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The rest of the tennis world is in Madrid – with 48 first-round qualifying matches going on Monday.
But Aryna Sabalenka and Jelena Ostapenko are still in Stuttgart to play the singles final, with a break on Good Friday as decreed by local laws.
Both have a first-round bye at the 96-draw in Spain, so they won’t have to play until at least Thursday.
Sabalenka has played just two matches to get there, after a first-round bye and a walkover. Ostapenko picked right up where she left off after upsetting Iga Swiatek, taking care of Ekaterina Alexandrova (who had one of her giant-killer weeks – until that match).
No Canadians in the Madrid qualifying, even if Rebecca Marino and Marina Stakusic likely would have qualified by ranking. Marino is playing a $100K ITF on hard court in Japan, where she played BJK Cup 10 days ago.
(Stuttgart and Madrid are six hours ahead of EDT).
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Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Indoor Clay
Dates: April 14 – 21, 2025
Prize Money: $1,064,510
Draws: S28 – D16
Monday April 21, 2025
Order of play
Singles final (1 p.m. – 7 a.m. EDT)
[1] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) vs Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)
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Location: Madrid, Spain
Category: WTA 1000 (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: April 22 – May 4, 2025
Prize Money: €7,854,000
Draws: S96 – D32
Monday April 21, 2025
Order of play
Qualifying, first round
Arantxa Sanchez Stadium (10 a.m. start – 4 a.m. EDT)
1. [1] Anna Blinkova (RUS) vs. [WC] Neus Torner Sensano (ESP)
2. [3] Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) vs. Leyre Romero Gormaz (ESP)
3. [23] Antonia Ruzic (CRO) vs. [WC] Ariana Gerrlings (ESP)
4. [7] Arantxa Rus (NED) vs. Rebeka Masarova (SUI)
5. [2] Bernarda Pera (USA) vs. [WC] Ruth Roura Llaverias (ESP)
6. [12] Cristina Bucsa (ESEP) vs. Maja Chwalinska (POL)
Court 4
1. [4] Maya Joint (AUS) vs. Sara Errani (ITA)
2. [19] Harriet Dart (GBR) vs. Varvara Lepchenko (USA)
3. [5] Tatjana Maria (GER) vs. [WC] Tyra Caterina Grant (USA)
4. [16] Anna Bondar (HUN) vs. Sara Bejlek (CZE)
5. [15] Erika Andreva (RUS) vs. Lucrezia Stefanini (ITA)
6. [13] Laura Siegemund (GER) vs. Francesca Jones (GBR)
Court 6
1. [21] Nuria Parrizas Diaz (ESP) vs. [WC] Kaitlin Quevedo (ESP)
2. [22] Diane Parry (FRA) vs. Oksana Selekhmeteva (RUS)
3. [20] Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) vs. [PR] Mirjam Bjorklund (SWE)
4. [8] Anca Todoni (ROU) vs. Elsa Jacquemot (FRA)
5. [24] Maria Lourdes Carlé (ARG) vs. Daria Snigur (UKR)
6. [11] Olivia Gadecki (AUS) vs. Panna Udvardy (HUN)
Court 8
1. [14] Jil Teichmann (SUI) vs. [PR] Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
2. [9] Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) vs. Priscilla Hon (AUS)
3. [6] Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) vs. Jana Fett (CRO)
4. [17] Yuliia Stardubtseva (UKR) vs. Chloe Paquet (FRA)
5. [10] Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) vs [WC] Teodora Kostovic (SRB)
6. [18] Anastasia Zakharova (RUS) vs. Jule Niemeier (GER)