ATP M1000 WTA 1000 Madrid 4/23 - 5/5 2024

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Tournament: Mutua Madrid Open
Location: Madrid, Spain
Dates: April 23 - May 5, 2024
Level: WTA 1000
Total Financial Commitment: $8,770,480
Surface: Clay

Seed Player Entry Ranking

1 Iga Swiatek 1
2 Aryna Sabalenka 2
3 Coco Gauff 3
4 Elena Rybakina 4
5 Jessica Pegula 5
6 Ons Jabeur 6
7 Qinwen Zheng 7
8 Marketa Vondrousova 8
9 Maria Sakkari 9
10 Jelena Ostapenko 10
11 Daria Kasatkina 11
12 Beatriz Haddad Maia 13
13 Jasmine Paolini 14
14 Liudmila Samsonova 15
15 Ekaterina Alexandrova 16
16 Elina Svitolina 17
17 Madison Keys 18
18 Veronika Kudermetova 19
19 Emma Navarro 20
20 Barbora Krejcikova 21
21 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 22
22 Sorana Cirstea 24
23 Anna Kalinskaya 25
24 Marta Kostyuk 26
25 Caroline Garcia 27
26 Elise Mertens 28
27 Anastasia Potapova 29
28 Katie Boulter 30
29 Linda Noskova 31
30 Victoria Azarenka 32
31 Dayana Yastremska 33
32 Donna Vekic 34
Leylah Fernandez 35
Anhelina Kalinina 36
Yue Yuan 37
Mirra Andreeva 38
Marie Bouzkova 39
Lesia Tsurenko 40
Sloane Stephens 41
Katerina Siniakova 42
Xiyu Wang 43
Anna Blinkova 44
Clara Burel 45
Karolina Pliskova 46
Magdalena Frech 47
Tatjana Maria 48
Lucia Bronzetti 49
Caroline Dolehide 50
Elisabetta Cocciaretto 51
Sara Sorribes Tormo 52
Danielle Collins 53
Diane Parry 54
Magda Linette 55
Xinyu Wang 56
Arantxa Rus 57
Sofia Kenin 58
Lauren Davis 59
Petra Martic 60
Martina Trevisan 61
Diana Shnaider 62
Lin Zhu 63
Yafan Wang 64
Elina Avanesyan 65
Ana Bogdan 66
Peyton Stearns 67
Yulia Putintseva 68
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 69
Mayar Sherif 70
Viktorija Golubic 71
Taylor Townsend 72
Paula Badosa PR
Shuai Zhang PR
Irina-Camelia Begu PR
Shelby Rogers PR
Naomi Osaka PR
Amanda Anisimova PR

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Tournament: Mutua Madrid Open
Dates: 24 April - 5 May, 2024
Location: Madrid, Spain
Tier: ATP M1000
Surface: Clay
Prize: €7,877,020

See post #8 below for updated ATP Entry Lists

Entries
Seed* Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Novak Djokovic 1 1
2 Jannik Sinner 2 3
3 Carlos Alcaraz 3 2
4 Daniil Medvedev 4 4
5 Alexander Zverev 5 5
6 Andrey Rublev 6 6
7 Holger Rune 7 7
8 Casper Ruud 8 8
9 Grigor Dimitrov 9 12
10 Hubert Hurkacz 10 9
11 Alex de Minaur 11 10
12 Stefanos Tsitsipas 12 11
13 Taylor Fritz 13 13
14 Ugo Humbert 14 15
15 Tommy Paul 15 14
16 Ben Shelton 16 17
17 Karen Khachanov 17 16
18 Alexander Bublik 18 18
19 Sebastian Baez 19 19
20 Adrian Mannarino 20 20
21 Frances Tiafoe 21 22
22 Nicolas Jarry 22 23
23 Francisco Cerundolo 23 21
24 Lorenzo Musetti 24 24
25 Tallon Griekspoor 25 26
26 Jan-Lennard Struff 26 25
27 Sebastian Korda 27 29
28 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 28 28
29 Jiri Lehecka 29 27
30 Tomas Martin Etcheverry 30 30
31 Cameron Norrie 31 31
32 Borna Coric 32 33
Jordan Thompson 33 34
Laslo Djere 34 35
Matteo Arnaldi 35 38
Felix Auger-Aliassime 36 36
Arthur Fils 37 37
Fabian Marozsan 38 57
Jack Draper 39 42
Roman Safiullin 40 39
Christopher Eubanks 41 32
Daniel Evans 42 43
Tomas Machac 43 60
Aslan Karatsev 44 41
Gael Monfils 45 47
Alexei Popyrin 46 45
Sebastian Ofner 47 40
Alejandro Tabilo 48 44
Zhizhen Zhang 49 49
Miomir Kecmanovic 50 46
Marcos Giron 51 51
Dominik Koepfer 52 50
Yannick Hanfmann 53 56
Daniel Altmaier 54 54
Facundo Diaz Acosta 55 55
Alexander Shevchenko 56 58
Dusan Lajovic 57 52
Christopher O'Connell 58 66
Andy Murray 59 62
Mariano Navone 60 59
Lorenzo Sonego 61 53
Nuno Borges 62 61
Flavio Cobolli 63 63
Roberto Carballes Baena 64 64
Emil Ruusuvuori 65 48
Aleksandar Vukic 67 65
Pavel Kotov 68 67
Jakub Mensik 69 70
Alex Michelsen 70 73
Yoshihito Nishioka 71 71
Luciano Darderi 72 75
Jaume Munar 73 72
Arthur Cazaux 74 74
Mackenzie McDonald 76 69
Max Purcell 79 68
Denis Shapovalov 121 27 (PR)
Matteo Berrettini 135 74 (PR)
(WC) Martin Landaluce 317
(WC) Kei Nishikori 353
Rafael Nadal 649 9 (PR)
Marin Cilic 1056 21 (PR)
(WC)
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(Q)
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(Q)
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Alternates
Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Thiago Seyboth Wild 66 76
2 Botic van de Zandschulp 87 77
3 Taro Daniel 84 78
4 Pedro Cachin 78 79
5 Luca Van Assche 94 80
6 Soonwoo Kwon 648 80 (PR)
7 Rinky Hijikata 80 81
8 Arthur Rinderknech 81 82
9 Stan Wawrinka 82 83
10 Daniel Elahi Galan 83 84
11 Alexandre Muller 86 85
12 Marton Fucsovics 85 86
13 Federico Coria 88 87
14 Pedro Martinez 77 88
15 Hugo Gaston 89 89
16 Dominic Thiem 91 90
17 Jurij Rodionov 119 91
18 Brandon Nakashima 92 92
19 Constant Lestienne 90 93

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ATP Qualifying Entry Lists

Entries
Seed* Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Thiago Seyboth Wild 66 66
2 Luca Nardi 75 75
3 Pedro Martinez 77 77
4 Pedro Cachin 78 78
5 Arthur Rinderknech 81 81
6 Daniel Elahi Galan 83 83
7 Taro Daniel 84 84
8 Alexandre Muller 86 86
9 Botic van de Zandschulp 87 87
10 Federico Coria 88 88
11 Hugo Gaston 89 89
12 Constant Lestienne 90 90
13 Dominic Thiem 91 91
14 Brandon Nakashima 92 92
15 Roberto Bautista Agut 93 93
16 Luca Van Assche 94 94
17 Sumit Nagal 95 95
18 Maximilian Marterer 97 97
19 Aleksandar Kovacevic 98 98
20 Corentin Moutet 99 99
21 Fabio Fognini 100 100
22 Juan Pablo Varillas 101 101
23 David Goffin 102 102
24 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 103 103
Thanasi Kokkinakis 104 104
Camilo Ugo Carabelli 106 106
Tomas Barrios Vera 107 107
Thiago Agustin Tirante 108 108
Thiago Monteiro 110 110
Cristian Garin 112 112
Juncheng Shang 113 113
Francisco Comesana 114 114
Duje Ajdukovic 115 115
Lukas Klein 116 116
Vit Kopriva 118 118
Jurij Rodionov 119 119
Borna Gojo 120 120
Richard Gasquet 122 122
Diego Schwartzman 124 124
Emilio Nava 125 125
Gregoire Barrere 126 126
Terence Atmane 127 127
Soonwoo Kwon 648 80 (PR)
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(WC)
(WC)
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Alternates
Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Harold Mayot 129 129
2 Felipe Meligeni Alves 130 130
3 Hamad Medjedovic 131 131
4 Radu Albot 132 132
5 Andrea Vavassori 136 136
6 Shintaro Mochizuki 137 137
7 Mikhail Kukushkin 139 139
8 Facundo Bagnis 140 140
9 Valentin Vacherot 141 141
10 Benoit Paire 142 142
11 Bernabe Zapata Miralles 143 143
12 Giulio Zeppieri 144 144
13 Matteo Gigante 145 145
15 Quentin Halys 147 147
16 Titouan Droguet 149 149
17 Gabriel Diallo 150 150
18 Roman Andres Burruchaga 151 151
19 Pablo Llamas Ruiz 152 152

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Halep, Wozniacki, Nishikori and Landaluce, the first Mutua Madrid Open Wildcards
03/04/2024

The Mutua Madrid Open announced on Thursday the names of the first four invitees to the WTA and ATP main draws: Simona Halep, Caroline Wozniacki, Kei Nishikori and Martín Landaluce.

The WTA 1000 category tournament, having issued these two wildcards, will now have in its draw two players who know what it is to be the world No. 1, as well as having at least reached the final in the Caja Mágica.

No women has reached the decider on the Madrid clay more times than Halep. She did so for the first time in 2014, but lost the final to Maria Sharapova. However, in 2016 and 2017 she claimed her two crowns in the Manolo Santana Stadium. In 2019 she was back in the title bout, but lost out to Kiki Bertens. Halep is, along with Serena Williams, the only player to have successfully defended a WTA title in Madrid.

For her part, Wozniacki was a finalist in the first season the Caja Mágica hosted the event, 15 years ago. It was in the 2009 final that the Dane faced then world number one Dinara Safina, who eventually took the spoils. Fans will be able to watch her play again for the first time since 2019.

In the men’s draw, the return of Nishikori is big news. He came agonisingly close to the title in 2014, when only Rafa Nadal – and an injury – prevented him from completing a dream week. The Japanese player, who also reached the semifinals in 2015 and 2016, will be participating in the Mutua Madrid Open for the tenth time.

Finally, another of the wildcards will go to one of the most promising talents in Spanish tennis. Landaluce, at 18 years of age, already has experience on the clay of the Manolo Santana Stadium, having clashed with Richard Gasquet there last season. This time, he arrives in Madrid having celebrated his first win in an ATP Masters 1000 match last week in Miami.

https://mutuamadridopen.com/en/halep-wo ... wildcards/

[ashkor87]

This is a really strange tournament...replete with one-off results ..results are like it is a grasscourt Event ..champions are folks like Kvitova, Sabalenka, Jabeur..Swatek has never won it..on the men's side, it is more orderly..but then it always is!
The altitude apparently makes the ball fly through the air and negates the slowness of the court a bit..
This is one I am not even going to dare to prognosticate about.

[ponchi101]

Everybody likes to talk about altitude in Madrid. How about the courts? You can make a very different court on clay, make it even very fast: just take off a few layers of the top clay.
Maybe they have thin courts there, with not too many layers of clay on top.

I say Sabalenka will do well, Zverev too. Carlitos, if he plays, has done very well before. And Elena is doing well this week so she may be in form.

[ashkor87]

Remember the fuss when Tiriac had the clay blue instead of red? He swore the court was the same it always was, except for the color ..but yes, I agree, it is very easy to change the speed of any court . ..

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UPDATED ATP MD SINGLES ENTRY LIST

Entries
Seed* Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Jannik Sinner 2 3
2 Carlos Alcaraz 3 2
3 Daniil Medvedev 4 4
4 Alexander Zverev 5 5
5 Casper Ruud 6 8
6 Stefanos Tsitsipas 7 11
7 Andrey Rublev 8 6
8 Hubert Hurkacz 9 9
9 Grigor Dimitrov 10 12
10 Alex de Minaur 11 10
11 Holger Rune 12 7
12 Ugo Humbert 13 15
13 Ben Shelton 14 17
14 Taylor Fritz 15 13
15 Tommy Paul 16 14
16 Karen Khachanov 17 16
17 Alexander Bublik 18 18
18 Sebastian Baez 19 19
19 Adrian Mannarino 20 20
20 Francisco Cerundolo 21 21
21 Nicolas Jarry 22 23
22 Frances Tiafoe 23 22
23 Lorenzo Musetti 24 24
24 Tallon Griekspoor 25 26
25 Sebastian Korda 26 29
26 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 27 28
27 Jan-Lennard Struff 28 25
28 Jiri Lehecka 29 27
29 Tomas Martin Etcheverry 30 30
30 Cameron Norrie 31 31
31 Borna Coric 32 33
32 Jordan Thompson 33 34
Felix Auger-Aliassime 34 36
Arthur Fils 36 37
Gael Monfils 37 47
Roman Safiullin 38 39
Fabian Marozsan 39 57
Matteo Arnaldi 40 38
Alejandro Tabilo 41 44
Christopher Eubanks 42 32
Sebastian Ofner 43 40
Alexei Popyrin 44 45
Aslan Karatsev 45 41
Jack Draper 46 42
Zhizhen Zhang 47 49
Marcos Giron 48 51
Daniel Evans 49 43
Tomas Machac 50 60
Lorenzo Sonego 51 53
Mariano Navone 52 59
Facundo Diaz Acosta 53 55
Dominik Koepfer 54 50
Nuno Borges 55 61
Christopher O'Connell 58 66
Dusan Lajovic 59 52
Miomir Kecmanovic 60 46
Yannick Hanfmann 61 56
Flavio Cobolli 62 63
Alexander Shevchenko 63 58
Luciano Darderi 64 75
Aleksandar Vukic 65 65
Daniel Altmaier 66 54
Thiago Seyboth Wild 67 76
Emil Ruusuvuori 68 48
Pavel Kotov 69 67
Alex Michelsen 70 73
Yoshihito Nishioka 71 71
Roberto Carballes Baena 72 64
Jaume Munar 73 72
Jakub Mensik 74 70
Max Purcell 78 68
Arthur Rinderknech 79 82
Taro Daniel 85 78
Pedro Cachin 88 79
Botic van de Zandschulp 89 77
Matteo Berrettini 98 74 (PR)
Luca Van Assche 99 80
Denis Shapovalov 121 27 (PR)
(WC) Martin Landaluce 328
Rafael Nadal 644 9 (PR)
(WC)
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(WC)
(WC)
(Q)
(Q)
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Alternates
Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking
1 Daniel Elahi Galan 93 84
2 Alexandre Muller 110 85
3 Marton Fucsovics 82 86
4 Federico Coria 83 87
5 Pedro Martinez 57 88
6 Hugo Gaston 96 89
7 Dominic Thiem 105 90
8 Jurij Rodionov 118 91
9 Brandon Nakashima 87 92
10 Constant Lestienne 91 93
11 J.J. Wolf 102 94
12 Juan Pablo Varillas 103 95
13 Luca Nardi 81 96
14 Sumit Nagal 80 97
15 Aleksandar Kovacevic 97 98
16 Thiago Agustin Tirante 90 99
17 Roberto Bautista Agut 84 100
18 Thanasi Kokkinakis 94 101
19 Maximilian Marterer 101 102
20 Fabio Fognini 95 103

Withdrawals
Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking

Novak Djokovic 1 1
Laslo Djere 35 35
Andy Murray 56 62
Arthur Cazaux 75 74
Mackenzie McDonald 76 69
Marin Cilic 1064 21 (PR)

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Simona Halep Withdraws From 2024 Madrid Open
by Zachary Wimer
Today, 20:30

Simona Halep won't be playing at the 2024 Madrid Open despite initial plans to compete at the WTA 1000 tournament in the Spanish capital.

The Romanian's comeback to tennis hasn't really gone as fans might have expected so far. She swiftly returned just days after being allowed back to compete at the Miami Open.

She faced Paula Badosa in the first round of the tournament and lost in three sets after winning the first set 6-1. After that exit, Halep planned to play several smaller events to get back into playing shape.

The match against Badosa showed her that she was close but ultimately not good enough to compete against the best players yet. That's why she wanted to play some smaller events and, towards that end, accepted a wild card entry into the Oeiras Open.

She withdrew from that event a bit later, with plans to play at the Madrid Open. Unfortunately, she won't be playing at the Madrid Open either because she withdrew from that event as well.

The reason for her withdrawal is health issues that were present when she came back to Miami as well. Halep dealt with some minor issues at the event, and it seems like the issues are persistent enough for her to miss more time.

Ultimately, she doesn't want to risk an injury because that will keep her away from tennis even more, and that's the last thing she wants after having to spend over a year on the sidelines.

The former world no. 1 will now probably take more time to fully heal up and be ready for the only clay-court major - the Roland Garros. That's only a few weeks away, but injury issues don't go away overnight. She needs the added time to get fit, because it's been just a very long period that she spent away from the sport.

https://tennis-infinity.com/wta/simona- ... adrid-open

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Qualifying Draw – WTA

1 OSORIO, Camila COL vs DANILOVIC, Olga SRB
PARRIZAS DIAZ, Nuria ESP vs 24 NIEMEIER, Jule GER

2 PODOROSKA, Nadia ARG vs MANDLIK, Elizabeth USA
WC MARISTANY ZULETA DE REALES, Guiomar ESP vs 15 GRACHEVA, Varvara FRA

3 MINNEN, Greet BEL vs SEMENISTAJA, Darja LAT
ARANGO, Emiliana COL vs 18 RAKHIMOVA, Kamilla

4 CRISTIAN, Jaqueline ROU vs KESSLER, McCartney USA
JEANJEAN, Leolia FRA vs 16 SAVILLE, Daria AUS

5 DODIN, Oceane FRA vs WC ROMERO GORMAZ, Leyre ESP
RIERA, Julia ARG vs 20 ERRANI, Sara ITA

6 MASAROVA, Rebeka ESP vs VICKERY, Sachia USA
LIU, Claire USA vs 13 BOUZAS MANEIRO, Jessica ESP

7 PERA, Bernarda USA vs PIGOSSI, Laura BRA
PARKS, Alycia USA vs 19 ZARAZUA, Renata MEX

8 CARLE, Maria Lourdes ARG vs PRESTON, Taylah AUS
SHARMA, Astra AUS vs 21 VOLYNETS, Katie USA

9 SIEGEMUND, Laura GER vs WC GRANT, Tyra Caterina USA
WC MARTINEZ CIREZ, Carlota ESP vs 23 BONDAR, Anna HUN

10 TAUSON, Clara DEN vs SRAMKOVA, Rebecca SVK
WC GEERLINGS, Ariana ESP vs 22 BAPTISTE, Hailey USA

11 DART, Harriet GBR vs SASNOVICH, Aliaksandra
FERRO, Fiona FRA vs 17 TIMOFEEVA, Maria

12 WICKMAYER, Yanina BEL vs BEJLEK, Sara CZE
WC BURILLO ESCORIHUELA, Irene ESP vs 14 BAI, Zhuoxuan CHN

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Qualifying Draw - ATP

1 ESP MARTINEZ, Pedro vs MDA ALBOT, Radu
WC FRA POUILLE, Lucas vs 20 BRA MONTEIRO, Thiago

2 ARG CORIA, Federico vs KAZ KUKUSHKIN, Mikhail
FRA HALYS, Quentin vs 15 CHI GARIN, Cristian

3 ESP BAUTISTA AGUT, Roberto vs WC KAZ OMARKHANOV, Amir
ARG SCHWARTZMAN, Diego vs 16 ESP RAMOS-VINOLAS, Albert

4 USA NAKASHIMA, Brandon vs WC MAR BENNANI, Reda
ESP ZAPATA MIRALLES, Bernabe vs 17 ARG UGO CARABELLI, Camilo

5 ARG TIRANTE, Thiago Agustin vs FRA DROGUET, Titouan
WC ESP MARTIN TIFFON, Pol vs 22 SVK KLEIN, Lukas

6 FRA LESTIENNE, Constant vs USA NAVA, Emilio
JPN MOCHIZUKI, Shintaro vs 18 FRA MULLER, Alexandre

7 FRA MOUTET, Corentin vs FRA ATMANE, Terence
WC JOR SHELBAYH, Abdullah vs 24 CZE KOPRIVA, Vit

8 AUS KOKKINAKIS, Thanasi vs FRA BARRERE, Gregoire
BRA MELIGENI ALVES, Felipe vs 14 AUT THIEM, Dominic

25 CRO AJDUKOVIC, Duje vs FRA HERBERT, Pierre-Hugues
ALTERNATE vs 19 FRA GASQUET, Richard

10 FRA GASTON, Hugo vs SRB MEDJEDOVIC, Hamad
ITA VAVASSORI, Andrea vs 21 ARG COMESANA, Francisco

11 USA KOVACEVIC, Aleksandar vs ITA GIGANTE, Matteo
MON VACHEROT, Valentin vs 23 AUT RODIONOV, Jurij

12 BEL GOFFIN, David vs ARG BAGNIS, Facundo
ITA ZEPPIERI, Giulio vs 13 GER MARTERER, Maximilian

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Mon, 22 April, 2024 (Day 1) Qualifying

Manolo Santana Stadium
Starts at 10:00 am

Q1
D. Goffin (12) Vs F. Bagnis
Followed By
Q1
P. Martinez (1) Vs R. Albot
Followed By
Q1
R. Bautista Agut (3) Vs (WC) A. Omarkhanov
Followed By
Q1
F. Meligeni Alves Vs (14) D. Thiem
Followed By
Q1
Alternate Vs (19) R. Gasquet
Followed By
Q1
C. Lestienne (6) Vs E. Nava

Arantxa Sanchez Stadium
Starts at 10:00 am

Q1
I. Burillo Escorihuela (WC) Vs Z. Bai (14)
Followed By
Q1
C. Osorio (1) Vs O. Danilovic
Followed By
Q1
R. Masarova (6) Vs S. Vickery
Followed By
Q1
M. Carle (8) Vs T. Preston
Followed By
Q1
O. Dodin (5) Vs L. Romero Gormaz (WC)
Followed By
Q1
C. Martinez Cirez (WC) Vs A. Bondar (23)

Stadium 3
Starts at 10:00 am

Q1
(WC) Vs (22) L. Klein
Followed By
Q1
L. Pouille (WC) Vs (20) T. Monteiro
Followed By
Q1
D. Schwartzman Vs (16) A. Ramos-Vinolas
Followed By
Q1
T. Kokkinakis (8) Vs G. Barrere
Followed By
Q1
D. Ajdukovic (25) Vs P. Herbert
Followed By
Q1
A. Vavassori Vs (21) F. Comesana

Court 4
Starts at 10:00 am

Q1
E. Arango Vs K. Rakhimova (18)
Followed By
Q1
N. Parrizas Diaz Vs J. Niemeier (24)
Followed By
Q1
C. Liu Vs J. Bouzas Maneiro (13)
Followed By
Q1
A. Sharma Vs K. Volynets (21)
Followed By
Q1
A. Geerlings (WC) Vs H. Baptiste (22)
Followed By
Q1
C. Tauson (10) Vs R. Sramkova

Court 5
Starts at 10:00 am

Q1
T. Tirante (5) Vs T. Droguet
Followed By
Q1
B. Zapata Miralles Vs (17) C. Ugo Carabelli
Followed By
Q1
A. Kovacevic (11) Vs M. Gigante
Followed By
Q1
A. Shelbayh (WC) Vs (24) V. Kopriva
Followed By
Q1
F. Coria (2) Vs M. Kukushkin
Followed By
Q1
S. Mochizuki Vs (18) A. Muller

Court 6
Starts at 10:00 am

Q1
Y. Wickmayer (12) Vs S. Bejlek
Followed By
Q1
G. Maristany Zuleta De Reales (WC) Vs V. Gracheva (15)
Followed By
Q1
L. Jeanjean Vs D. Saville (16)
Followed By
Q1
H. Dart (11) Vs A. Sasnovich
Followed By
Q1
A. Parks Vs R. Zarazua (19)
Followed By
Q1
J. Riera Vs S. Errani (20)

Court 7
Starts at 10:00 am

Q1
G. Zeppieri Vs (13) M. Marterer
Followed By
Q1
B. Nakashima (4) Vs (WC) R. Bennani
Followed By
Q1
V. Vacherot Vs (23) J. Rodionov
Followed By
Q1
C. Moutet (7) Vs T. Atmane
Followed By
Q1
Q. Halys Vs (15) C. Garin
Followed By
Q1
H. Gaston (10) Vs H. Medjedovic

Court 8
Starts at 10:00 am

Q1
G. Minnen (3) Vs D. Semenistaja
Followed By
Q1
N. Podoroska (2) Vs E. Mandlik
Followed By
Q1
J. Cristian (4) Vs M. Kessler
Followed By
Q1
F. Ferro Vs M. Timofeeva (17)
Followed By
Q1
L. Siegemund (9) Vs T. Grant (WC)
Followed By
Q1
B. Pera (7) Vs L. Pigossi

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Simona Halep Withdraws From 2024 Madrid Open
by Zachary Wimer
Today, 20:30

Simona Halep won't be playing at the 2024 Madrid Open despite initial plans to compete at the WTA 1000 tournament in the Spanish capital.

The Romanian's comeback to tennis hasn't really gone as fans might have expected so far. She swiftly returned just days after being allowed back to compete at the Miami Open.

She faced Paula Badosa in the first round of the tournament and lost in three sets after winning the first set 6-1. After that exit, Halep planned to play several smaller events to get back into playing shape.

The match against Badosa showed her that she was close but ultimately not good enough to compete against the best players yet. That's why she wanted to play some smaller events and, towards that end, accepted a wild card entry into the Oeiras Open.

She withdrew from that event a bit later, with plans to play at the Madrid Open. Unfortunately, she won't be playing at the Madrid Open either because she withdrew from that event as well.

The reason for her withdrawal is health issues that were present when she came back to Miami as well. Halep dealt with some minor issues at the event, and it seems like the issues are persistent enough for her to miss more time.

Ultimately, she doesn't want to risk an injury because that will keep her away from tennis even more, and that's the last thing she wants after having to spend over a year on the sidelines.

The former world no. 1 will now probably] take more time to fully heal up and be ready for the only clay-court major - the Roland Garros. That's only a few weeks away, but injury issues don't go away overnight. She needs the added time to get fit, because it's been just a very long period that she spent away from the sport.

https://tennis-infinity.com/wta/simona- ... adrid-open
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There is a lot of "not journalism " in here. Inferences, speculation, opinion presented as fact.

[ashkor87]

Madrid is strange but this could well be Rybakina's year. Began the year spectacularly, then had health issues, which seem to be over .just viral infections ...but she is looking more confident and resilient, and her game is as powerful as ever..she has certainly cut down the errors..

[ashkor87]

Djokovic has withdrawn

Ok, I see it is listed above. But a bit of a shocker...