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tennis express pro player gear<\/p>\nBy Richard Pagliaro | Thursday, February 19, 2026
Photo credit: Fred Lee\/Getty<\/p>\n
Amanda Anismova turned tiebreaker into heartbreaker for Mirra Andreeva.<\/p>\n
Anisimova squandered a 5-3 third-set lead and a match point, then amped up the pace in the tiebreaker dethroning defending Dubai champion Andreeva 2-6, 7-5, 7-6(4) to battle into the Dubai semifinals.<\/p>\n
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The second-seeded Anisimova beat Andreeva for the second time in as many meetings in a match that climaxed with an emotional end for both women.<\/p>\n
A gutted Andreeva plopped down in her court-side seat, buried her face in her towel and appeared to sob.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was almost me in tears there at the end,\u201d said Anisimova of seeing Andreeva in tears afterward. \u201cIt was such a tough battle, Mirra fought so hard today, she\u2019s playing so well and was fighting like a champion on court.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like these types of matches, it\u2019s always tough that someone has lose at the end of the day. But, yeah, I feel like we both played great, and I\u2019m really happy to get through.<\/p>\n
Anisimova advanced to her first final four of the season, setting up an all-American semifinal against Jessica Pegula.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love playing here in Dubai and I\u2019m really excited for every match,\u201d Anisimova said. \u201cEvery point is going to be different, and I really enjoy that challenge.<\/p>\n
\u201cI play against Jess tomorrow, so another great fight, and hopefully we\u2019ll have a good match. It\u2019s always exciting against another American, she\u2019s always bringing her best, and I feel like we always have great matches.\u201d<\/p>\n
World No. 5 Pegula pumped eight aces in a 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 victory over 12th-seeded Clara Tauson.<\/p>\n
It is Pegula\u2019s eighth straight semifinal appearance dating back to the 2025 US Open where she lost to world No. 1 and eventual-champion Aryna Sabalenka, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m starting to feel more like myself again after a tough stretch earlier in the season,\u201d said Pegula. \u201cI\u2019ve been serving better and moving well physically, and the work with my coaches have helped me get back to the roots of my game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chasing her 10th career title, Pegula is 4-0 lifetime vs. Anisimova, including a 6-2, 7-6(1) victory in their last meeting in the Australian Open quarterfinals last month.<\/p>\n
Today, Wimbledon finalist Anisimova opened a 5-2 second-set lead only to see Andreeva reel off three games in a row to level.<\/p>\n
Anisimova answered winning eight of the next nine points to take the second set and force a decider.<\/p>\n
Again, Anisimova built a lead going up 5-3 only to see Andreeva fight back and save a match point with the American serving at 40-30.<\/p>\n
In the tiebreaker, Anisimova blasted her backhand racing out to a 5-1 lead. Anisimova closed on her fourth match point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Richard Pagliaro | Thursday, February 19, 2026Photo credit: Fred Lee\/Getty Amanda Anismova turned tiebreaker into heartbreaker for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-480520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}