{"id":512673,"date":"2026-03-09T08:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T08:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/512673\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T08:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T08:50:07","slug":"ashlyn-krueger-adds-poise-to-power-game-for-strong-start-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/512673\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashlyn Krueger adds poise to power game for strong start in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt takes a minute to find routines and what works for you,\u201d she said of figuring out the ups and downs of the tour. \u201cI\u2019m just trying to enjoy things wherever we are\u2014finding breakfast spots or places to practice that I like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the desert this week, that includes frequent trips to a favorite coffee spot near her hotel, where she fuels up with chai before heading to the grounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Next comes another tough test. Krueger faces No. 9 seed Elina Svitolina for a place in the fourth round. In their only previous meeting, Ukraine\u2019s Svitolina ended Krueger\u2019s 2025 Indian Wells campaign in the second round.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a battle last year, so I&#8217;m looking forward to that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For now, though, Krueger is keeping her goals simple.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trying to take it one tournament at a time and focus on what I\u2019m doing on the practice court,\u201d she said. \u201cIf I do that, I believe it\u2019ll translate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the desert, at least this week, the progress has looked very real.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIt takes a minute to find routines and what works for you,\u201d she said of figuring out the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[103229,2572,99,428,232409,63810],"class_list":["post-512673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-pro-media-news","tag-professional-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-womens-tennis-tournament","tag-womens-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512673","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=512673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}