After Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka faced off in the Madrid final last month, I wrote that while Swiatek had been the victor, the real winner had been the rivalry between the two women. The WTA’s No. 1 and 2 had staged their most dramatic encounter to date. It lasted

HIGHLIGHTS: Jabeur defeats Pegula in Madrid final

MADRID(AP) Mardy Fish of the United States lost to Tommy Robredo 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 Tuesday in the second round of the Madrid Open. Fernando Verdasco advanced with 6-3, 6-2 win over Juan Carlos Ferrer in an all-Spanish match on clay at the ``Magic Box'' tennis center. After dropping the

The WTA Madrid Open is still a fairly new tournament; only a few players have captured the title in Spain, with others coming close by reaching multiple finals. You might be surprised at who has the most titles, or the countries that these former champions come from. This year, Simona

Fernando Verdasco's family has been in the restaurant business long before he ever picked up a racquet. "My family since I was born [has] had three restaurants in Madrid," Verdasco said.

A dialed-in Aryna Sabalenka has battled past Iga Swiatek, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, to become the 2023 Mutua Madrid Open women’s champion. It’s her second title in Madrid (also 2021), her third WTA title of the year (also Adelaide and the Australian Open), her fourth career win over a No. 1,

Past and present Real Madrid soccer stars have been in attendance at the tennis in Madrid this week, with Cristiano Ronaldo, Raul and Zinedine Zidane watching Rafael Nadal's opening match at the Caja Magica on Wednesday. Singer Paulina Rubio was also at the match. On Wednesday, Aitor Karanka and Miguel

After a 2022 season that saw him dip out of the Top 100, Dusan Lajovic has bounced back in 2023, reaching three straight quarterfinals earlier in the year—in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Santiago—and then, last week, capturing his first ATP title since 2019 in Banja Luka. And what

Defending Mutua Madrid Open champion Andrey Rublev advanced to the third round Friday without hitting a ball. Due to face Gael Monfils, the 38-year-old withdrew with an illness to hand Rublev a walkover. The Russian had recently defeated Monfils at the Rolex Monte Carlo Masters in his first tour-level event

In the last few years, many people have noticed Daniil Medvedev's unique habit of winning all of his career titles at different tournaments—as of now, he's at 20 and counting. Well, Andrey Rublev is building a very similar resume. With his triumph at the Mutua Madrid Open on Sunday, the

It was only fitting that Madrid native Fernando Verdasco joined the 500 career match wins club at the Caja Magica this week. The world No. 37, one of many great Spanish players of the last decade, got his Mutua Madrid Open campaign off to a winning start against Italian Paolo

The major warm-ups leading to the French Open are heating up. Here’s Doubles Take with a look at the action. MASTERS OF MADRID Against Nikola Mektic and Alexander Peya, Henri Kontinen hit what might be considered one of the best shots of the Mutua Madrid Open:

Juan Martin del Potro has withdrawn from the Madrid Masters because of a viral infection, organizers announced. The world No. 7 also pulled out of this week's Portugal Open and was said to be vomiting. Del Potro has begun to lightly practice again, but it is unclear whether he will

MADRID (AP) In the Madrid Open women's final on Saturday, Simona Halep of Romania defeated Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-2, 6-4 to win her 12th career title and guarantee her return into the top-five rankings. ''I'm really happy I could win this trophy, it's very special for me,'' said Halep,

The WTA stars are clearly missing the competition, and they are currently dominating their ATP counterparts in terms of effort and attention to detail. Bencic, Andreescu, Kiki Bertens, Kristina Mladenovic, Donna Vekic, and Elina Svitolina donned full match attire for today’s action. You love to see it.

Stefanos Tsitsipas held off an inspired upset bid from Dominic Thiem at the Mutua Madrid Open on Saturday night, twice serving to stay in the match—and then battling back from 3-1 down in the third set tie-break—to edge the 2020 US Open champion, 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (5). “Well, it was