked incredibly doubtful just a few days ago. 
 
Einar Hedegart, the 24-year-old biathlete who decided to challenge the stereotype that biathletes are inferior skiers to their cross-country counterparts, just won the 10k Interval Start against all of Norway's best in a de facto Olympic trial. 
 
Yes, it's exhausting seeing nothing but Norwegian flags on the men's side, but there can be excitement just beneath the surface at times.

Great 6th place for Gismondi  Beating almost all Norwegians and some of the Swedes is a superb performance.

If this was 6-7 years ago I would have said "Fantastic, I will have luge on my Eurosport again".
 
But after a couple of seasons of watching live and whenever I wanted on free YouTube, to go back to sporadic random runs being shown and most likely on delays is going to be frustrating  Because Eurosport is not going to prioritize luge at all for live broadcasts.