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 […]
Badosa stays on course
Paula Badosa had already warned that she expected a “very tactical” match against Coco Gauff. With the nerves of her opener at the Mutua Madrid Open against Elisabetta Cocciaretto behind her, the Spaniard was able to put a plan together and execute it well enough to leave her American opponent floundering in a Manolo Santana […]
The No.1 keeps her foot to the floor in the Caja Mágica
The streak goes on. Iga Swiatek has won all five of her matches on clay so far this year and is now in the third round at the Mutua Madrid Open. The recent champion in Stuttgart was unfaltering in her Friday opener in the Caja Mágica, where she beat Julia Grabher 6-3, 6-2 in just […]
Burillo’s love affair with the Caja Mágica lives on
Three out of three; from qualies to the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open. Irene Burillo picked up one of the biggest wins of her career on Wednesday in the Caja Mágica. The Spaniard came back to beat Estonian player Kaia Kanepi (6-7[5], 6-2, 6-4). The two and a half hours of battle on […]
Párrizas and Burillo progress to the WTA main draw
Nuria Párrizas and Irene Burillo came through WTA qualifying on Tuesday at the Mutua Madrid Open. The Spanish pair defeated the German Tamara Korpatsch (6-3, 7-5) and Colombian player Emiliana Arango (7-6[2], 6-4), respectively. For the player from Zaragoza, it will be her first experience in the main draw in the Spanish capital, while the […]
Nuria Párrizas, one step from the WTA main draw
The battle for the last twelve places in the women’s main draw at the Mutua Madrid Open started on Monday in the Caja Mágica. At an event that now includes as many as 96 players in the fight for the title, qualifying for the WTA 1000 in the Spanish capital has kicked off with some […]
Favourites in the Caja Mágica
Nobody has found it easy to keep their hands on the Mutua Madrid Open crown. In the women’s competition, only two players have managed to win the event in two consecutive years: Serena Williams (2012-13) and Simona Halep (2016-17). Since then, a successful title defence in the Spanish capital has proved something of a mission […]
WTA 1000: where champions thrive
The WTA 1000 tournaments are the pinnacle of the women’s tour, events that every player will circle in red on their calendar at the start of the season. The one held on the clay of Madrid is no different, with players at both ends of the age spectrum dreaming of lifting its trophy. However, only […]
Spanish tennis, in search of a queen
The dream of conquering the Caja Mágica and lifting the trophy in front of the Madrid fans is one that is yet to be realised for the Spanish women. No home player has ever been crowned champion in the history of the WTA event. The clay of the Manolo Santana Stadium represents both a challenge […]
The biggest ATP and WTA stars are coming back to the Mutua Madrid Open
The best players in the world will be back in the Caja Mágica again this year to play the 2023 Mutua Madrid Open, from 24 April to 7 May, having confirmed their presence on Tuesday on the list of names signed up to play the ATP Masters 1000 and WTA 1000 tournaments. In a season […]