MADRID, May 9, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) The record will reflect that World No. 4 and third seed Alexander Zverev defeated 144th-ranked wild card David Ferrer in the beloved Spaniard’s final professional tennis match, 6-4, 6-1. It came during the […]
MADRID, May 8, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) The last time Rafael Nadal came into the ATP Masters 1000 Mutua Madrid Open without having won clay titles in Monte-Carlo or Barcelona was 2015 – the same year Barcelona won its last UEFA […]
MADRID, May 8, 2019 (by Sharada Rajagopalan) What was that Roger Federer said? Oh yes, this statement which has reached iconic proportions: “I’m not very confident going into this clay court season, I can tell you that – I don’t […]
MADRID, May 7, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Three-time Madrid champion Roger Federer, seeded fourth in this year’s ATP Masters 1000 Mutua Madrid Open, played his first match on clay in 1,090 days – since Rome in May 2016 – as he faced […]
MADRID, May 6, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Main draw singles at the ATP Masters 1000 Mutua Madrid Open began in earnest at Caja Mágica as four seeds, including No. 9 Marin Cilic, No. 11 Karen Khachanov, No. 14 Nikolaz Basilashvili […]
MADRID, May 6, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) When last year’s Mutua Madrid Open commenced, everybody wondered if there was anyone who could beat Rafael Nadal on clay. Fair question, especially since Nadal had been dominant in winning Monte-Carlo and Barcelona […]
MADRID, May 5, 2019 The Mutua Madrid Open is the second of three clay-court ATP Masters 1000 tournaments. Rafael Nadal will look to add to his record haul of five titles in Madrid and 33 at Masters 1000 tournaments. The No. […]
MADRID, February 9, 2019 The Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET) and the Mutua Madrid Open have come to an agreement on officiating, training and the promotion as well as the development of tennis. The contract lasts for the next two years. The […]
WASHINGTON, May 14, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Watching Alexander Zverev beat Dominic Thiem in the Mutua Madrid Open men’s final for his third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title on Sunday afternoon suggests to me that the cool and confident, 21-year-old German can be a […]
MADRID, May 13, 2018 Alexander Zverev clinched his third ATP Masters 1000 crown, winning the Mutua Madrid Open without dropping a set. The No. 2 seed from Germany defeated fifth favourite Dominic Thiem in Sunday’s final 6-4, 6-4. Zverev won […]
