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Author: Onyekachi Chimezie

Sabalenka sets final clash with Gauff with victory over Svitolina
  • May 1, 2025
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Sabalenka sets final clash with Gauff with victory over Svitolina

World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka continued her Mutua Madrid Open mastery with a 6-3, 7-5 semifinal victory over No. 17 seed Elina Svitolina at the Caja Magica on Thursday night. Sabalenka needed 1 hour and 32 minutes to hold off Svitolina, ending the Ukrainian’s undefeated clay-court run this year. Coming into Thursday’s match, Svitolina had

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Madrid Open: Draper dispatches Arnaldi in 77 minutes to enter Semifinals
  • May 1, 2025
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Madrid Open: Draper dispatches Arnaldi in 77 minutes to enter Semifinals

Jack Draper is set to break into the Top 5 in the PIF ATP Rankings for the first time in his career on Monday following his latest win at the Mutua Madrid Open. The 23-year-old dispatched Matteo Arnaldi 6-0, 6-4 on Thursday to reach his first clay-court tour-level semi-final and will now become just the

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Gauff stuns Swiatek to reach final in Madrid
  • May 1, 2025
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Gauff stuns Swiatek to reach final in Madrid

Coco Gauff emphatically defeated Iga Swiatek for the first time on clay, 6-1, 6-1 Thursday to advance to the Mutua Madrid Open final. It was over in an astonishing 64 minutes and constituted a thoroughly complete breakthrough victory for the 21-year-old American who has now beaten Swiatek three straight times. At one time, Swiatek led

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Ruud fights past Medvedev to become Madrid Open semifinalist
  • May 1, 2025
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Ruud fights past Medvedev to become Madrid Open semifinalist

Casper Ruud extended his perfect streak in ATP Masters 1000 quarter-finals on clay to 7-0 on Thursday at the Mutua Madrid Open, where he fought past an attack-minded Daniil Medvedev. The Norwegian rebuffed Medvedev’s assertive approach with a confident display of his own to prevail 6-3, 7-5 and reach the semi-finals. Medvedev fired 23 winners

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Draper, Arnaldi reach Madrid Open semi finals
  • April 30, 2025
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Draper, Arnaldi reach Madrid Open semi finals

Jack Draper soared to the quarter-finals in the Spanish capital on Wednesday when he dispatched Tommy Paul 6-2, 6-2 in just 68 minutes. The British lefty clinched his maiden ATP Masters 1000 title in Indian Wells last month and has been in red-hot form through his opening three matches in Madrid, also moving past Tallon

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