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Nishikori earns 450th tour-level victory in Madrid
  • April 24, 2025
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Nishikori earns 450th tour-level victory in Madrid

Kei Nishikori earned his 450th tour-level win in style on Thursday at the Mutua Madrid Open, where he notched a piece of history. The Japanese star outlasted Aleksandar Vukic 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to become just the eighth active ATP Tour player, and the first Asian, to reach that milestone. Nishikori, who made the Madrid final

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Madrid Open: Swiatek moves past Eala in a tough test to reach next round
  • April 24, 2025
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Madrid Open: Swiatek moves past Eala in a tough test to reach next round

Defending champion Iga Swiatek avoided a second loss to Alexandra Eala in a WTA 1000 event in as many months with a three-set comeback at the Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday, coming from a set and a break down to top the teenager from the Philippines, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Swiatek lost in a surprising straight

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Alcaraz withdraws from Madrid Open due to injury
  • April 24, 2025
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Alcaraz withdraws from Madrid Open due to injury

Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from the Mutua Madrid Open due an adductor injury sustained in Barcelona. The 21-year-old announced the decision during his pre-tournament press conference on Thursday in the Spanish capital. “In the Barcelona final I felt something in the left hamstring, I didn’t think that it was that serious,” Alcaraz said. “I’m really

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Madrid Open: Raducanu beats Lamens, moves into second round
  • April 23, 2025
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Madrid Open: Raducanu beats Lamens, moves into second round

Emma Raducanu posted her first win on outdoor clay courts since 2022 after coming from a break down in both sets to defeat Suzan Lamens 7-6(4), 6-4 in the Mutua Madrid Open first round. The former US Open champion missed most of the 2023 clay swing due to multiple wrist and ankle surgeries, then cut short

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Madrid Open draw: Djokovic, Alcaraz drawn in same half
  • April 21, 2025
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Madrid Open draw: Djokovic, Alcaraz drawn in same half

Two-time Mutua Madrid Open champion Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic are in the same half of the draw at the ATP Masters 1000 event. Alcaraz arrives in Madrid in good form, having won the title in Monte-Carlo and reached the final in Barcelona this month. The second-seeded Spaniard, who triumphed in Madrid in 2022 and

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