World Number 3, Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz announced on Friday that he is pulling out of the Italian Open in Rome as he continues to recover from an arm injury. After roaring into the Miami Open quarterfinals, Alcaraz injured his right forearm during a practice session in Monaco. He has continued to struggle with pain and edema, with the situation plaguing his ability to play. The Spaniard’s attempt to become the first player to win three straight Madrid Open titles collapsed as he endured a 4 – 6, 6 – 3, 6 – 2 loss to Andrey Rublev in …
Bonnie Kilgore
Bonnie Kilgore
Bonnie is an experienced writer with a big interest in everything tennis. She will cover mainly news and events from the ATP and WTA tour.
Fritz Tops Cerundolo Taylor Fritz is the first American man to reach the Madrid Open semifinals since it switched to clay in 2009. He is celebrating his 250th win of his career with his triumph over Francisco Cerundolo 6 – 1, 3 – 6, 6 – 3. Fritz is heading into his fourth Masters 1000 semifinal of his career and will take on Andrey Rublev in the semifinals on Friday. Rublev Vanquishes Alcaraz Carlos Alcarez’s loss to Andrey Rublev ends his fourteen match Madrid winning streak. Alcarez’s attempt for a third straight Madrid Open title was blocked by Rublev’s quarter-final win. …
Medvedev Reaches Masters 1000 Milestone Daniil Medvedev, with his 7 – 6 (3), 6 – 4 conquest against Alexander Bublik, achieved a new milestone by reaching at least the quarter-finals at all nine ATP Masters 1000 events. After the match Medvedev was quoted as saying, “It was a tough match. A lot of drop shots, and I got so tired in the end running for them. That’s when you lose your concentration and you start to play a bit worse. That’s what happened, but after the match he told me he was dead also. So good for me, at least …
Nadal’s First Top Twenty Win Since 2022 Spain’s Rafael Nadal dispatched world number eleven Alex de Minaur in the second round of the Madrid Open 7 – 6 (6), 6 – 3 on Saturday, April 27th. This is his first ATP Tour victory versus a top twenty ranked opponent since November 2022. Showing signs of his winning technique, Nadal, with an enthusiastic crowd pulling for him, won an electrifying, seventy-seven minute first set in a tiebreak. He then smashed de Minaur’s serve to seize a second set lead. After the match Nadal was informed in an interview that it seemed …
Shapovalov Upsets Etcheverry Twenty-five year old Canadian Denis Shapovalov played on of his most accomplished matches this season, conquering twenty-sixth seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry 7 – 6 (3), 6 – 3 and advancing to the third round of the Madrid Open event. Shapovalov engaged thirty-three winners and launched eight aces to accumulate his second clay court win this year. Shapovalov and Etcheverry engaged in a match saturated with high caliber playing, giving the crowd exhilarating baseline rallies on the clay courts of Madrid. Shapovalov leveled the first strike, liberating a pair of early forehand winners to burst into a 2 …
A look at the top players competing for the 2024 Madrid Open trophy, where the winner gets €963,225 in prize money. Stefanos Tsitsipas has presently to establish a Madrid Open title, yet his recent performances have made him a top contender for the Championship title. Winning the Monte Carlo Master last week and reaching the finals of the Barcelona Open have encouraged his gamesmanship to do well in the Madrid Open. Carlos Alcaraz has a chance to win three in a row after wins in 2022 and 2023. This is something no player has achieved in the history of the …
Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry ousts Britain’s Cameron Norrie in the Barcelona Open quarter-final. Number thirty-one Norrie was displaced in the quarter-finals by number thirty Etcheverry by his fierce playing. Etcheverry steamed past Norrie with tie-breaks to win 7 – 6 (7 – 4), 7 – 6 (7 – 1). The first set prompted a break each before Etcheverry held the advantage in the tie-break. The Argentinian won impressively the second set that went with serve all the way to the tie-break. Etcheverry won 55% (16/29) of points on Norrie’s serve, as he advanced after two hours in both tie-breaks. Twenty-four …