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Novak Djokovic is preparing to return to action at the Indian Wells Masters and he may be on course to crash through a remarkable prize money barrier if he continues his fine form at the start of 2026.

Djokovic stunned the tennis world when he beat world No 2 Jannik Sinner at last month’s Australian Open, with the 38-year-old proving he is still a real threat to the best players in the world despite his advancing years.

Now Djokovic is set to play at the Indian Wells Masters, where he lost in his first match against Dutch player Botic van de Zandschulp last year.

He will then move on to the Miami Open, where he enjoyed a run to the final of last year’s tournament, losing against Jakub Mensic.

Those wins added to the staggering prize money total Djokovic has collected across his record breaking career, with his current total standing at $192,688,360.

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In total, Djokovic won $5,127,247 in prize money, despite only playing a limited schedule last year, with the $1,435,985 he won from his run to the final of the Australian Open last month bolstering his prize money mountain.

Djokovic may need to win a Grand Slam title to crash through the $200million barrier this year and he may need to achieve that this year and as this could be his final season in the sport, he may be in a race against time to get to that total.

It is unlikely that he is focused on the race to $200million, as prize money has not been a priority for Djokovic for many years.

During a wide-ranging interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored last November, Djokovic was asked: “How much are you worth now? Do you know? Approximately. Give me a ballpark.”

The 24-time Grand Slam winner replied: “I don’t like to talk about it, Pierce. I don’t like it. I’m north of one million (smiling).”

Morgan then asked to guess: “Well, I reckon you’re probably if I was a guessing man, I’d say at least three to 400 million.”

Djokovic: “Maybe. Maybe more. We live in a very materialistic society nowadays. I’m just saying I’m not like that. I don’t like … you know my team and my agent you know we don’t want to give all the information to Forbes for example, how much I’m worth or what the investments are, you know it’s none of their business.

“Why should I disclose that? For what reason? There are things that are disclosed with price money obviously that people know about or contracts, but the other things, no [I won’t disclose that].

“Money is very important and it does bring security, no doubt about it, and it is absolutely you know, one of the driving forces of the society of today. You cannot neglect the importance of money.

“But if money is the only thing you’re thinking about … I mean at least in my case and in my experience obviously I’m an athlete so for me it’s kind of a meritocracy model. If I win a tennis match or win a tournament I get rewarded. I get sponsorship deals etc.

“But also you know it’s it’s a lot about the mentality, it’s a lot about the brand that you want to create around yourself.

“I have, and again I don’t like to talk about this too much, but I did refuse a lot of the big brands and big paychecks in my career because I cannot represent something that I don’t believe in. I feel like I’ve always tried to play a long game.”

Djokovic’s wealth has been boosted by huge sponsorship deals with brands like ASICS, Lacoste, Hublot (watches), Waterdrop (hydration), Aman Resorts and Qatar Airways, with his final prize money total likely to be threatened by Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner over the course of the next decade.

Alcaraz and Sinner are a long way behind Djokovic for now, but rising prize money at top tier events will allow them to rise up the cash ladder quickly if they continue to dominate at the top of the men’s game.

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Carlos Alcaraz reached the highest ranking points total of his career after this win at the Qatar Open last week, but he will face a threat to his dominance as world No 1 from Jannik Sinner over the next couple of months.

We are now into the period of the year where Sinner has no ranking points to defend, as he was serving a doping suspension at this stage of 2025.

That means the Italian will head into the ATP 1000 events at Indian Wells and Miami with plenty to gain, as every win will give him a rankings boost.

By contrast, Alcaraz will be defending 400 ranking points after his run to the semi-finals of last year’s Indian Wells event.

It means that anything less than a run to the last four in the Californian desert will see Alcaraz dropping ranking points, with anything better adding to his points haul.

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Alcaraz will defend just 10 ranking points at Miami Open, where Sinner will once again look to add points to his total in a tournament he was forced to miss last year.

Even if he wins in Indian Wells and Miami, Sinner will not have a chance to overtake Alcaraz in the rankings until much later in this tennis season, as Alcaraz has a healthy 3,150 point lead at the top.

Alcaraz has plenty of points to defend heading into the clay court season after winning the Monte Carlo Masters title last April, the Rome Masters and then the French Open.

That period of the season is when Sinner will have a chance to challenge for the world No 1 ranking once again, but for now, the Wimbledon champion will be focusing on finding his form again after failing to win his first two tournaments of the season.

The standards set by Alcaraz and Sinner makes their rare defeats surprising, yet it is clear that the latter has been tinkering with his tactics in recent matches and it looking to add more variety to his game.

“I’ve had even tougher times in the past. I know how to come back,” he said after his defeat against Jakub Mensic at the Qatar Open last week.

“Every player faces ups and downs. I’ve had two incredible years and now I’m having a little downturn, but it’s not something that worries me. I know I can play better tennis, but Jakub played and served really well.

“We all have ups and downs in our jobs, so I’m not worried. We try to improve in every tournament I enter: I’d like to go as far as possible, but it’s normal to go through some tough times

“My approach to tennis is, we live also a normal life. I believe we live in situations and moments and emotions. This is the same with tennis. We have great moments. We have tough moments. We have sad moments and happy moments. It’s just an episode, right?

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“When I have tough losses, for me it’s just a moment. I believe that, you know, the hard work we are doing, of course, always the best thing is to win, but you cannot always win. I believe that I have a great, great team behind me. I have family, which is much more important than anything else.

“I do put tennis in the first place, no matter what. That’s what I choose, and that’s what I will always choose, until I’m done playing. Hopefully I can play for many more years, but it doesn’t mean that we don’t live the emotions.

“After tough losses I try to go through and try to understand what I can do better. At the end of the day, when I finish my career, I just don’t want to have regrets that I could have done something more. If my potential is winning, you know, this, but I have just one, it’s okay. If I win more, it’s okay. I just want to maximize my potential and to see how far I can go.”

We will have to wait a few weeks before the battle for the world No 1 ranking heats up, with the Alcaraz and Sinner rivalry set to dominate tennis once again over the next few months.

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It has been another eventful week in Emma Raducanu’s world and not for the first time, her critics have been out in force to question her.

Confirmation that she has made a bold switch from Nike to Uniqlo in a deal reported to be worth $3.5m-a-year threw up plenty of discussion on social media channels, with the usual band of critics quick to suggest Raducanu didn’t deserve to such lavish deals given her lack of success on the court since her iconic 2021 US Open win.

What those critics fail to appreciate is that Raducanu has always been more than just a tennis player and in a world where influencers are worth so much more if they have genuine influence, Emma is a prized asset.

With millions of followers on Instagram and a loyal following from fans who embraced her breakthrough story at the US Open four-and-a-half years ago, Raducanu’s journey is still one of the most compelling in tennis, even if she is not competing for Grand Slam titles.

Her battle back into the top 30 in the rankings is an achievement that cannot be ignored and in the opinion of former British No 1 Greg Rusedski, the

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“The deal probably makes a lot of sense for them because they look for brand ambassadors and they look for Instagram followers, they look to TikTok to all those things in social media,” he saon the Off Court with Greg Rusedski podcast.

“She has a following, you know, in the UK, she has a following internationally. She has the Chinese market, she has multiple marketplaces there. So for a Japanese company, it probably makes a lot of sense.

“So I think the deal is not only on court, but it will be off court as well. So that makes sense. And your contracts are not always based on your tennis ranking. They’re also based on your followers, so they’re looking at it as a business point of view. They’re taking a punt that they’re hoping she gets back in the top 10, can start competing for slams again and win one, that would be the ultimate.

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“They’re also looking off court and does she generate enough press publicity and will we get a return on investment? They have done their numbers and it’s a very, very successful company. So I think it’s a great partnership.

“I think it’s going to go really well. For me, fingers crossed, Emma needs to get healthy and get the tennis together. And I think it’s worth the punt even paying her that much money to go with Uniqlo. So I think it’s a good deal. Let’s keep fingers crossed that Emma can get some great performances.”

The other big news around Raducanu this week was the confirmation that Mark Petchey would be back in her coaching box for next week’s WTA 1000 event at Indian Wells.

As was the case when Petchey came into her team at a similar stage of last season, the arrangement appears to be temporary, with the prospect of the coach who clearly injects some joy into the Raducanu camp continuing in his role into the Miami Open later in March likely as he will be at that event in his role as a pundit on the Tennis Channel.

Petchey has made it clear in the past that he is not open to ending his media career and focusing on coaching Raducanu and that is understandable given the brief relationship she has had with numerous coaches since her US Open win.

What the last week has done is give Raducanu a chance to reset and try to find some renewed belief after a troubled start to 2026 that has been dominated by health and fitness issues.

Some were suggesting her passion of the game may have been waning as she has struggled to get through matches in recent months, but her new sponsor and the return to Petchey give her a fresh platform to kick on once again.

It is easy to criticise Raducanu, but this 23-year-old is more than good enough to silence those doubters as she starts a new era with Uniqlo and a revamped coaching team.

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Carlos Alcaraz has received support from fellow Grand Slam winner Kim Clijsters following his outburst over the “s***” ATP rules at the Qatar Open.

The seven-time Grand Slam winner was involved in a heated exchange with chair umpire Marija Cicak midway through the opening set of his quarter-final clash against Karen Khachanov after he received a time violation.

The world No 1 was a little slow to send down his serve as he was not ready when the 25 seconds had elapsed on the shot clock, and the official stuck to the rule and gave him the violation, but it did not go down well with the Spaniard as believes he should have received more leeway.

The match continued, but Alcaraz had another exchange with Cicak during the changeover before he turned to his bench and told them: “The ATP rules are always s***, it’s s***, s***.”

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The top seed went on to lose the first set, but bounced back to claim a 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 6-3 win over Khachanov and during his post-match press conference, Alcaraz described the rule as “absurd” and stated he felt officials should be a bit more lenient.

It was one of the few times that the 23-year-old was visibly upset during and after a match, and former world No 1 Clijsters believes the frustration is warranted.

“I love that Carlos Alcaraz is actually saying that stuff because for him to do it, it must be really frustrating or something must be triggering,” the four-time Grand Slam winner said on the Love All with Kim Clijsters podcast.

“It comes from a place where he’s actually very annoyed by it. So, I enjoyed that he spoke up and that maybe behind the scenes, where he mentioned the ATP rules, maybe they’ll change a little bit about the shot clock and I agree.

“We saw something at the Australian Open with Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals. In the fifth set, where he got a time violation after a super-long rally.

“There’s time like that, where I feel as a referee or chair umpire, you just have to read the room little bit, because as a tennis fan, when I am watching this, you have to give these players their moment to recover, whether it’s one or two seconds more, it really is not going to make a big deal.”

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Four-time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters has stressed the importance of Alex Eala being “protected” as she described the WTA star as being “like Michael Jordan in the Philippines.”

Eala has risen to superstar status in the Philippines after her rapid rise and trailblazing tennis achievements for her home nation in the past year.

During her breakout 2025 season, Eala became the first player in her country’s history to: be ranked in the top 100, beat a top five player, reach a WTA Tour final, win a WTA Challenger title and win a Grand Slam main draw match.

The 20-year-old is at a career-high ranking of world No 31 after reaching quarter-finals in Dubai and Abu Dhabi during the WTA’s Middle East swing this month.

The Filipina has received staggering support from her compatriots in 2026, with her matches at the Australian Open, her home event in Manila, and the Dubai Championships drawing particularly huge crowds.

On the latest episode of her Love All podcast, Clijsters spoke about the challenges that come with Eala’s immense popularity after she “got a lot of hate” following her opening round Australian Open exit.

“Having that support, we saw it this year after the Australian Open where Rafa [Nadal] spoke out about being a little bit of a protector for her as well, because when she lost to Alycia Parks at the Australian Open in a close three-setter, she also got a lot of hate from her fans and from the Philippine world, and the fans that support her from her home country,” said the Belgian great.

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“So there’s a lot of new things that she’s dealing with at such a young age. She’s been in Spain for many years since I think she was 13 — she moved to Spain and trained at Rafa’s academy.

“She’s been around people with a mindset that demands a lot but is also very focused on: you have to put in the work, you are respectful.

“And she’s been around that environment, and I think there’s no coincidence that she has the results that she has.

“But I think it’s very important for her to be a little bit protected from the craziness that comes with that all as well. And just the ability to keep focusing on what she has to do.”

The former world No 1 added: “[She has to] deal with this life of being like Michael Jordan in the Philippines.

“People just think it’s online and it’s in the news and everything, but it’s not easy, I think, to deal with changes like that, so quickly.”

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Former world No 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov has questioned Coco Gauff’s training methods as he described the American star’s serving issues as a “mystery.”

Gauff reached the semi-finals at last week’s Dubai Championships, which is her best result of 2026 so far, but her serve was an area of concern throughout.

The two-time Grand Slam winner hit 44 double faults across her four matches — with 12 coming in three different matches, including her semi-final loss to Elina Svitolina.

After hitting a double fault in the second set of her defeat to Svitolina, Gauff voiced her frustration towards her biomechanics coach Gavin McMillan.

“I’ve been doing everything you wanted for six months… I’m not better at all,” the 21-year-old was heard saying.

Gauff hired McMillan in August with the intention of making technical improvements to her serve. Her only title since joining forces with McMillan came at the WTA 1000 in Wuhan in October.

The world No 4 hit the most double faults among all WTA Tour players in 2025 (431) and 2024 (430).

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Speaking on the First & Red YouTube channel, Kafelnikov gave his verdict on Gauff’s serve and insisted that repetition on the practice court should solve her problems.

“It’s a mystery to me how someone with such experience can make such mistakes,” said the two-time major champion.

“I have a question right away: How is the training structured?

“I’m committed to the fact that I’m absolutely certain that quantity turns into quality.

“If you serve, roughly speaking, 1,000 serves, you’ll fine-tune it.”

Elena Dememtieva, a former world No 3, also weighed in and pointed out that Gauff is also struggling with her forehand.

“The problem here is not only her serve, but also her forehand, which is failing,” said the former world No 5.

“Now, she’s playing only with her backhand, incredible physical fitness, and character.

“She relies on those three pillars, but it’s very difficult at her level. She’s one of those vying for the number one spot.”

Gauff is next set to compete at the WTA 1000 tournament in Indian Wells, which will begin on 4 March.

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Emma Raducanu has reunited with Mark Petchey ahead of the 2026 Indian Wells Open, but what was the US Open winner’s record during her previous collaboration with the British coach?

The world No 25 will work with Petchey on an “informal basis” during the WTA 1000 in Indian Wells, which will run from 4 to 15 March.

Raducanu has been coached by Alexis Canter, an LTA coach and hitting partner, at tournaments this month after she parted ways with Spanish coach Francisco Roig following the Australian Open.

Petchey, a former British 1 who coached Andy Murray in 2005-2006, was part of Raducanu’s team between March and August last year, while he also helped her in 2020.

Here, we look at how Raducanu performed at tournaments during her partnership with Petchey in 2025.

Raducanu’s record with Petchey as coach in 2025

Raducanu started working with Petchey in March 2025, and she played 10 tournaments before they ended their collaboration when the Brit hired Roig at the start of August.

The former world No 10’s standout result during her partnership with Petchey — and arguably her best run since winning the 2021 US Open — came at the Miami Open, which was their first tournament together.

Having lost six of her first nine matches in 2025 prior to hiring Petchey, Raducanu won four straight matches to reach the quarter-finals in Miami — her only WTA 1000 quarter-final result.

She upset eighth-ranked Emma Navarro in the second round and Amanda Anisimova, who was ranked 17th at the time, in the last 16.

Raducanu’s best clay-court result last year was reaching the fourth round at the Italian Open.

On grass, she made the quarter-finals at the Queen’s Club Championships and the third round at Wimbledon — where she pushed world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka in a pulsating encounter.

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She then made the semi-finals of the Citi Open WTA 500 event in Washington and the third round at the WTA 1000 in Montreal in her last two events before Roig joined her team.

Raducanu’s win-loss record with Petchey was an impressive 20-10, giving her a win rate of 66.6% — well above her career WTA Tour win rate of 56.2%.

Raducanu’s 2025 results with Petchey as coach:

• Miami Open – QF (lost to Jessica Pegula)
• Madrid Open – 2R (lost to Marta Kostyuk)
• Italian Open – 4R (lost to Coco Gauff)
• Strasbourg – 2R (lost to Danielle Collins)
• French Open – 2R (lost to Iga Swiatek)
• Queen’s Club – QF (lost to Zheng Qinwen)
• Eastbourne – 2R (lost to Maya Joint)
• Wimbledon – 3R (lost to Aryna Sabalenka)
• Washington – SF (lost to Anna Kalinskaya)
• Canadian Open – 3R (lost to Amanda Anisimova)

Six of Raducanu’s 10 losses under Petchey were against opponents ranked in the top 10: Pegula, Gauff, Swiatek, Zheng, Sabalenka and Anisimova.

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Raducanu was ranked 60th when she started working with Petchey in Miami, and she had climbed 27 places to 33rd by the time they parted ways.

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Tennis great Kim Clijsters has broken down Alex Eala’s game and revealed how the Filipina star makes her opponents “very uncomfortable.”

Eala soared to her career-high ranking of world No 31 after her run to the quarter-finals of the WTA 1000 event in Dubai last week.

The 20-year-old upset world No 8 Jasmine Paolini — her third win over a top 10 player — in the second round in Dubai, while she also defeated Hailey Baptiste and Sorana Cirstea before losing to Coco Gauff.

The Filipina, who had a breakout season in 2025, holds a 10-6 record in 2026 (including matches at WTA Challenger/125 level).

Speaking on the latest episode of her Love All podcast, Clijsters explained what Eala does so well.

“Well, there’s a lot of things that she does really well. And I think there’s a lot of things that make her opponents very uncomfortable,” said the former world No 1.

“She has, you know, one of the things that she can’t control is that she’s a left-hander. There’s always something about playing a left-hander, you get pulled out of the court a little bit differently with her forehand cross court.

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“Her forehand is really good, but I think her backhand is better, her backhand is a little bit more of an aggressive shot.

“The combination of her aggressive baseline shots, with her backhand, and then the ability to hit a heavier spin and make your opponents step back a little bit behind the baseline, being able to make the angle with her forehand and open up the court, a lot of times to her opponent’s backhand — is something that a lot of players have a really hard time dealing with.

“And her footwork is really good, she has great stamina. We’ve seen her, [against] Iga [Swiatek] last year, where she played a really good match. She’s still very young, but we see the mental growth as well.”

The four-time Grand Slam champion went on to describe Eala as a “pit bull” and compared her to former world No 4 Dominika Cibulkova.

“She reminds me a little bit of a… she has that kind of pitbull, [Dominika] Cibulkova was a little bit like that, to me, as well,” the Belgian continued.

“They have such quick feet, but the ability from a defensive situation to still move into the court and become an aggressive player is a very tough combination to handle on the other side of the net.

“So very interesting, has done great things so far at a young age. Still has some improvements to get to, and consistency is something that’s going to be very important. A lot of players know her now, know her strengths, know her weaknesses.

“So that’s something that she’s going to have to deal with as well — is to make sure she can make her strengths become even stronger, but work on some of the weaknesses.”

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Emma Raducanu has turned to a familiar face after her latest coaching split, with the British star reuniting with former coach Mark Petchey ahead of the 2026 Indian Wells Open.

The 2021 US Open champion parted ways with Francisco Roig after her second round exit at the Australian Open last month, having worked with the Spanish coach since August.

Prior to hiring Roig, Raducanu enjoyed a successful collaboration with Petchey between March and August last year, while she was also coached by the former British No 1 in 2020.

According to The Times, Raducanu has brought Petchey back into her team “on an informal basis” before the WTA 1000 event in Indian Wells, which will begin on 4 March.

Petchey, who works as an analyst and commentator for Tennis Channel, will reportedly help Raducanu during practice sessions in Indian Wells.

The move comes after Raducanu said she was not “actively looking for a new coach” earlier this week.

It is unclear whether Petchey, who previously worked with Andy Murray, will continue coaching the world No 25 after the tournament in the Californian desert.

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Alexis Canter has served as Raducanu’s coach and hitting partner since her split with Roig, and he is expected to remain “a key part” of her coaching setup.

Following her loss to Anastasia Potapova at the Australian Open, Raducanu alluded to a disconnect between herself and Roig as she spoke of a “misalignment” with how she was playing.

“I think I want to be playing a different way. And I think the misalignment with how I’m playing right now and how I want to be playing is something that I just want to work on,” Raducanu said.

The 23-year-old added: “At the end of the day, I just want to hit the ball to the corners and hard. I feel like I’m doing all this variety, and it’s not doing what I want it to do.

“I need to just work on playing, in a way, more similar to how I was playing when I was younger. I always just changed direction, took the ball early, and went for it.”

During an appearance on Tennis Channel’s The Big T podcast this month, Petchey was clear on how he thinks Raducanu should be trying to play.

“I think from my perspective watching her play, she really only has one choice — she needs to stay up on the baseline, she needs to be able to redirect, and she needs to serve well,” Petchey said.

“And if she can put those components on the court, she’s going to give herself a chance to win big matches.”

Speaking on an episode of the same podcast in January, Petchey said he would “take a bullet” for Raducanu.

“Emma and I never fell out. It just got to the point where I felt I couldn’t be the No 1 coach [due to his media commitments],” the former world No 80 explained.

“We still chat, we’re still in good communication, she’ll still run some stuff past me. I’ll help her for ever. I’ll take a bullet for her.”

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