The voice of WTA
Dear Fans of Women’s Tennis, Welcome to Caja Mágica for the eighth annual Mutua Madrid Open, a Premier Mandatory tournament on the WTA and a prestigious event on the Road to Singapore, which culminates with our season-ending WTA Finals in October. Throughout 2016, the top female tennis players from nearly 100 countries will compete at […]
Andy Murray: “The best is yet to come”
Winning the Mutua Madrid Open last year, gave Andy Murray (Dunblane, Scotland; 1987) his first Masters 1000 title on clay. He also achieved this in style by beating Rafael Nadal in the final who statistically, is the best player in history on clay. Before returning to the Caja Magica to defend his title, the Brit […]
These are the wild cards for Mutua Madrid Open 2016
With two days to go, these are the Mutua Madrid Open wild cards for the 2016 edition. ATP Men’s singles draw Fernando Verdasco, Nicolás Almagro, Juan Mónaco and Pablo Carreño Men’s singles qualifying Roberto Ortega (Federación Madrileña de Tenis), Roberto Carballés, Jaume Munar and Álvaro López San Martín Men’s doubles draw Fernando Verdasco y David […]
The top WTA players are getting ready for the Mutua Madrid Open
With three days left until the start of the Mutua Madrid Open, the Caja Mágica is warming up its engines with the presence of some of the big stars. Several players visited the tournament grounds on Tuesday to get a taste of the Madrid clay and start making their preparations for the third Premier Mandatory […]
Carreño, Almagro, Mónaco and Lourdes Domínguez receive wildcards for the Mutua Madrid Open
With under a week to go until the fifteenth anniversary of the Mutua Madrid Open kicks off, the tournament organisers have made known four more invitees to add to those previously announced: Pablo Carreño, Nicolás Almagro and Juan Mónaco in the ATP tournament and Lourdes Domínguez in the WTA, will have the chance to play […]
15 years of journalistic excellence
*By Enrique Yunta Our wont to categorise has led us to consider the Mutua Madrid Open as the closest thing to a fifth Grand Slam, not far from the temples that mark the pinnacles of the season. There is the heat in the electric blue of Melbourne, the luminous clay of Paris and the charm […]
Rafael Nadal: “There are no better clay courts in the world”
Hard work always has its rewards. After a huge effort to make its courts first-class, the Mutua Madrid Open can now boast the best on tour. That is how the players see it and they were happy to call today’s courts the best in the world. In 2015, during the final days of the tournament, […]
What is a typical day like for a ballboy at the Mutua Madrid Open?
Three, two, one: action! On Friday 29 April the ballboys start their work at the Mutua Madrid Open, the vast majority of them are young tennis players. After the weekend training sessions and preparation, now comes the real thing. They will all move around the different courts except for centre court, where only the fittest […]
Garbiñe Muguruza and Feliciano López, captains for the Mutua Madrid Open’s Charity Day
For the third consecutive year, excitement, fun and sportsmanship are guaranteed with an unmissable charity evening. Tennis players Feliciano López and Garbiñe Muguruza will captain the two teams formed by several tennis players, sportsmen and celebrities, who will be giving their best in a variety of games for Mutua Madrid Open Charity Day, which takes […]
Lucky me
*By Alejandro Ciriza Picture the scene. On Calle Serrano in Madrid a large doorway divides two rooms inside a mansion; on one side there is a constant hustle and bustle, trays of champagne come and go, and there are people, so many people, from all walks of life: businessmen, artists, the odd ex-sportsman and a […]