Monday at the Mutua Madrid Open, what was anticipated to be a full day of thrilling Round of 16 action faced significant disruption. A widespread power outage affected parts of Spain, Portugal, and southern France, leading to the suspension of six matches. Only two ties were completed before the interruption. These finished matches saw Coco Gauff defeat Belinda Bencic in straight sets, and Mirra Andreeva overcome Yuliia Starodubtseva. The remaining matches are scheduled to resume on Tuesday.
Completed Matches
No. 4 Coco Gauff def. Belinda Bencic 6-4, 6-2
Gauff has now reached the quarterfinals at every current WTA 1000 event except her home tournament in Miami.
No. 7 Mirra Andreeva def. Yuliia Starodubtseva
With this victory, the Madrid Open is the first tournament where Andreeva has achieved 10 career wins at a single WTA event.
No. 2 Iga Swiatek def. No. 13 Diana Shnaider 6-0, 6-7 (3), 6-4
Swiatek has extended her streak to 17 consecutive clay-court quarterfinals. This run began after her third-round loss to Ashleigh Barty in Madrid four years ago.
No. 5 Madison Keys def. No. 19 Donna Vekic 6-2, 6-3
Keys joins Serena Williams (44) as the only American players to record 25 or more WTA 1000 match wins on clay.
No. 17 Elina Svitolina def. Maria Sakkari 6-3, 6-4
Prior to this season, Svitolina had not won consecutive matches in nine previous appearances at the Madrid Open.
Moyuka Uchijima def. No. 21 Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4, 7-6 (5)
In the past two weeks (Rouen and Madrid), Uchijima has reached more WTA quarterfinals than in her entire career before this recent performance (Monastir in 2022).
Suspended Matches (Resuming Tuesday)
No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka vs. Peyton Stearns
Head-to-head: Sabalenka leads 1-0, a tough 6-7(2), 6-2, 7-6(6) win in the second round at Indian Wells last year.
No. 24 Marta Kostyuk vs. Anastasia Potapova
Head-to-head: Potapova leads 2-1, but they have not previously played on clay.
Rupert Caldwell