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The Madrid tournament’s PR strategy to do a little smoothing over after last year’s faux pas isn’t exactly starting off swimmingly.

And while we get there are some pretty big names in the men’s qualifying, which also starts Monday – and that they’re going all-women or all-men on the eight (eight!) match courts – it still looks bad that the men are getting the. big stadium. And two of the three stadiums.

It is, as they say, what it is.

(Madrid is 6 hours ahead of EDT)

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Mutua Madrid Open
Location: Madrid, Spain
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Category: WTA 1000 (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Dates: April 23 – May 5, 2024
Prize money: $8,770,480
Draws: S96 – D32

Monday, April 22, 2024
Final results
Qualifying, first round

Upsets

Olga Danilovic (SRB) def [1] Camila Osorio (COL) 63 75 

[WC] Leyre Romero Gomaz (ESP) def [5] Océane Dodin (FRA) 63 61

Sachia Vickery (USA) def [6] Rebeka Masarova (ESP) 64 46 61

Rebecca Sramkova (SVK) def [10] Clara Tauson (DEN) 76 (6) retd

Sara Beljek (CZE) def [12] Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 61 64

Emiliana Arango (COL) def [18] Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) 64 61

Astra Sharma (AUS) def [21] Katie Volynets (USA) 46 61 64 

[WC] Carlota Martinez Cirez (ESP) def [23] Anna Bondar (HUN) 63 62

Seeds advancing

[3] Greet Minnen (BEL) def. Darja Semenistaja (LAT) 36 62 64

[4] Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) def. McCartney Kessler (USA) 76 (4) 64

[7] Bernarda Pera (USA) def. Laura Pigossi (BRA) 64 62

[8] Maria Lourdes Carlé (ARG) def. Taylah Preston (AUS) 62 75

[9] Laura Siegemund (GER) def. [WC] Tyra Caterina Grant (USA) 46 62 62

[11] Harriet Dart (GBR) def Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 06 63 76 (1)

[13] Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) def Claire Liu (USA) 62 26 64

[14] Bai Zhuoxuan (CHN) def [WC] Irene Burillo Escorihuela (ESP) 62 67 (5) 63

[15] Varvara Gracheva (FRA) def. [WC] Guiomar Maritany Zuleta De Reales (ESP) 62 63

[16] Daria Saville (AUS) def. Léolia Jeanjean (FRA) [ALT] Anastasia Zakharova (RUS) 61 57 62

[17] Maria Timofeeva (RUS) def. Fiona Ferro (FRA) 75 36 62

[19] Renata Zarazua (MEX) def Alycia Parks (USA) 61 61

[20] Sara Errani (ESP) def Julia Riera (ARG) 26 60 62

[22] Hailey Baptiste (USA) def [WC] Ariana Geerlings (ESP) 26 61 62

[24] Jule Niemeier (GER) def. Nuria Parrizas Diaz (ESP) 76 (9) 75

Other results

Elizabeth Mandlik (USA) def [2] Nadia Podoroska (ARG) [ALT] Jessika Ponchet (FRA) 64 62

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