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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.
Rybakina squeaked through, while Gauff was impressive – zero double faults for the first time in quite awhile.
As well, top Canadian Victoria Mboko made her 2026 clay-court debut, facing talented American Caty McNally, an all-court player. It didn’t go well.
(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
Final results
Singles, second round
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Canadian Content
Caty McNally (USA) def [10] Victoria Mboko (CAN) 64 61
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Upsets
Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) def [27] Cristina Bucsa (ESP) 61 67 (4) 62
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) def [33] Maria Sakkari (GRE) 64 76 (6)
Solana Sierra (ARG) def [34] Magdalena Frech (POL) 62 64
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Seeds scuffling
[2] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) 46 63 75
[32] Zheng Qinwen (CHN) def Sofia Kenin (USA) 16 63 63
Seeds advancing
[3] Coco Gauff (USA) def [Q] Léolia Jeanjean (FRA) 63 60
[5] Jessica Pegula (USA) def Katie Boulter (GBR) 64 64
[13] Linda Noskova (CZE) def [WC] Emiliana Arango (COL) 63 62
[19] Elise Mertens (BEL) def Alexandra Eala (PHI) 62 61
[20] Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) def Janice Tjen (INA) 62 61
[21] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def [Q] Simona Waltert (SUI) 62 75
[25] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) def [Q] Tyra Caterina Grant (ITA) 62 76 (5)
[26] Marta Kostyuk (UKR) def Yulia Putintsva (KAZ) 61 63
Withdrawals
[16] Madison Keys (USA) [LL] Anastasia Potapova (RUS) def Zhang Shuai (CHN) 63 61
Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def [17] Clara Tauson (DEN) [LL] Anna Blinkova (RUS) 62 62
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