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Iva Jovic credits Eileen Gu’s journaling after dominant Miami Open debut
Jovic used Eileen Gu’s journaling method and routed Paula Badosa 6-2, 6-1 in Miami. She credited Gu..
Iva Jovic converted a painful loss at Indian Wells into a commanding performance at the Miami Open, and she says a simple mental habit borrowed from another elite athlete has helped.
The 18-year-old was edged in three sets by Camila Osorio at the BNP Paribas Open, holding three match points on her serve before losing 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Jovic addressed that defeat and the work of moving on in candid fashion: “I think I’m still maybe not completely over it!” Jovic said with a grin in Miami. “Matches like those are brutal…
“I just try to think of it, like, how can I play that match so that it never gets to 5-4 in the second set? You win two and two, and then you’re never in a position to be saving match points.”
She followed that approach on court against former world No. 2 Paula Badosa, winning 6-2, 6-1 to reach the third round in her first main-draw appearance at the event. Afterward, Jovic revealed she has adopted journaling to reset and sharpen her thinking, crediting freestyle skier Eileen Gu for the idea. “Shout out to Eileen Gu! She inspired me to do some journaling, as well,” Jovic told press. “I loved her comments. Right now I’m (journaling) almost every day… So, thank you Eileen!”
Gu described her analytical approach to mental performance during the 2026 Winter Olympics: “I spend a lot of time in my head, and it’s not a bad place to be,” Gu said in Milan-Cortina. “I journal a lot. I break down all of my thought processes. I think I apply a very analytical lens to my own thinking, and I kind of modify it.”
Jovic has quickly embraced the habit. “I really like it,” Jovic said. “Sometimes when you have something you’re struggling with or a problem, half of it is just writing it down. And then you’re halfway to solving it. It’s helpful.”
She said the confidence also comes from preparation. “I think for me, it just comes from knowing the work that I put in. I think I train a lot. I work very hard when I’m on the court, so I just trust that it’s going to pay off and that I’m doing the right things. So in those tough moments, I know I’ve prepared for this. I’m ready for what happens.” The season has included a breakthrough run to the Australian Open quarterfinals and guidance from Novak Djokovic earlier in the year.
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Miami Open’s new ‘Love All’ frosé highlights tennis’ booming signature-drink market
Miami Open’s new ‘Love All’ frosé shows how signature cocktails have become big business in tennis..
The Miami Open has added a new entry to a growing list of tournament signature drinks with the Love All frosé. Created exclusively for the 2026 Miami Open by Santa Margherita Wines, the tournament’s official wine sponsor, the frozen rosé cocktail is priced at $22 and served in a collectible glass shaped like a tennis ball. It is sold at the Rosé Giardino, an all-pink lounge at Hard Rock Stadium that has become a popular photo stop and draws long lines.
Players sampled the drink on the Players Box podcast. Jessica Pegula, Madison Keys, Jennifer Brady and Desirae Krawczyk offered largely positive reviews, with Brady the lone dissenter, due to her general dislike of wine. “It’s very good,” Keys said, laughing, as she gave it a 4.5 out of 5. “It’s quite strong… If you drink them during our matches, just like, keep the volume down!”
The Love All joins an expanding set of tournament beverages that now form a meaningful revenue stream. Wimbledon’s Pimm’s Cup and strawberries and cream remain long-standing traditions, but the US Open’s Honey Deuce transformed the idea into a major commercial success. Introduced in 2006 and sold exclusively at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, the Honey Deuce is made with Grey Goose vodka, lemonade and raspberry liqueur and topped with honeydew melon balls. Priced at $23 and served in a collectible cup, the drink grew into a significant income source: more than 738,400 Honey Deuces were sold in 2025, generating roughly $17 million in revenue, a 32 percent increase from the previous year driven in part by expanded Fan Week programming.
Other recent additions include the Ace Paloma from Maestro Dobel Tequila, introduced in 2023 and served at multiple events, plus player-inspired cocktails such as the MargAryna with Aryna Sabalenka and the Fritzy Spicy with Taylor Fritz, which debuted at the US Open in 2024. The Charleston Open offers First Serve, Canada’s National Bank Open has The Smash, the Australian Open added the Lemon Ace in 2025, and Indian Wells introduced The Drop Shot earlier this month. Limited-edition cups and branded experiences, amplified by social media, have intensified the appeal of these offerings. With beverage margins often exceeding 90 percent, signature drinks are proving both culturally resonant and commercially powerful for tournaments.
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Tiafoe survives two match points to topple defending champion Mensik in Miami
Tiafoe saved two match points to defeat Jakub Mensik at Miami Open; it was his 250th win. 2026 image
Frances Tiafoe staged a dramatic escape in the third round of the Miami Open, saving two match points to eliminate defending champion Jakub Mensik. The American prevailed in a match decided by two tiebreaks, winning 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6 (11) at the Masters 1000 event.
The victory marked a milestone for Tiafoe, registering the 250th win of his professional career. Mensik, the reigning champion, forced a third set and pushed the decider to a tense tiebreak, but Tiafoe held firm when it mattered most and closed out the match.
Scorelines of 7-6 in the opening set and 7-6 in the final set underline how evenly matched the contest was, with Mensik taking the second set 4-6 to stay in contention. Tiafoe’s ability to survive the two match points proved decisive and turned what might have been an early exit for the American into a career landmark.
The result advances Tiafoe deeper into the Miami Open draw and ends Mensik’s title defense in the third round of this Masters 1000 tournament. For Tiafoe, the win will be recorded alongside other career highlights as he moves forward in the 2026 season.
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Talia Gibson’s surge continues in Miami after dominant win over Iva Jovic
Qualifier Talia Gibson has surged through Indian Wells and Miami, beating top players en route. now.
Talia Gibson has turned the Sunshine Double into the stage for a breakout run. The 21-year-old Australian, a qualifier, dismantled No. 18 seed Iva Jovic 6-2, 6-2 in 1:13, hitting fierce backhand returns and powerful serving (62% of first serves in play and winning 81% of Jovic’s second-serve points). The victory sets up a fourth-round meeting with No. 3 seed Elena Rybakina, who advanced with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Marta Kostyuk.
Gibson’s Miami performance added to the profile she built at Indian Wells, where she became the youngest woman in seven years to reach the quarterfinals at a 1000-level event. Her win over Jovic was her fifth over a Top 20 player in two weeks, the previous scalp a one-sided win over No. 15 Naomi Osaka. Across the past three weeks she has won 11 of 12 matches: six at Indian Wells (two in qualifying and four in the main draw) and five in Miami (two in qualifying and three in the main draw).
Her rise has been rapid. At the start of the year Gibson had just two WTA main-draw wins and endured a 1-4 run through the Australian Open. A run of form in smaller WTA 75 and WTA 100 events produced 10 wins in 12 matches heading into Indian Wells and a confidence boost she described plainly: “I think every match I have just given myself more confidence in being able to go out there and, you know, have that extra belief that I can do this. And here we are.”
Observers have noted Gibson’s composed presence on court — calm between points, upright posture, little outward emotion — and her return posture that becomes aggressively forward when the ball is in play. After her Indian Wells upset she said she felt “extremely calm” throughout the match, and thus able to “freely swing.” During the Miami match commentator Vicky Duval remarked, “Gibson is a train that cannot be stopped for the moment.” Later Duval concluded, “The more I watch Gibson, the more I think she has Top 10 potential.”
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