Monday`s highly anticipated action at the Mutua Madrid Open faced an unexpected interruption when a widespread power outage across parts of Spain, Portugal, and southern France forced the suspension of six Round of 16 matches. Only two matches were completed before the halt: Coco Gauff defeated Belinda Bencic, and Mirra Andreeva overcame Yuliia Starodubtseva.
The six remaining matches were resumed and successfully finished on Tuesday. Top seeds Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek were among the players who secured their places in the quarterfinals. Tuesday featured a full schedule, wrapping up the round which, despite the unusual power-related delay, was not derailed.
Round of 16 Results and Notes:
With this victory, Gauff has now reached the quarterfinals of every active WTA 1000 tournament except her home event in Miami.
The Madrid Open is now the first WTA event where Andreeva has recorded 10 career match victories.
Swiatek extends her remarkable streak of reaching clay-court quarterfinals to 17 consecutive events. This run began after her third-round loss to Ashleigh Barty at Madrid four years ago.
Madison Keys is now the second American player, following Serena Williams (44 wins), to achieve 25 or more match victories at WTA 1000 tournaments on clay.
Before this season, Svitolina had never won consecutive matches at the Madrid Open in her nine previous appearances. This marks her first time doing so in her tenth appearance.
Moyuka Uchijima`s quarterfinal appearances in the last two weeks (Rouen and Madrid) now surpass her total number of career WTA quarterfinal appearances prior to this recent form (which included Monastir in 2022).
Aryna Sabalenka`s victory on Tuesday was her 28th of the season, giving her the lead for most match wins on tour, currently one ahead of Jessica Pegula.
Marta Kostyuk has already secured 11 wins at WTA 1000 events this season, marking her highest single-season total at this level.
Rupert Caldwell