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Only three of the eight “on-paper” meetings between seeds actually came to pass in the top half.
But one of those that did, No. 10 Rybakina v No. 17 Svitolina, looked to be a pretty intriguing matchup. The difference between Rybakina beating Andreescu and Rybakina losing to Svitolina was more the quality of play of her opponent than any difference in her own play.
Unseeded Maria Sakkari, who won back-to-back matches for the first time in eons, absolutely rolled over No. 6 seed Jasmine Paolini.
(Madrid is six hours ahead of EDT).
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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
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Final results
Upsets
Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) def [3] Jessica Pegula (USA) 63 62
Maria Sakkari (GRE) def [6] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 62 61
[17] Elina Svitolina (UKR) def. [10] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 63 64
[21] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) def. [14] Daria Kasatkina (AUS) 63 76 (3)
Anastasia Potapova (RUS) def [32] Sofia Kenin (USA) 36 64 76 (6)
Seeds advancing, with difficulty
[1] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) def. [28] Elise Mertens (BEL) 36 62 61
[24] Marta Kostyuk (UKR) def Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 60 46 64
Other results
Peyton Stearns (USA) def [Q] Rebeka Masarova (SUI) 62 60
Doubles, second round
Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) / Elise Mertens (BEL) def [2] Sara Errani / Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 61 63
Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) / Laura Siegemund (GER) def [5] Mirra Andreeva / Diana Shnaider (RUS) 06 76 (4) [0-8]
Linda Noskova (CZE) / Clara Tauson (DEN) def [6] Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Irina Khromacheva (RUS) 36 64 [10-7]
[3] Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def. Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) / Xu Yifan (CHN) 61 76 (5)
[8] Sofia Kenin (USA) / Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) def [WC] Madison Keys (USA) / Maria Sakkari (GRE) 63 64
[WC] Coco Gauff / Robin Montgomery (USA) def Storm Hunter / Ellen Perez (AUS) 64 63