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Marta Kostyuk beat Mirra Andreeva 6-3, 7-5 in the Mutua Madrid Open final. The win gave Kostyuk the first WTA 1000 title of her career, while Andreeva suffered her first defeat in a WTA 1000 final. Andreeva’s loss also extended a difficult emotional moment after the match.
Marta Kostyuk beat Mirra Andreeva to win the Madrid Open title. The straight-sets victory gave the Ukrainian her first WTA 1000 title and her biggest career title. Kostyuk finished the final by winning 7-5, 6-3. She also celebrated the win with a backflip.
Tereza Valentova reached the Saint-Malo final by beating Anna Blinkova. The 19-year-old Czech won 6-3, 6-2 and will face Aoi Uchijima in Sunday’s final. Valentova is a French Open junior champion and a former tour-level finalist.
Tamara Korpatsch came from a set down to beat Aliona Bolsova and reach the Girona final. The world No. 99 won 3-6, 6-0, 6-4 in her second final of the year. It gives her another chance to end a title drought that has lasted since Cluj in 2023.
Mirra Andreeva beat Hailey Baptiste to reach her first Madrid Open final. The teenager won 6-4, 7-6 (10-8) and took another major step in the WTA event. The result puts Andreeva into a first final at this tournament. Baptiste was pushed to a tight second-set tiebreak before Andreeva finished the match.
Marta Kostyuk beat Anastasia Potapova to reach the biggest final of her career in Madrid. The win also gave Kostyuk her first WTA 1000 final and stretched her career-best winning streak to 11 matches. She will face Mirra Andreeva in the final. Potapova pushed the match to three sets before Kostyuk closed it out 6-2, 1-6, 6-1.
Alexander Zverev beat Flavio Cobolli at the Mutua Madrid Open to reach the semi-finals. The win also kept Zverev's strong Masters 1000 run going and matched a feat shared by Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Jannik Sinner. He had lost to Cobolli in Munich just 12 days earlier. Zverev needed about 90 minutes to get through the match.
Anastasia Potapova became the first lucky loser to reach a WTA 1000 semifinal at the Madrid Open. The 56th-ranked player beat Karolina Pliskova in three sets. The win put her into the final four in one of the biggest events on the WTA calendar.
Marta Kostyuk beat Linda Noskova to reach the Madrid Open semifinals. The win completed the women's semifinal lineup and extended Kostyuk's winning streak to nine matches. She also kept her perfect run on clay going this season.
Anastasia Potapova beat Karolina Pliskova in Madrid to reach the next round. The win came after Tallon Griekspoor, her boyfriend, helped lift her during a tight third-set battle. Potapova used that late boost to secure a significant victory at the Mutua Madrid Open. She is listed in the PIF WTA Rankings at No. 56.
Anastasia Potapova reached her first WTA 1000 semi-final at the Mutua Madrid Open. She entered the main draw as a lucky loser after losing in qualifying. The run came after she had been away on a Spanish vacation before getting the call back to Madrid.
Anastasia Potapova beat Karolina Pliskova to reach the Madrid semifinals. That result made her the first lucky loser to ever get that far in Madrid. It is a historic run for Potapova at the Mutua Madrid Open.
Aryna Sabalenka suffered a shock loss to Hailey Baptiste at the Madrid Open. The defeat came in Madrid and drew a reaction from Sabalenka afterward. Baptiste’s win also lifted her eight places in the WTA Rankings. The upset came in the quarter-finals.
Hailey Baptiste produced the biggest win of her career by defeating world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka at the Madrid Open. Baptiste saved six match points before closing out the upset in a three-set quarter-final. The result eliminated Sabalenka from Madrid and sent Baptiste into the semifinals. Sabalenka won the first set before Baptiste turned the match around.
Hailey Baptiste stunned Aryna Sabalenka at the Mutua Madrid Open. Baptiste saved six match points and came back to win 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6). The result ended Sabalenka's 15-match winning streak and stopped her title defense. It also sent the No. 30 seed through in one of the tournament's biggest upsets.
Hailey Baptiste stunned world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the Madrid Open quarter-finals after saving six match points. The win ended Sabalenka's run as defending champion and sent Baptiste into her first WTA 1000 semi-final. Baptiste won 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(6) in a match that turned the draw upside down.
Jannik Sinner beat Rafael Jodar in the Mutua Madrid Open quarter-finals. The World No. 1 moved into the semi-finals and completed the set of reaching all nine ATP Masters 1000 semi-finals. Jodar, a 19-year-old Spaniard, pushed Sinner hard enough to earn praise after the match. Sinner won in straight sets, 6-2, 7-6 (7-0).
Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev will meet in the Mutua Madrid Open final. Sinner leads their Lexus ATP Head2Head series 9-4 and Zverev reached the title match by beating Alexander Blockx 6-2, 7-5. The final is scheduled for Sunday 3 May at Manolo Santana Stadium, not before 5 p.M. CEST.
Anastasija Potapova and Linda Noskova knocked out Elena Rybakina and Coco Gauff in Madrid. Potapova came in as a lucky loser after Madison Keys withdrew, while Noskova fought back from a double break down in the third set. The upsets removed two tournament favorites and left the quarter-finals wide open.
Mirra Andreeva reached the Madrid quarterfinals after a long emotional battle at the Mutua Madrid Open. The No. 9 seed came through after earlier wins over Panna Udvardy and Dalma Galfi, then edged Anna Bondar. She has now reached the last eight in Madrid three straight times.
Aryna Sabalenka fought back to beat Naomi Osaka in the fourth round of the Madrid Open. The world No. 1 recovered from a set and a break down, while Coco Gauff also fell to Linda Noskova. Sabalenka moved on after surviving both Osaka’s challenge and her own illness concerns at the tournament. The win kept her title bid alive in Madrid.
Aryna Sabalenka beat Naomi Osaka in a Madrid Open thriller after a long, hard-fought match. The world No. 1 defeated the four-time Grand Slam champion in a contest that lasted over two hours. The result denied Osaka an upset and kept Sabalenka advancing in Madrid. The match was played on Monday in the Mutua Madrid Open.
Aryna Sabalenka beat Naomi Osaka 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-2 to reach the Madrid Open quarter-finals. The world No. 1 recovered after dropping the first set and going down a break. The win keeps the defending champion moving through the Mutua Madrid Open draw. Her next opponent will be Hailey Baptiste.
Elena Rybakina came from a set down to beat Qinwen Zheng 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 at the Mutua Madrid Open. The No. 2 seed paused during the match to tell the umpire the electronic line-calling system was wrong, then recovered to finish the job. The result sent her into the Madrid last 16.
Marta Kostyuk beat Jessica Pegula in Madrid to keep her strong clay-court form going. The win extended her unbeaten run on clay in 2026 to eight matches. It also preserved her hot streak at the Madrid Open. The result came on Sunday in the WTA event.
Coco Gauff reached the fourth round at the Madrid Open despite vomiting on court against Sorana Cirstea. The match left her battling illness while trying to advance in a tournament where a virus has affected players in the locker room. Gauff won 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 before later losing to Linda Noskova, who beat her for the first time.
Coco Gauff beat Sorana Cirstea in the Madrid Open after vomiting on court during the match. She recovered from feeling unwell to win a feisty round-of-32 contest and reach the last 16. Gauff was down a set and a break before turning it around. She is next scheduled to face Czech No. 13 seed Linda Noskova.
Aryna Sabalenka extended her winning streak to 14 matches in Madrid. The win came against Jaqueline Cristian at the Madrid Open. It kept Sabalenka rolling deep into the tournament and underlined her strong run of form.
Aryna Sabalenka moved into the Madrid Open last 16 with a straight-sets win over Jaqueline Cristian. She won 6-1, 6-4 in one hour and 25 minutes as Iga Swiatek withdrew from the event. The result keeps Sabalenka advancing in Madrid while Swiatek’s illness ended her run. It was a third-round place in the Round of 16 for Sabalenka.
Katie Boulter and Venus Williams reached round two of the women's doubles at the Madrid Open. Boulter described it as a privilege to play alongside the seven-time Grand Slam champion. The pair won their opening match together.