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Five matches on a court is a lot – especially in the second week of these 1000s when the seeds meet and the competitive, presumably, is tighter.

But as long as it took on the main stadium, Rafael Nadal was fine with it – hoping to suck up every moment of rest after a three-hour match, as he turned it around in 24 hours. In the end, he just didn’t have enough, and Jiri Lehecka had too much, on an emotional night where the only dry eyes in the house were from the man being celebrated.

On the second stadium, Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime had his most impressive win in … well, a long time as he sent Casper Ruud packing in straight sets.

Oh – and the doubles finally started today! All 16 matches on the docket. A lot of upsets of top seeds.

WTA Tour – Tuesday, April 30, 2024 final results

(Madrid is 6 hours ahead of EDT)

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Mutua Madrid Open
Location: Madrid, Spain
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Category: ATP 1000 (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Dates: April 24 – May 5, 2024
Prize money: €9,249,713
Draws: S96 – D32

Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Final results

Singles, fourth round

Canadian content

Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) def [5] Casper Ruud (NOR) 64 75

Notables

[31] Jiri Lehecka (CZE) def [PR] Rafael Nadal (ESP) 75 64

Upsets

[21] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) def [4] Alexander Zverev (GER) 63 64

[12] Taylor Fritz (USA) def [8] Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 76 (2) 64

Seeds scuffling

[1] Jannik Sinner (ITA) def [16] Karen Khachanov (RUS) 57 63 63

[2] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) def. [23] Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 63 67 (5) 76 (4)

Seeds advancing

[3] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) def. [17] Alexander Bublik (KAZ) 76 (3) 64

[7] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def. [24] Tallon Griekspoor (NED) 62 64

Doubles, first round

Canadian content

[11] Jamie Murray (GBR) / Michael Venus (NZL) def. [PR] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) / Alexander Bublik (KAZ) 63 62

Upsets

Sebastian Korda (USA) / Jordan Thompson (AUS) def [1] Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Matthew Ebden (AUS) 76 (4) 75

Benjamin Hassan (GER) / Abdullah Shelbayh (JOR) def [4] Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Austin Krajicek (USA) 62 76 (6)

Aslan Karatsev (RUS) / Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) def [5] Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 46 75 [10-3]

[WC] Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) / Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) def [8] Marcelo Melo (BRA) / Rajeev Ram (USA) 46 63 [10-8]

Ariel Behar (URU) / Adam Pavlasek (CZE) def [10] Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) / Mate Pavic (CRO) 46 62 [12-10]

Seeds advancing

[2] Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) def. Wesley Koolhof / Tallon Griekspoor (NED) 63 76 (6)

[3] Joe Salisbury / Neal Skupski (GBR) def. [WC] Nicolas Mahut / Albano Olivetti (FRA) 64 64

[6] Kevin Krawietz / Tim Puetz (GER) def. [PR] Robin Haase (NED) / Fabrice Martin (FRA) 62 62

[7] Hugo Nys (MON) / Jan Zielinski (POL) def. ~~Taylor Fritz / Ben Shelton (USA)~~ [ALT] Denys Molchanov (UKR) / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 63 64

[9] Sander Gille / Joran Vliegen (BEL) def. [WC] Petros Tsitsipas / Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 76 (3) 61

[12] Simone Bolelli / Andrea Vavassori (ITA) def. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) / Tommy Paul (USA) 62 76 (5)

[13] Andres Molteni (ARG) / John Peers (AUS) def. Nicolas Barrientos (COL) / Andreas Mies (GER) 63 67 (6) [10-5]

[14] Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) def. Alexei Popyrin / Alex de Minaur (AUS) 64 67 (10) [11-9]

[15] Nathaniel Lammons / Jackson Withrow (USA) def. (ARG) Pedro Cachin / Pavel Kotov (RUS) 64 64

[16] Sadio Doumbia / Fabien Reboul (FRA) def. Flavio Cobolli (ITA) / Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 62 63