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The seeds in the bottom half of the draw get going – and that includes Stuttgart champion Elena Rybakina and top American Coco Gauff, still trying to find her footing on the dirt.
As well, top Canadian Victoria Mboko makes her 2026 clay-court debut, facing talented American Caty McNally, an all-court player.
(Madrid is six hours ahead of EDT)
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Mutua Madrid Open
Location: Madrid, Spain
Category: WTA 1000 (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: April 21 – May 3, 2026
Prize Money: $8,235,540
Draws: S96 – D32
Friday, April 24, 2026
Results
Singles, second round
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Manolo Santana Stadium
1. [32] Zheng Qinwen (CHN) def Sofia Kenin (USA) 16 63 63
2. [2] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) 46 63 75
5. [5] Jessica Pegula (USA) vs. Katie Boulter (GBR) (not before 9 p.m.)
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Arantxa Sanchez Stadium
3. [3] Coco Gauff (USA) def [Q] Léolia Jeanjean (FRA) 63 60
4. Caty McNally (USA) def [10] Victoria Mboko (CAN) 64 61
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Stadium 3
1. [16] Madison Keys (USA) [LL] Anastasia Potapova (RUS) def Zhang Shuai (CHN) 63 61
2. Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) def [27] Cristina Bucsa (ESP) 61 67 (4) 62
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Court 5
1. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) def [33] Maria Sakkari (GRE) 64 76 (6)
2. [19] Elise Mertens (BEL) def Alexandra Eala (PHI) 62 61
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Court 6
3. [21] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def [Q] Simona Waltert (SUI) 62 75
4. [26] Marta Kostyuk (UKR) def Yulia Putintsva (KAZ) 61 63
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Court 7
3. [13] Linda Noskova (CZE) def [WC] Emiliana Arango (COL) 63 62
4. Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def [17] Clara Tauson (DEN) [LL] Anna Blinkova (RUS) 62 62
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Court 8
1. Solana Sierra (ARG) def [34] Magdalena Frech (POL) 62 64
2. [20] Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) def Janice Tjen (INA) 62 61
3. [25] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) def [Q] Tyra Caterina Grant (ITA) 62 76 (5)
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