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WTA Madrid – Wednesday, April 26, 2023 final results

Canadian Leylah Fernandez led off the action on Stadium 3, playing against Mirra Andreeva, who doesn’t turn 16 until the end of the week and comes in having won her only two pro events of 2023: back-to-back $60K ITFs in Switzerland the last two weeks.

She qualified in the first one as well, so that’s 13 straight wins against decent qualify opposition. It didn’t go well for Fernandez.

Genie Bouchard drew fellow qualifier Dayana Yastremska, which was a good outcome. And she prevailed in a topsy-turvy, error-filled match after losing the first set. She’ll play Martina Trevisan in the second round.

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Mutua Madrid Open
Location: Madrid, Spain (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Category: WTA 1000
Dates:
April 25 – May 7, 2023
Prize money: $7,652,174
Draws: S96 – D32

Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Final results
Singles, first round

(Second-round opponents in brackets)

Canadian Content

[Q] Genie Bouchard (CAN) def [Q] Dayana Yastremska (UKR) 67 (6) 62 62 ([18] Martina Trevisan)
[WC] Mirra Andreeva (RUS) def Leylah Fernandez (CAN) 63 64 ([13] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA)

Qualifiers and WCs Rule

[Q] Irene Burillo Escorihuela (ESP) def Kaia Kanepi (EST) 67 (5) 62 64 ([6] Coco Gauff)
[Q] Magdalena Frech (POL) def Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 62 63 ([3] Magdalena Frech)
[Q] Nuria Parrizas Diaz (ESP) def Anna Blinkova (RUS) 63 60 ([12] Veronika Kudermetova)
[Q] Arantxa Rus (NED) def Amanda Anisimova (USA) 75 62 ([9] Maria Sakkari)
[Q] Laura Siegemund (GER) def [PR] Nadia Podoroska (ARG) 36 63 63 ([27] Petra Martic)
[Q] Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) def [WC] Marina Bassols Ribera (ESP) 61 63 ([17] Magda Linette)

Emma Raducanu (GBR) [LL] Julia Grabher (AUT) def [LL] Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) 61 76 (5) ([1] Iga Swiatek)

[WC] Rebeka Masarova (ESP) def Cristina Bucsa (ESP) 63 57 64 ([20] Donna Vekic)
[WC] Camila Osorio (COL) def [Q] Clara Burel (FRA) 63 64 ([32] Marta Kostyuk)

Other results (in alphabetical order)

Alizé Cornet (FRA) def [Q] Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) 67 (6) 64 63 ([16] Ekaterina Alexandrova)
[PR] Jacqueline Cristian (ROU) def Sloane Stephens (USA) 57 64 64 ([21] Anastasia Potapova)
Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) def. [WC] Brenda Fruhvirtova (CZE) 26 64 64 ([7] Elena Rybakina)
Danka Kovinic (MNE)
def. [Q] Sara Errani (ITA) 64 60 ([11] Danka Kovinic)
Tatjana Maria (GER) def. [WC] Alexandra Eala (PHI) 61 61 ([28] Bernarda Pera)
Caty McNally (USA) def. Dalma Galfi (HUN) 46 60 63 ([22] Zheng Qinwen)
Alycia Parks (USA) def. [Q] Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 62 67 (5) 62 ([15] Victoria Azarenka)
[PR] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) def. [WC] Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (AND) 61 67 (5) 76 (7) ([8] Daria Kasatkina)
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) def [WC] Elina Svitolina (UKR) 64 75 ([29] Marie Bouzkova)
Mayar Sherif (EGY) def Camila Giorgi (ITA) 46 64 retd ([30] Anna Kalinina)
Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) def Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) 61 63 ([25] Jil Teichmann)
Wang Xiyu (CHN) def Varvara Gracheva (RUS) 67 (2) 63 64 ([23] Bianca Andreescu)

 

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