Five-time champion Rafael Nadal started his tournament strong as he sailed to a 6-1, 6-0 victory over 16-year-old wild card Darwin Blanch on Thursday in the opening round of the Mutua Madrid Open in Spain.
Carlos Alcaraz was in disbelief upon hearing that Novak Djokovic would not be playing at this year's Madrid Open. Djokovic has played in four tournaments with almost half of the season gone.
Third-seeded Coco Gauff cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 win in 51 minutes against the Netherlands' Arantxa Rus during the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday.
The new women’s hockey league has revealed the individual accolades it will be handing out. On Thursday, the Professional Women’s Hockey League introduced the Billie Jean King MVP Award and Ilana Kloss Playoff MVP Award.
The rest of the WTA Round of 64 action is completed on Day 4 of the Madrid Open. This includes Danielle Collins’ attempt to win a staggering 14th match in a row.
No doubt one of the biggest stories at the ATP Madrid Open this week is the return of two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz making his first European clay court appearance in 2024.
Aryna Sabalenka is the defending champion at the WTA Madrid Masters, but her form since the Australian Open has been extremely uninspiring. Can the Belarusian fight back and prove she’s still on par with the likes of Iga Swiatek or Elena Rybakina?
Mirra Andreeva was the headline story of WTA Madrid last year, beating Beatriz Haddad Maia, Leylah Fernandez, and Magda Linette on the way to the fourth round (and turning 16 during the event).
Day 3 at the ATP Mutua Madrid Open ensures a lot of excitement as most of the top seeds come into play. Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz would be opening his campaign as well, and most of the eyes will be upon him considering his prospects in Paris.
Second-round action at the ATP Madrid Open continues on Friday. A plethora of intriguing matches are on schedule. As always, we here at LWOT will offer our predictions for every single one of them, with four of those matches featured in this article.
Iga Swiatek bounced back from her Stuttgart disappointment with a pretty impressive win over Xiyu Wang at the 2024 Madrid Open. The last time the Pole stood on a tennis court was last week at the WTA 500 event in Stuttgart, where Elena Rybakina surprisingly beat her.
The talk around equal pay in tennis has been going on for a long time but the logic is straightforward to understand. Athletes are reimbursed based on how much they generate; thus, if you’re generating less than the men, you won’t earn as much.
Back in 2013, Grigor Dimitrov was a youngster wanting to leave a mark, and he certainly did so at that year's Madrid Open. It would be the first time Dimitrov would beat Novak Djokovic in a tennis match.
Coco Gauff started the 2024 Madrid Open campaign with a crushing win over veteran Arantxa Rus, beating her 6-0, 6-0, the first such win in her career. The American began her 2024 clay season last week at the WTA 500 event in Stuttgart and played some decent tennis before running into Marta Kostyuk.
British tennis ace Emma Raducanu failed to make it to the main draw of the Madrid Open as she was defeated in the very first round of the qualifiers. Raducanu lost 6-2, 6-2 to Maria Lourdes Carle, an Argentinian qualifier.
World No. 3 Coco Gauff, who is participating in the Madrid Open, lauded American track and field sprinter Noah Lyles for his comments on the USA’s basketball
Japanese pro Naomi Osaka is back to winning ways at the clay courts. This was only her second match on clay after two years. Playing at the Mutua Madrid Open, Osaka was up against Greet Minnen in the first-round match.
Chinese teen Juncheng Shang closed out Wednesday's action with a marathon match, surviving France's Corentin Moutet 6-7 (9), 6-2, 7-6 (10) at the Mutua Madrid Open in Spain.
Naomi Osaka recorded her first clay-court victory in exactly two years on Wednesday when the former World No. 1 topped lucky loser Greet Minnen 6-4, 6-1 at the Mutua Madrid Open in Spain.
Germany's Tatjana Maria rallied from a set down to defeat Peyton Stearns 6-7 (4), 6-2, 7-6 (5) in first-round action Tuesday at the Mutua Madrid Open in Spain.
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