Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid, Spain, WTA Premier 2018

[Moxie]

DATE: May 5-12, 2018
SURFACE: Clay
PRIZE MONEY: $6,685,828
FIELD SIZE: 56
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Simona Halep

About Madrid

Madrid is one of the greatest, and quirkiest of Europe's capitals. Fashion center, food destination, film mecca, and yet it keeps trying to be a small town. Or a number of of small towns, at once. It's high-end fashion street is the Calle Serrano, though many of the smaller designers can be found in the Chueca neighborhood. Lavapiés, once a Jewish Quarter, and long a down-market working class area, has become a lively area of immigrants who make their influence on cuisine and music.

 

[Hoergren]

Radwanska, Safarova, Bellis and Bacsinszky are also OUT of MD

 

[10isfan]

Madrid draw is out. No Azarenka.

 

[Hoergren]

ORDER OF PLAY - SATURDAY, 5 MAY 2018

MANOLO SANTANA Starting at 11:00

Alizé CORNET (FRA) vs Elina SVITOLINA (UKR) [4] 26 26
Caroline GARCIA (FRA) [7] vs Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK) 61 75
[WC] Marta KOSTYUK (UKR) vs [WC] Lara ARRUABARRENA (ESP) 36 64 26
Not Before 7:00 pm
Anett KONTAVEIT (EST) vs Venus WILLIAMS (USA) [8] 36 63 62
Jelena OSTAPENKO (LAT) [5] vs Irina-Camelia BEGU (ROU) 36 36

ARANTXA SANCHEZ Starting at 11:00

ATP MATCH
Not Before 12:30 pm
Petra MARTIC (CRO) vs Svetlana KUZNETSOVA (RUS) 64 62
Elena VESNINA (RUS) vs Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) [6] 46 26
Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) vs CoCo VANDEWEGHE (USA) [12] 75 60

Estadio 3 Starting at 11:00

ATP MATCH
Mona Barthel GER vs Sílvia Soler-Espinosa ESP Q 26 02 ret.
Kiki BERTENS (NED) vs Maria SAKKARI (GRE) 64 64
Timea BABOS (HUN) vs Julia GOERGES (GER) [11] 26 46
Qiang WANG (CHN) vs Daria KASATKINA (RUS) [14] 57 67

Pista 4 Starting at 11:00
Aryna Sabalenka BLR vs Olga Danilovic SRB Q 64 62
Magda Linette POL vs N. Vikhlyantseva Q 57 76 67

Pista 5
ATP MATCH
Danielle Collins USA vs Johanna Larsson SWE Q 63 61
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA vs Anna Karolina Schmiedlova SVK 64 26 57

Pista 6
ATP MATCH
Bernarda Pera USA vs Sachia Vickery USA Q 64 64
Sara Errani ITA vs Kirsten Flipkens BEL Q 57 61 60
Alla KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS)/Renata VORACOVA (CZE) vs Hao-Ching CHAN (TPE)/Zhaoxuan YANG (CHN) [8] 61 46 4-10
Raquel ATAWO (USA)/Anna-Lena GROENEFELD (GER) vs Nadiia KICHENOK (UKR)/Anastasia RODIONOVA (AUS) 26 46

Pista 7 Not before 14:00
Ana Bogdan ROU vs Kristyna Pliskova CZE 63 57 26

 

[Hoergren]

Madrid draw is out. No Azarenka.

Oh she's there in Haleps part

 

[britbox]

Some good first round matches...

Caroline GARCIA (FRA) [7] vs Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK)
Elena VESNINA (RUS) vs Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) [6]

They are probably the two that stand out for me.

 

[britbox]

 

[kskate2]

Bye Bye Cibby Baron, she had her chances in the 2nd set, but gave them all back.

 

[Hoergren]

ORDER OF PLAY - SUNDAY, 6 MAY 2018

MANOLO SANTANA Starting At: 11:00 am

Daria GAVRILOVA (AUS) vs Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [2] 36 16
Simona HALEP (ROU) [1] vs Ekaterina MAKAROVA (RUS) 61 60
Garbiñe MUGURUZA (ESP) [3] vs Shuai PENG (CHN) 64 62
Petra KVITOVA (CZE) [10] vs Lesia TSURENKO (UKR) 61 62

ARANTXA SANCHEZ Starting At: 11:00 am

Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) vs Carla SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP) 36 36
Mihaela BUZARNESCU (ROU) vs Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) 46 16
WC] Sara SORRIBES TORMO (ESP) vs Madison KEYS (USA) [13] 75 62
Magdalena RYBARIKOVA (SVK) [16] vs Johanna KONTA (GBR) 36 57

ESTADIO 3 Starting At: 11:00 am

Aleksandra KRUNIC (SRB) vs Victoria AZARENKA (BLR) 36 36
Sloane STEPHENS (USA) [9] vs Silvia Soler-Espinosa 63 62
Donna VEKIC (CRO) vs [WC] Georgina GARCIA PEREZ (ESP) 62 64

PISTA 4 Starting At: 11:00 am

Samantha STOSUR (AUS) vs Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS) 61 67 63
Danielle Collins (USA) vs Aliaksandra SASNOVICH (BLR) 57 26

PISTA 5 Starting At: 11:00 am

[WC] Monica PUIG (PUR) vs Zarina DIYAS (KAZ) 64 26 62
Anastasija SEVASTOVA (LAT) [15] vs Schmiedlova 63 46 63
Shuai ZHANG (CHN) vs Naomi OSAKA (JPN) 61 75
Kiki BERTENS (NED)/Johanna LARSSON (SWE) vs Daria GAVRILOVA/ (AUS)/Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) 36 46
Kr. Pliskova (CZE) vs Natalia Vikhlyantseva )RUS) 64 64

PISTA 6 Starting At: 11:00 am

Sorana CIRSTEA (ROU) vs Katerina SINIAKOVA (CZE) 64 26 64
Lara ARRUABARRENA (ESP)/Katarina SREBOTNIK (SLO) vs Alicja ROSOLSKA (POL)/Abigail SPEARS (USA) 57 57
Barbora KREJCIKOVA (CZE)/Katerina SINIAKOVA (CZE) [6] vs Monique ADAMCZAK (AUS)/Lyudmyla KICHENOK (UKR) 62 62
Alison VAN UYTVANCK (BEL) vs Elise MERTENS (BEL) 46 46

PISTA 7 Starting At: 11:00 am

Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) vs Bernarda Pera (USA) 46 62 36
Sara Errani (ITA) vs Ashleigh BARTY (AUS) 16 46

 

[kskate2]

Venus sent to Rome a week early. Played poorly. Wasn't aggressive enough and got took to woodshed from the baseline by Konta2.

 

[kskate2]

Sveta, Coco and Osta join Venus for an early trip to Rome

 

[britbox]

Bye Bye Cibby Baron, she had her chances in the 2nd set, but gave them all back.

She's competing but losing every close match. Her head is on another planet right now.

 

[Hoergren]

ORDER OF PLAY - MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018

MANOLO SANTANA Starting At: 12:00 noon

Irina-Camelia BEGU (ROU) vs Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) 57 16
Victoria AZARENKA (BLR) vs Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) [6] 26 61 57

ARANTXA SANCHEZ Starting At: 12:00 noon
Caroline GARCIA (FRA) [7] vs Petra MARTIC (CRO) 63 75
ATP
Not Before 3:00 pm
Ashleigh BARTY (AUS) vs Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [2] 26 64 46 phew
Not Before 6:00 pm
[WC] Lara ARRUABARRENA (ESP) vs Julia GOERGES (GER) [11] 62 46 26
Not Before 8:00 pm
Sloane STEPHENS (USA) [9] vs Samantha STOSUR (AUS) 61 63

PISTA 4 Starting At: 12:00 noon

Latisha CHAN (TPE)/Bethanie MATTEK-SANDS (USA) [5] vs Kateryna BONDARENKO (UKR)/Aleksandra KRUNIC (SRB) 64 61
Not Before 1:30 pm
Shuai ZHANG (CHN) vs Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) 46 64 36
Anastasija SEVASTOVA (LAT) [15] vs Kiki BERTENS (NED) 16 46
Not Before 4:00 pm After rest
[WC] Anabel MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP)/Arantxa PARRA SANTONJA (ESP) vs Johanna KONTA (GBR)/Shuai ZHANG (CHN) 62 36 3-10

PISTA 6 Starting At: 2:00 pm

Mihaela BUZARNESCU (ROU)/Alizé CORNET (FRA) vs Andreja KLEPAC (SLO)/María José MARTÍNEZ SÁNCHEZ (ESP) [7] 26 46
Elise MERTENS (BEL)/Demi SCHUURS (NED) vs [Alt] Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS)/Olga SAVCHUK (UKR) W/O
After suitable rest
Nicole MELICHAR (USA)/Kveta PESCHKE (CZE) vs Irina-Camelia BEGU (ROU)/Simona HALEP (ROU) 26 63 11-9

 

[10isfan]

Oh she's there in Haleps part

Yes, my mistake. The Madrid site was showing me last year’s draw.

Lots of upsets expected. Who’s the favorite? Muguruza?

 

[Hoergren]

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Sveta, Coco and Osta join Venus for an early trip to Rome

Osta actually won.

Maria sent to woodshed by a nameless Romanian. May be she should consider retiring due to Magensium Deficiency.

Vika, Madison, Svitolina, Caro all sent home.

Way too many upsets.

 

[kskate2]

Osta actually won. NOT

Maria sent to woodshed by a nameless Romanian. May be she should consider retiring due to Magensium Deficiency. Nada

Vika, Madison, Svitolina, Caro all sent home.

Way too many upsets.

Huh!
What results are you looking at? Osta lost in straights last night to Begu who will face Sharapova tomorrow. I actually watched most of these matches. Vika, Svito and Caro all won in straight sets.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

What results are you looking at? Osta lost in straights last night to Begu who will face Sharapova tomorrow. I actually watched most of these matches. Vika, Svito and Caro all won in straight sets.

Oops, sleep deprivation, misinterpreted the results despite looking at correct results.

 

[Hoergren]

Oops, sleep deprivation, misinterpreted the results despite looking at correct results.

Well everybody can have a letdown. My notification is as always: Highlightning the winner and the result - easiest

 

[kskate2]

Yes, my mistake. The Madrid site was showing me last year’s draw.

Lots of upsets expected. Who’s the favorite? Muguruza?

Has to be Simona. She's #1 and 2 time defending champ