From ‘chaos’ to ‘zen mode’, Tsitsipas downs Zapata Miralles to reach last eight
Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced to the Mutua Madrid Open quarter-finals for the third time in five appearances thanks to a late-night 6-3, 6-1 victory over home favourite Bernabe Zapata Miralles on Tuesday. The No.4 seed, a finalist in Madrid in 2019 and a semi-finalist last year, fired 15 winners against 13 unforced errors throughout the 73-minute […]
Sabalenka, unfaltering
At one set and a break down, Aryna Sabalenka kept her cool on Tuesday in the Manolo Santana Stadium, digging deep to become the first semi-finalist at this year’s Mutua Madrid Open. The world No. 2 was the only player of those in the last eight of the WTA draw who knows what it is […]
Khachanov reaches first 1000 quarter-final on clay
Doubles partners turned singles foes at the Caja Magica as Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev put their friendship aside to produce a tightly-contested fourth round on Tuesday. The pair, who are contesting the doubles quarter-finals together on Wednesday against Jamie Murray and Michael Venus, entered their singles clash with a 2-2 head-to-head against one another. […]
Zapata completes the changing of the guard
Bernabé Zapata Miralles’ victory on Monday means there are now four Spaniards in the last sixteen of the ATP final draw at the Mutua Madrid Open. The player from Valencia will join Carlos Alcaraz, Alejandro Davidovich and Jaume Munar. The situation has not occurred since 2015, when Rafa Nadal, David Ferrer, Roberto Bautista and Fernando […]
Sakkari stops Badosa in Madrid
Monday at the Mutua Madrid Open saw Maria Sakkari knock out the last home player in the WTA competition. The Greek defeated Paula Badosa in a Manolo Santana Stadium that was unable to provide their player with the lift she required (6-4, 6-4), in one hour and 28 minutes. “I knew it was going to […]
Sabalenka ends teen Andreeva’s fairy-tale run
Mirra Andreeva’s magical run in Madrid came to an end on Monday as Aryna Sabalenka snapped the teenager’s 16-match winning streak to move into the quarter-finals. Andreeva, who turned 16 on Saturday, owned a perfect 16-0 record in professional matches this season coming into her clash with Sabalenka – a stretch which included back-to-back W60 […]
Swiatek strolls into last 16
World No.1 Iga Swiatek is back in the Mutua Madrid Open fourth round, courtesy of a 6-3, 6-2 victory over No.28 seed Bernarda Pera of the United States on Sunday. Swiatek, who came through her opener against Julia Grabher with the exact same scoreline, looked at ease on the clay at the Caja Magica, firing […]
Zverev finds his stride in the Caja Mágica
Having come through an opener in which Roberto Carballés had him against the ropes, Alexander Zverev was close to his best on Sunday, when he produced the type of tennis that won him two Mutua Madrid Open titles (2018, 2021), as well as a runner-up trophy last year. The German never gave French player Hugo […]
Rublev roars into the last sixteen
Andrey Rublev is on a high. The Muscovite has enjoyed his best ever start to the clay swing and on Sunday at the Mutua Madrid Open he claimed his tenth win on the surface from eleven appearances in 2023. The fifth seed, with his typically brave brand of tennis, stormed past Japanese player Yoshihito Nishioka […]
Kasatkina finding way back to her happy place
Daria Kasatkina is on a mission this season to unlock her creative side once again on the tennis court and she is putting in the hard yards in order to achieve that. The No.8 seed, who claimed a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Lesia Tsurenko to reach the fourth round at the Mutua Madrid Open for […]