Weekend Tennis Roundup

POST HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH CAPTIONS AND NEW PHOTOS

Titles for Medvedev, Cobolli, Darderi, Stearns and Bucsa. Full report plus all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.

I'll flesh this out as time permits, but pictures are worth a thousand words ...

Flavio Cobolli defeated Frances Tiafoe 7-6(4), 6-4 to win the Acapulco title, marking the Italian's third career ATP title and his first-ever title on hard courts.

Alexander Zverev and Marcelo Melo -- partners since 2017 -- captured the Acapulco doubles title with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Alexander Erler and Robert Galloway, marking Melo’s 42nd ATP doubles crown and Zverev’s third.

Daniil Medvedev won the Dubai title via walkover after Tallon Griekspoor withdrew from the final with a left hamstring injury. The title -- his second in Dubai after 2023 -- marked the first time he has won the same ATP event twice, having reached the final without dropping a set, including a semifinal win over top seed Felix Auger-Aliassime.

The studly Dutchman sustained a "serious" hamstring injury during his semifinal victory over Andrey Rublev, but still looked more than 100% during the trophy ceremony. (Those track pants!) 

Third seeds Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten captured the doubles crown in Dubai with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic.

Luciano Darderi defeated Yannick Hanfmann 7-6(6), 7-5 in the final of the Chile Open. This victory in Santiago marked Darderi’s fifth career ATP title -- all of which have been won on clay -- and moved him to a career-high ranking of world No. 21. 

Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos defeated Ariel Behar and Matthew Romios in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the doubles crown in Santiago. Matos and Luz cleaned up on the Golden Swing, with titles in Buenos Aires and Rio as well. 

Cristina Bucsa defeated Magdalena Frech 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 to win the Mérida Open Akron title. This victory marked Bucsa's first career WTA singles title and propelled her to a career-high world ranking of No. 31.

Peyton Stearns defeated Taylor Townsend 7-6(8), 7-5 on March 1, 2026, to win the ATX Open in Austin, Texas. The victory marked her second career WTA singles title -- and her first on home soil at her alma mater’s stomping grounds.

Top seeds Taylor Townsend and Storm Hunter claimed the Austin doubles title with a crisp 6-3, 6-4 win over Eudice Chong and Liang En-shuo on March 1. For Townsend, it was sweet redemption -- just hours after coming up short in the singles final.

Elsewhere around the net ...

Team Darderi: Guess which one didn't need help from AI!

Apparently on-court interviews give Valentin Vacherot a stiffy

Valentin's cousin Arthur Rinderknech would like you to know that he's not exactly chopped liver 

I'll bet I'd rub Antoine Escoffier the right way 

Tomas Etcheverry is the hottest thing to happen to Calvin Klein underwear since Marky Mark ...

Two thumbs up for the Argentine's white bathing suit 

Joao Fonseca is big in Las Vegas ... and everywhere else

Lakers: Nole with LeBron James and with Luka Doncic

J.J. Wolf returned and won an ITF 15k in Naples

Manspread Monday with Facu Diaz 

Corentin Moutet puts his best asset forward

Marcos Giron inches his way toward OnlyFans ...

Watch HERE

Carlos Alcaraz enters the Mullet Era: "New 'do, who dis?"

Guido Pella answers Clara Peller's age-old question 

Of course Fabien Reboul knows where to find the booze and the boys 

I hope Jannik Sinner used his upper hand on Raphael Collignon 

I like Cobolli's style: Victory = disrobing ...

Sign me up

Cool down period ...

Arthur Cazaux aims to tease

Still hot for Ivar Jose Aramburu Contreras

Looks like I can't arrive in Palm Springs soon enough 

Toby Martin and Adam Jones are so good-looking I didn't realize they bothered to compete

High flying, adored! 

Jose Juarez Caro in Roma 

Retirement agrees with Enzo Couacaud

Marton Fucsovics can even look slutty in baggy sweats

Are Aussie Open champs Neal Skupski and Christian Harrison looking for a third?

You mean my dream coach is a plushie? 

I'm buying what Tommy Paul & Co. are selling 

Everyone's favorite WTA grifter Camila Giorgi did pretty well for herself here 

My blog is three years older than he is 

I have an indecent proposal for Jakub Mensik ...

Foxy Enrique Rocha 

Happy Titouan Droguet

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina's back in business

Cobolli also goes white and I approve

Tomas Etcheverry and his crew hit the beach

Tallon made quite a spectacle of himself during his win over Andrey Rublev and I couldn't not document it 

I see that injury hasn't had a negative effect on Holger Rune's derriere 

What?????

Cam Norrie sees you

Jack Pinnington Jones and Jacob Fearnley need to get busy

Putting Justin Engel through his paces

Let's hope Fernando Verdasco is giving the young Dane some underwear modeling tips 

Grigor Dimitrov's body won't quit 

A reminder that Robert Farah has always been highly fuckable 

Andrea Vavassori knows how to pick 'em 

New crush: Hynek Barton of Czechia 

Hot brother alert: Zlatan Dzumhur

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