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With so many players already eliminated, and so many players who couldn’t get in in the first place, there are playing ops at (nearly) the WTA Tour level in this second week of Madrid.

WTA 125s in Saint-Malo and Lleida, Spain help fill out the calendar.

Iga Swiatek may have a pesky one in Madrid, against the relentless Sara Sorribes Tormo. But the world No. 1 should have too much for her. (Editor’s note: she had WAYYYYYYYYY too much for her).

ATP Madrid – Monday, April 29, 2024 final results

(Madrid, Saint-Malo and Lleida are 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 29, 2024
Final results

Singles, fourth round

Upsets

[18] Madison Keys (USA) def [3] Coco Gauff (USA) 76 (4) 46 64

[11] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) def [5] Maria Sakkari (GRE) 64 64

Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def [10] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 36 62 62

Mirra Andreeva (RUS) def [12] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 76 (2) 64

Seeds scuffling

[2] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) def [13] Danielle Collins (USA) 46 64 63

Seeds advancing

[1] Iga Swiatek (POL) def. Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) 61 60

[4] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def [Q] Sara Bejlek (CZE) 61 63

[8] Ons Jabeur (TUN) def. [9] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 60 64

Doubles, second round

Wang Xinyu / Zheng Saisai (CHN) def [3] Demi Schuurs (NED) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) 76 (4) 26 [10-5]

[1] Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) / Elise Mertens (BEL) def. Heather Watson (GBR) / Xu Yifan (CHN) 62 64

[6] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) / Laura Siegemund (GER) def. Mirra Andreeva / Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 64 62

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L’Open 35 de Saint-Malo
Location: Saint-Malo, France
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Category: WTA 125
Dates: April 29 – May 5, 2024
Prize money: $115,000
Draws: S32 – D16

Monday, April 29, 2024
Final results

Singles, first round

[WC] Lois Boisson (FRA) def [4/WC] Varvara Gracheva (FRA) 64 75

[1] Clara Burel (FRA) def. Elsa Jacquemot (FRA) 63 63

[7] Katie Volynets (USA) def. Olivia Gadecki (AUS) 64 61

Fiona Ferro (FRA) def Lauren Davis (USA) 61 62

Céline Naef (SUI) def Anastasia Zakharova (RUS) 62 61

Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) def Katarzyna Kawa (POL) 76 (4) 46 64

Qualifying, final round

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

Astrid Lew Yan Foon (FRA) def [8] Emma Lene (FRA) 62 63 ([8] Alizé Cornet)

[2] Iryna Shymanovich (RUS) def Diana Martynov (FRA) 62 75 (Anastasia Tikhonova)

[1] Solana Sierra (ARG) def [5] Margaux Rouvroy (FRA) 63 76 (5) ([Q] Eden Silva)

[7] Eden Silva (GBR) def. Bibiane Schoofs (NED) 46 63 76 (5) ([Q] Solana Sierra)

Doubles, first round (cancelled)

~~Amina Anshba (RUS) / Anastasia Detiuc (CZE) vs. Emma Lene / Manon Leonard (FRA)~~

~~Estelle Cascino / Carole Monnet (FRA) vs. Eleejah Inisan / Diana Martynov (FRA)~~

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Catalonia Open WTA 125
Location: Lleida, Spain
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Category: WTA 125
Dates: April 30 – May 5, 2024
Prize money: $115,000
Draws: S32 – D16

Monday, April 29, 2024
Final results
Singles qualifying

All matches cancelled

[1] Despina Papamichail (GRE) vs. [WC] Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers (ESP)
[2] Mirjam Bjorklund (SWE) vs. Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (AND)
[3] Francesca Curmi (MLT) vs. Anna Siskova (CZE)
[4] Martha Matoula (GRE) vs. [WC] Martina Genis Salas (ESP)