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No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka and No. 4 Elena Rybakina got the Manolo Santana stadium slots Sunday, as they looked for spots in the round of 16. Rybakina rolled; Sabalenka had everything she could handle with young American lefty Robin Montgomery.

An all-American dubs clash between the pickup team of Gauff and Townsend (in on a wild card after Jessica Pegula withdrew from Madrid) and Miami Open champs Mattek-Sands and Kenin could certainly feature some Olympics-bound players. And it was a barnburner.

There are still eight days to go in the event, but the number of matches is already significant cut down.

(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

Sunday, April 28, 2024
Final results

Upsets

Mirra Andreeva (RUS) def [7] Marketa Vondrusova (CZE) 75 61

Seeds scuffling through

[2] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) def. [WC] Robin Montgomery (USA) 61 67 (5) 64

[10] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) def. [20] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 76 (5) 75

[13] Danielle Collins (USA) def [Q] Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) 36 64 61

Seeds rolling  

[4] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def. Mayar Sherif (EGY) 61 64

[12] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) def. [21] Caroline Garcia (FRA) 63 62

Other results

[Q] Sara Bejlek (CZE) def Ashlyn Krueger (USA) 63 61

Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def Caroline Dolehide (USA) 62 62

Doubles, second round

[4/WC] Coco Gauff / Taylor Townsend (USA) def Sofia Kenin / Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 62 46 [10-8]

[7] Caroline Dolehide / Desirae Krawczyk (USA) def Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) / Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 63 67 (3) [10-8]

[8] Cristina Bucsa / Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) def. Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 76 (6) 61

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Anastasia Potapova (RUS) def Miyu Kato (JPN) / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) 64 61

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