The ATP favourites arrive in Madrid
The best players on tour are starting to arrive at the Mutua Madrid Open. As the week draws to an end, just two days before the competition starts in the final draw, the main candidates for the title will start to grace the training courts at the clay ATP Masters 1000. Friday will see training […]
The route to the #MMOPEN title
The hot favourites to the 2021 Mutua Madrid Open title now know their route to the final. The draw was made today for the men’s main competition and it has thrown up some enticing clashes in the early rounds. The ceremony was attended by tournament director Feliciano López, ATP Tour Supervisor ATP Gerry Armstrong and […]
Rafa Nadal training at the #MMOPEN
Rafa Nadal is now in the Caja Mágica preparing for his assault on a sixth Mutua Madrid Open crown. The Spaniard, who will be the first seed in the capital of tennis, has a two hour session on court 13 together with Jaume Munar, a finalist earlier this month at the ATP 250 in Marbella […]
Nadal: “I’ve Always Had A Unique Feeling In Madrid”
Before competing on the Caja Mágica clay, Rafael Nadal saw in the 2021 Mutua Madrid Open in a very special way. On Thursday the five-time champion took part in a virtual chat hosted by Rafael Plaza and Antonio Arenas and also attended by Feliciano López, director of the Madrid ATP Masters 1000. Spanish tennis’ […]
The favourites play their openers on Friday in Madrid
After a passionate first day of competition, the second day at the Mutua Madrid Open promises some even more mouth-watering clashes. Some of the top seeds, such as Simona Halep, ex-world No. 1 Naomi Osaka and the powerful Aryna Sabalenka will start their assaults on the title in the Caja Mágica. The Japanese Naomi Osaka […]
Badosa cruises through her #MMOPEN bow
Paula Badosa produced her first victory in the final draw of the Mutua Madrid Open in a spectacular match against Barbora Krejcikova. The Spaniard was in fine fettle as she sealed the 6-1, 7-5 win over the world No. 39 in an hour and a quarter. “I’ve been thinking about it over the last few […]
Kvitova progresses after Bouzkova’s withdrawal
A dramatic fall in the third game of the second set brought Marie Bouzkova’s campaign to an abrupt end during her clash with Petra Kvitova in the Manolo Santana Stadium. The three-time Mutua Madrid Open champion progressed to the second round on Thursday after her opponent’s retirement from the match (6-2, 2-3 Wd.). On the […]
The NextGen arrives in the Caja Mágica
The term ‘Next Generation’, coined in 2017, refers to the under-21 players destined to be the future stars of world tennis. Among them are Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and the Italian Jannik Sinner, who are both making huge strides in tennis as they continue to grow in order to make the leap into the big time […]
Teichmann provides the upset of the day
The 2021 Mutua Madrid Open is finally underway. After the qualifying stages, which provided us with some quality tennis and the players to complete the main draw, today we were finally able to watch the best WTA players in the world strutting their stuff on court. One of the first to play was the seeded […]
Bertens starts her title defence
Kiki Bertens has progressed to the 2nd round of the 2021 Mutua Madrid Open. In the defending champion’s opener in the Manolo Santana Stadium, the match that started the day in the Madrid WTA 1000’s final draw, the Dutch player faced the Andorran Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva, who was playing on a wildcard. In what was […]