MADRID/WASHINGTON, April 24, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) Two-time Mutua Madrid Open champion Carlos Alcaraz withdrew from the ATP Masters 1000 event on Thursday, citing an adductor injury sustained during the Barcelona final last Sunday. The World No. 3 and second […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, April 23, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) It’s been 16 years since the Mutua Madrid Open switched from being an ATP Masters 1000 hard-court event to one contested on red clay. One year, in 2012, the tournament even experimented with […]
MADRID, September 10, 2024 A look at the ATP world rankings reveals that there aren’t many top players from Bulgaria. While Grigor Dimitrov currently holds the No. 10 spot, the next prominent Bulgarian player is Adrian Andreev, ranked 203rd. However, […]
International Blog – Florian Heer Tsitsipas gegen Nadal. So stand es auf dem Spielplan zum Turnierauftakt für Sonntag. Jedoch nicht bei einem Grand Slam Event, sondern in der ersten Runde der Qualifikation der Copa Alameda, dem traditionsreichsten Profitennisturnier in der […]
MADRID, September 2, 2024 (by Florian Heer) The ITF World Tennis Tour, formerly known as “Futures” in the tennis calendar, remains a crucial platform for players with promising futures in professional sports. However, it’s not just teenagers who compete on […]
MADRID, September 1, 2024 Tsitsipas vs. Nadal—that’s what the tournament schedule for Sunday read. However, this wasn’t at a Grand Slam event, but rather in the first round of the qualifying draw at the Copa Alameda, the longest-running professional tennis […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, May 3, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) With his 6-4, 6-3 semifinal victory over 12th-seeded American Taylor Fritz at the Mutua Madrid Open Friday afternoon, No. 7 seed Andrey Rublev has reached the fifth Masters 1000 title match of his career […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, May 2, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) After World No. 4 Daniil Medvedev completed the set of quarterfinals at all nine of the ATP Masters 1000 events by reaching the last eight stage at the Mutua Madrid Open earlier this […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, May 1, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Two-time defending Mutua Madrid Open champion Carlos Alcaraz, a quarterfinalist for the third consecutive year, looked to extend his 14-match winning streak at the ATP Masters 1000 event on Wednesday afternoon. The 20-year-old […]
MADRID/WASHINGTON, May 1, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) As the clock struck midnight at the Mutua Madrid Open and Tuesday night morphed into early Wednesday, Rafael Nadal received a standing ovation as he ran from his bench onto the clay surface of […]
