Swiatek seals her passage to the semis
Iga Swiatek is in the Mutua Madrid Open semi-finals after beating Maia Haddad 4-6, 6-0, 6-2. Before today’s tie, the Pole had only dropped eight games in the tournament, leaving in her wake the likes of Sara Sorribes, Sorana Cirstea and Xiyu Wang. The world No. 1 was starting to look more like a repetitive […]
Sabalenka survives Collins’ streak
Collins-Sabalenka. Probably one of the matches so far at the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open. Two high-speed trains collided head on in the final match of the Manolo Santana Stadium night session and the result was spectacular. After almost two and a half hours of tennis, Aryna Sabalenka brought Danielle Collins’ streak to an end with […]
Andreeva, a new star in Madrid
It was with rosy cheeks and a nervous smile that Mirra Andreeva spoke to the press after equalling her best performance in the WTA event (quarter-finals) by defeating Jasmine Paolini 7-6, 6-4. Nine years separate the birthday girl (17) from her Italian opponent (28), but once they started knocking up, all the innocence of the […]
Nadal’s heart keeps beating in Madrid
The Manolo Santana Stadium held its breath and Rafael Nadal rewarded it with a lungful of oxygen. The Spaniard progressed to the fourth round in the Caja Magica on Monday after a dramatic match, ensuring he will have another chance to keep his fans on the edges of their seats. On a packed centre court, […]
Madison Keys makes a statement in the Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Stadium
Coco Gauff began her campaign in Madrid this year like a force of nature. She arrived at the Mutua Madrid Open as the third seed and one of the best players of the year and only dropped five games in her first two matches of the tournament. The American has been in frightening form. However, […]
Being an inspiration fuels Swiatek
Iga Swiatek shot to stardom almost overnight. She started the 2020 Roland Garros tournament as an unseeded teenager ranked 54 in the world and finished it as Poland’s first ever Grand Slam singles champion. The rest, as they say, is history, as Swiatek penned more chapters to her storied career – from winning more majors, […]
MMOPEN leads the doubles revolution
During its two decades of life, the Mutua Madrid Open has been at the forefront of various innovations that have modernised the world of tennis. The latest initiative is aimed at doing just that in the doubles discipline. The ATP has decided to use Tuesday in the Caja Magica as its starting point for the […]
Learning from adversity
Carlos Alcaraz is in round four of the Mutua Madrid Open, having today passed what he called a “litmus test”. It was a day for finding out where he is, both in terms of his fitness and his tennis, in an examination that the Murcia native passed with flying colours, seeing off the Brazilian Thiago […]
Alcaraz, still gaining strength in Madrid
Carlos Alcaraz has a ladder to climb and the rungs are laid out before him in the Caja Mágica. The defending champion progressed on Sunday at the Mutua Madrid Open, where he is bidding to become the first player in history to claim three consecutive trophies. On a sunny day in the Spanish capital, hitting […]
Rublev survives a scare
The second match on the Manolo Santana Centre Court was one of the ATP clashes of the day. Andrey Rublev and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina were vying for a place in round three of the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open. Rublev arrived in Madrid after a run of four straight defeats. Two days ago he managed to […]