Only eight of the 16 seeds survived to the third round.

Still, some tastiness in store Wednesday as Coco Gauff gets the night session along with some late-night action, for the second straight night, for crowd favorite Alexandra Eala.

The support she had in some of the places the has played so far this season has been something to behold. And her win over Jasmine Paolini Tuesday night had some of the fans in tears.

ATP Tour – Wednesday results

(Dubai is 9 hours ahead of ET).

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Dubai Duty Free Championships
Location: Dubai, UAE
Category: WTA 1000
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Feb. 15 – 21, 2026
Prize Money: $4,088,211
Draws: S56 – D28

Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026
Final results

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Singles, third round

[LL] Antonia Ruzic (CRO) def [1] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 57 64 10 retd

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[2] Amanda Anisimova (USA) def [WC] Janice Tjen (INA) 61 63

[3] Coco Gauff (USA) def Elise Mertens (BEL) 26 76 (9) 63

[4] Jessica Pegula (USA) def [16] Iva Jovic (USA) 64 62

[5] Mirra Andreeva (RUS) def Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) 75 63

[7] Elina Svitolina (UKR) def [9] Belinda Bencic (SUI) 46 61 63

[12] Clara Tauson (DEN) def Magda Linette (POL) 64 62

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Alexandra Eala (PHI) def Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 75 64

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Doubles, second round

Laura Siegemund (GER) / Vera Zvonareva (RUS) def [1] Jasmine Paolini / Sara Errani (ITA) 64 61

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[4] Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) def [WC] Rutuja Bhosale (IND) / Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) 63 76 (4)

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Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Clara Tauson (DEN) def [ALT] Ekaterina Ovcharenko / Ekaterina Yashina (RUS) [3] Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 63 63