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A surprise, a loss for the tournament in the wake of a loss by Carlos Alcaraz – and another great break for Félix Auger-Aliassime in Madrid.

The Canadian advanced to the semifinals after Jannik Sinner, the No. 1 seed, withdrew Wednesday because of what he said was a worsening hip issue.

With his “home” Masters 1000 coming up next in Rome, it would make even less sense to jeopardize that if the situation was not improving.

As a result, though, the sked was pretty thin in Madrid, with two doubles matches substituting in for that first singles quarterfinal. Even more after Daniil Medvedev retired after losing the first set in the only other singles match.

(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

Thursday, May 2, 2024
Final results

Singles, quarterfinals

Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) def. [1] Jannik Sinner (ITA) WALKOVER

[30] Jiri Lehecka (CZE) def. [3] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 64 retd

Doubles, quarterfinals

Sebastian Korda (USA) / Jordan Thompson (AUS) def [12] Simone Bolelli  / Andrea Vavassori (ITA) 76 (5) 64

Ariel Behar (URU) / Adam Pavlasek (CZE) def [15] Nathaniel Lammons  / Jackson Withrow (USA) 63 46 [10-6]

[11] Jamie Murray (GBR) / Michael Venus (NZL) def [16] Sadio Doumbia / Fabien Reboul (FRA) 06 64 [10-2]

[2] Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) def [7] Hugo Nys (MON) /Jan Zielinski (POL) 46 62 [16-14]

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