Four Setball.radio questions and answers
What is Setball.radio? The tournament’s official radio station was conceived in 2013 to cover everything that happens at the Mutua Madrid Open. After its initial trial year, the station continued to grow in 2014 and 2015. Emulating the traditional radio style of the four Grand Slams, Setball.radio is concerned with the broadcast and analysis of […]
32 WTA players will be gunning for 8 places at the Mutua Madrid Open
The Mutua Madrid Open now knows the names of the 28 players who will be fighting for a place in the WTA final draw. They will be joined by four players invited by the tournament organisers to battle for their chance for one of the 8 spots up for grabs. Among the stars taking part, […]
Nico Almagro, Guillermo García López and Tommy Robredo, Mutua Madrid Open wildcards
After last week’s announcement that Lara Arruabarrena and Sara Sorribes will be playing in the WTA Premier Mandatory tournament thanks to the invitations they received from the Mutua Madrid Open, today the tournament announced 3 wildcards for another 3 Spanish players who will now be able to compete in the Masters 1000 tournament that kicks […]
The #NextGenATP will feature heavily in the Mutua Madrid Open qualifiers
The ATP has announced the list of 24 players who will be competing in the Mutua Madrid Open qualifiers. In addition, the tournament will grant 4 invitations, which will be announced in the coming weeks. On Saturday 6 and 7 May, the 28 players will battle it out on the Caja Mágica clay for 7 places […]
History lurks in the Caja Mágica
One of the indicators of the stature of a tournament is the memories it is capable of generating, for itself or for the tennis world as a whole. For example, the times when its courts have witnessed firsts, moments when something happens that goes down in history. The Mutua Madrid Open, throughout its 16 years, […]
Madrid Experience
I spent a little over a year living in Madrid between 2009 and 2010 which happened to be around the same time the Caja Magica was inaugurated and started hosting the Mutua Madrid Open. The tournament was actually my first non-grand slam European tennis event to attend and I wasn’t sure what to expect. It […]
Working on the Mutua Madrid Open’s social networks
It happened in a press room at Manchester City’s training complex. Back then, I was a football journalist in the U.K. It was a fun job, but it had no future, so a few months before I showed up at the premises of the Manchester club, I had decided to put an end to my […]
Meet the 2017 Mutua Madrid Open champion!
The Mutua Madrid Open will be offering 4 lucky fans who purchase tickets to the WTA final the incredible chance to meet the 2017 Mutua Madrid Open WTA champion. After the match, the two winners will attend the official press conference, after which they will meet the champion and have their photo taken with her. A […]
Konta, Radwanska and Keys Join Muguruza, Halep and Sharapova on May 4th
Britain’s No.1. Johanna Konta, the 2012 Wimbledon runner-up Agnieszka Radwanska and big-hitting American Madison Keys have joined an all-star line-up of tennis players that will compete in the next Tie Break Tens event in Madrid (the Mutua Charity Tie Break Tens Madrid against domestic violence) on Thursday 4th May. Konta, Radwanska and Keys join […]
Lara Arruabarrena and Sara Sorribes receive wildcards to play in the Mutua Madrid Open
With less than 25 days to go until the sixteenth Mutua Madrid Open gets underway, the tournament organisers have announced two invitees for the WTA competition’s main draw. By means of these two wildcards, Lara Arruabarrena and Sara Sorribes will take part in the WTA Premier Mandatory, which takes place on 6 May. Reaching the […]