Marta Kostyuk wins Madrid Open 2026, beats Mirra Andreeva in final
Marta Kostyuk beats Mirra Andreeva to win Madrid Open 2026, secures first WTA 1000 title and rises to a career-high ranking.
Marta Kostyuk beats Mirra Andreeva to win Madrid Open 2026, secures first WTA 1000 title and rises to a career-high ranking.
Hailey Baptiste saved six match points to defeat world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and reach her maiden WTA 1000 semifinal at the Madrid Open.
No.2 seed Aryna Sabalenka overpowered No.9 seed Maria Sakkari, 6-4, 6-1 in the semifinals on Thursday to advance to the final at the Madrid Open for the second time in the past three years, here.
The Tuesday morning session at the Madrid Open tennis tournament was not a good one for Russian seeds Danil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev, who both crashed out of the tournament in straight-set defeats in the Round of 16.
In Madrid, the Spanish teenager defeated Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic back-to-back before thrashing Alexander Zverev in the final on Sunday for his fourth title of the year.
The world No. 1 took one hour and 32 minutes to defeat the rising Greek star, adding a third championship in the Spanish capital to the trophies he won in 2011 and 2016.
Tsitsipas brought an energy and aggression that the 32-year-old Nadal could not handle, despite having defeated the Greek on the three previous occasions they had faced off.
The 31-year-old Djokovic, who has won the last three Grand Slam events (2018 Wimbledon, 2018 US Open and 2019 Australian Open) but struggled with his game in March and April, earned his best clay-court victory of the season in a match filled with grueling baseline rallies, Efe news reported.
The absence of the Australian presents a chance to world No. 89 Aleksandr Dolgopolov.
The Madrid Open was won by Rafael Nadal, who defeated Dominic Thiem to clinch his fifth title.
