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A LOT of matches on Wednesday for the first round – 24 in all.

And Caroline Wozniacki continues to get astonishing court assignments, as she on the main stadium when Naomi Osaka and Emma Raducanu – to name two – were on the second stadium.

This has always been the case with the Dane. In this case, she’s not even playing a Spaniard; she met qualifier Sara Errani in a fascinating match, with an over-under on moonballs set at about 100, won by Errani.

Paula Badosa and Raducanu were among those who fell in a first round filled with unseeded but well-decorated players.

(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

Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round

Big-name matches

[Q] Emiliana Arango (COL) def [WC] Amanda Anisimova (USA) 16 64 76 (2)

[Q] Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) def [PR] Paula Badosa (ESP) 26 63 63

[PR] Naomi Osaka (JPN) def. [LL] Greet Minnen (BEL) 64 61

[Q] Maria Lourdes Carlé (ARG) def [WC] Emma Raducanu (GBR) 62 62

[Q] Sara Errani (ITA) def [WC] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 36 75 75

Wild cards and Qs

[Q] Sara Bejlek (CZE) def Anna Blinkova (RUS) 46 63 63

[Q] Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) def Magdalena Frech (POL) 75 62

[Q] Olga Danilovic (SRB) def Clara Burel (FRA) 36 76 (8) 64

[WC] Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (AND) def Zhu Lin (CHN) 64 63

[WC] Robin Montgomery (USA) def Elina Avanesyan (RUS) 62 62

[LL] Daria Saville (AUS) def [Q] Hailey Baptiste (USA) 64 76 (5)

Comebacks

Mirra Andreeva (RUS) def. Taylor Townsend (USA) 46 61 75

Magda Linette (POL) def. Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) 36 64 64

Mayar Sherif (EGY) def [PR] Lauren Davis (USA) 46 76 (4) 64

Other results (in alphabetical order)

Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) def. [Q] Varvara Gracheva (FRA) 63 63

Cristina Bucsa (ESP) def [Q] Harriet Dart (GBR) 64 64

Caroline Dolehide (USA) def. Wang Yafan (CHN) [LL] Zhuoxuan Bai (CHN) 63 63

Ashlyn Krueger (USA) def. Nao Hibino (JPN) 64 64

Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def. Yuan Yue (CHN) 62 64

[PR] Shelby Rogers (USA) def. [PR] Zhang Shuai (CHN) 63 62

Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) def [Q] Bernarda Pera (USA) 75 62

Sloane Stephens (USA) def. Martina Trevisan (ITA) 63 57 64

Donna Vekic (CRO) def. [Q] Laura Siegemund (GER) 61 62

Wang Xinyu (CHN) def. Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) 57 75 64

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