Unsurprisingly, the WTA draw at the Madrid Open is very strong. French Open champion Iga Swiatek and 2022 Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina are among the top players set to feature.
The draw for this year's Madrid Open was released, and Rafael Nadal was presented with an unusual opening match to kick off his campaign. Main draw action at the tournament begins on April 24th, and five-time champion Nadal is among the 96 men looking to get into rhythm ahead of Roland Garros.
Iga Swiatek fell short of completing another three-peat but still increased her lead in the Olympics Race to Paris. Swiatek's 10-match undefeated run at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix came to an end when she lost to Elena Rybakina in the semifinal, but she increased her points tally in the race to 7695.
The legacy of Iga Swiatek continues to grow as she rewrites the history books at will. The four-time singles Grand Slam champion recently completed her 100th week as World No.
Jannik Sinner continues to reign supreme in the Olympic Race to Paris, with less than two months remaining before the cycle closes. This race will determine the Top 56 players who will qualify for the Olympics tennis tournament based on their actual ranking on June 10th, the same date on which the cycle completes a full year since its inception.
Simona Halep was supposed to play at the 2024 Madrid Open this week, but she won't, as she pulled out of the tournament. Halpe returned to tennis recently at the Miami Open, where she played a fairly solid match against Paula Badosa.
Stefanos Tsitsipas failed to win the Barcelona Open yet again, but he was still content with reaching the final. Tsitsipas was absolutely on fire to start this year's clay season, winning the Monte-Carlo Masters easily last week.
Elena Rybakina was the biggest winner last weekend after capturing her third title of the season at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. The ice-cold Kazakh dethroned Iga Swiatek as Stuttgart champion in an epic semifinal.
Emma Raducanu was supposed to face former world number one Karolina Pliskova at the 2024 Madrid Open, but she won't as the Czech player pulled out. The Brit just had her best run in professional tennis since her triumph at the US Open in 2021.
Jannik Sinner remains in the ascendancy in the ATP Race to Turin, but a new member has joined the top three following the conclusion of the Barcelona Open.
It is a landmark day for Iga Swiatek, who begins a 100th week as World No. 1 - a feat that very few women have attained in tennis history. Swiatek's two-year, 10-match undefeated streak at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix ended this past week when she lost to eventual champion Elena Rybakina, but it did not loosen her grip on the world No.
Casper Ruud won his first ATP 500 trophy on the court named after Rafael Nadal, and he paid tribute to the Spaniard after his win. Ruud put together an amazing week in Barcelona, where Nadal reigned supreme for years.
Andy Roddick was glad to see Emma Raducanu do well at the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup, as he thought it would help her come back to the top. The American spoke fondly about Raducanu during her maiden Grand Slam title run a few years ago, and he still holds a very favorable opinion of her.
Argentinian tennis player Federico Coria mentioned Novak Djokovic in a recent interview, admitting that the Serbian gets along well with his fellow colleagues.
Dominic Thiem endured some pretty bad losses recently, but he escaped another one in the qualifying for the 2024 Madrid Open. Thiem used to play really well at this ATP Masters 1000 event a few years ago, but nowadays, he has to play his way into the main draw through the qualifying.
World No. 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas was aiming for a back-to-back title on clay but lost the Barcelona Open final to World No. 6 Casper Ruud. On the Pista Rafa Nadal court on Sunday (April 21), Ruud secured an easy win with a scoreline of 7-5, 6-3. This win was the Norwegian’s first ATP 500 title, for which Tsistipas praised him after the match.
Third-seeded Casper Ruud exacted revenge against fifth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas by posting a 7-5, 6-3 win on Sunday in the finals of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell in Spain.
Fourth-seeded Elena Rybakina captured her third title of the year on Sunday following a decisive 6-2, 6-2 win over Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk in the final of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany.
ATP Barcelona featured a loaded field of some of the best players in the world, but only two remain. No. 3 seed Casper Ruud squares off against No. 5 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday’s final, a rematch of last week’s Monte Carlo final.
Fourth-seeded Elena Rybakina outdueled top-seeded Iga Swiatek 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 Saturday to reach the Porsche Grand Prix final at Stuttgart, Germany. Rybakina of Kazakhstan improved to 4-2 against Swiatek and also ended the Poland native's attempt to win this event for the third straight year.
No. 1 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland recorded a 7-6 (2), 6-3 win over Great Britain's Emma Raducanu on Friday to reach the semifinals of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany.
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