Paula Badosa enjoys playing at the Madrid Open, but her 2024 run was cut short by a defeat to the world no. 93, Jessica Bouzas Maneiro. Bouzas Maneiro, ranked higher than Badosa at world no. 101, emerged as the favorite in the match. Despite Badosa’s Indian Wells Open title and previous world no. 2 ranking,…
Emma Raducanu has played a lot of tennis recently, and she’s still feeling the effects ahead of her 2024 Madrid Open first-round match. The Brit hasn’t played a lot of tennis in a short period of time this year. While she’s played since January, her weeks generally consisted of one, occasionally two matches. She then…
Thanasi Kokkinakis defeated Dominic Thiem in two sets in the final round of the 2024 Madrid Open qualifiers to secure a spot in the main draw. This was a very interesting match in the qualifiers because both of these players are good enough not to have to play in the qualifiers. Unfortunately, this is a…
Carlos Alcaraz arrived in Madrid with some injury concerns, and he spoke about the impact of that on his chances at the event. Alcaraz will start his 2024 European clay campaign at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Madrid, which means he didn’t play any European clay events before this one. That’s generally not been…
Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark will face Sara Eranni in Madrid on Wednesday. Photo by Robert Prange/Getty Images Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, SpainApril 22-May 5, 2024Prize Money: €7,877,020 Alcaraz Aims to Defend Madrid World No. 1 Novak Djokovic is out and king of clay Rafael Nadal returns in Madrid. Two-time champion Carlos Alcaraz is back aiming…
Coco Gauff is currently at a career-high ranking and has a chance to replace Aryna Sabalenka as World No. 2 by the end of the Madrid Open. Gauff and Sabalenka are currently 590 points apart in the official WTA rankings. Sabalenka, as the defending champion, cannot gain points but must defend her 6848 points. Gauff,…
Getty Images In a significant change dating back to last season, Masters 1000 tournaments in Madrid and Rome are now two-week events instead of one and the draw sizes have increased to 96 (the 32 seeds get byes in a bracket of 128). Yes, that means they are on par with Indian Wells and Miami….
Sofia Kenin has been struggling in her tennis performance recently, as evidenced by her ninth consecutive loss at the 2024 Madrid Open. Kenin demonstrated strong play prior to the start of the 2024 season by winning the World Tennis League in Abu Dhabi. However, her form took a downturn early in the year despite initial…
When Rafael Nadal takes the court for his first-round match at the Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday, he will be facing a player 21 years younger than him – 16-year-old American Darwin Blanch. Blanch, an IMG client, received a main-draw wild card for this Masters 1000 tournament. This is not the first time he has…
Carlos Alcaraz‘s status ahead of the 2024 Madrid Open has been a huge talking point, and he admitted he’s not fully recovered. Alcaraz missed two tournaments due to an arm problem that seemingly impacted his forehand. His forehand is his signature shot, and it’s a large part of what makes him really good on a…
