Day: April 26, 2026

Marta Kostyuk defeated Jessica Pegula in straight sets to advance to the Round of 16 at the Mutua Madrid Open on Sunday, News.Az reports, citing WTA.

Both players entered the match unbeaten on clay this season, each holding a 6-0 record after winning titles in Rouen and Charleston.

Kostyuk maintained her streak with a 6-1, 6-4 victory in 1 hour and 13 minutes.

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The win marked Kostyuk’s 13th career victory over a Top 10 opponent.

She will next face fellow American Caty McNally for a place in the quarterfinals.

McNally reached the fourth round of a WTA 1000 event for the first time after saving two match points to defeat Katerina Siniakova.

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Jannik Sinner faced an unfamiliar rival in Elmer Moller on Sunday at the Mutua Madrid Open, yet there was nothing out of the ordinary in the Italian’s dominant march to a 6-2, 6-3 third-round win at the clay-court ATP Masters 1000 tournament, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.

The No. 1 player in the PIF ATP Rankings demonstrated superior consistency and precision against the No. 169-ranked Dane, who was competing against a Top-10 opponent for the first time.

Sinner powered through the match in one hour and 17 minutes at Manolo Santana Stadium, extending his Masters 1000 winning streak to 24 matches — the fourth longest since the series began in 1990.

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Now holding a 26-2 record for the season, according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index, Sinner is just four victories away from becoming the first player to capture five consecutive Masters 1000 titles.

The 24-year-old, aiming to build on his recent triumphs in Paris (last November), Indian Wells, Miami, and Monte-Carlo, will next face either 19th seed Cameron Norrie or Thiago Agustin Tirante for a place in the Madrid quarter-finals.

“I tried to stay calm and serve well in important moments,” Sinner said during his on-court interview. “I think that was the key today. There was not a lot of rhythm, so I tried to stay quite compact. Let’s see what’s coming in the next round.”

Sinner made a fast start in his first Lexus ATP Head2Head clash with the 22-year-old Moller. From 1-1 in the opening set, the Italian surged ahead by winning four consecutive games. Although Moller managed to break Sinner’s serve in the seventh game, the World No. 1 responded by securing a third break to claim the set.

Moller took a medical timeout at 2-5, receiving treatment to his abdominal area from the tournament physio, but he continued to compete strongly in the latter stages of the match. The Dane, who has climbed toward the Top 100 largely thanks to his backhand, found better rhythm on that wing in the second set.

However, it was not enough to prevent Sinner from sealing a straight-sets victory. At 2-3, Moller produced back-to-back double faults from deuce, handing Sinner a crucial break. From there, the Italian remained in control and closed out the match, converting four of the nine break points he created.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has issued a stark warning about the United States’ financial future, saying the country is headed toward bankruptcy as its national debt continues to rise, News.Az reports, citing Yahoo Finance.

In a February 5 appearance on the Dwarkesh Podcast, Musk argued that America is moving rapidly toward financial collapse unless there is a major breakthrough in artificial intelligence and robotics.

“We are 1,000% going to go bankrupt as a country and fail as a country, without AI and robots,” he said. “Nothing else will solve the national debt.”

According to the U.S. Treasury Department, the national debt currently stands at $38.96 trillion and continues to increase as federal spending exceeds revenue. In fiscal year 2026 so far, the government has already spent about $1.17 trillion more than it has collected.

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Musk warned that without significant productivity gains driven by advanced technologies, the economic outlook is extremely severe, stating that the country is “actually totally screwed because the national debt is piling up like crazy.”

He also highlighted the growing burden of servicing the debt itself, saying interest payments have become a major strain on public finances.

“The interest payments on national debt exceed the military budget, which is a trillion dollars. So we have over a trillion dollars just in interest payments,” he said.

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