The Round of 16 stage at the Mutua Madrid Open faced significant disruption on Monday when a widespread power outage affected parts of Spain, Portugal, and southern France. This incident unfortunately led to the suspension of six matches.
Matches Completed Before Disruption (Monday)
No. 4 Coco Gauff defeated Belinda Bencic 6-4, 6-2.
This victory marks Gauff`s first career quarterfinal appearance in Madrid. She has now reached the quarterfinals at every current WTA 1000 event except her home tournament in Miami.
No. 7 Mirra Andreeva defeated Yuliia Starodubtseva 6-3, 6-4.
For Andreeva, this result is notable as the Madrid Open becomes the first tournament where she has recorded 10 career wins at a single WTA event.
Matches Completed After Resumption
Following the resolution of the power issues, the remaining Round of 16 matches were played:
No. 2 Iga Swiatek defeated No. 13 Diana Shnaider in a tough three-set battle, 6-0, 6-7 (3), 6-4.
This extends Swiatek`s impressive streak to 17 consecutive clay-court quarterfinals.
No. 5 Madison Keys defeated No. 19 Donna Vekic 6-2, 6-3.
Keys` win makes her only the second American player, alongside Serena Williams, to achieve over 25 WTA 1000 match wins on clay.
No. 17 Elina Svitolina defeated Maria Sakkari 6-3, 6-4.
This marks a significant improvement for Svitolina in Madrid, as she had never won consecutive matches in her nine previous appearances before this season.
Moyuka Uchijima upset No. 21 Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4, 7-6 (5).
This victory sends Uchijima to her first WTA 1000 quarterfinal and means she has reached more quarterfinal appearances in the last two weeks (Rouen and Madrid) than in her entire career prior to this run.
Pending Matches (at time of original report)
At the time of the original report, two Round of 16 matchups were still pending or suspended and expected to be played:
- No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka vs. Peyton Stearns
- No. 24 Marta Kostyuk vs. Anastasia Potapova
