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Leylah Fernandez, fresh from an excellent win over rising teenager Iva Jovic, is looking for a quarterfinal spot and has a friendly draw.
Instead of Iga Swiatek, who was so under the weather Saturday that she had to retire, she gets No. 31 seed Ann Li. That’s a golden opportunity.
Also not to be missed: Sabalenka v Osaka, and Gauff vs. Noskova.
(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 21 – May 3, 2026
Prize Money: $8,235,540
Draws: S96 – D32
Monday, April 27, 2026
Order of play
Singles, fourth round
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Manolo Santana Stadium (11 a.m. start – 5 a.m. EDT)
2. [1] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) vs. [14] Naomi Osaka (JPN) (not before 1 p.m.)
3. [3] Coco Gauff (USA) vs [13] Linda Noskova (CZE) (not before 4 p.m.)
5. [2] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) OR [32] Zheng Qinwen (CHN) vs [21] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) vs. [LL] Anastasia Potapova (RUS) (not before 9 p.m.)
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Arantxa Sanchez Stadium
1. [11] Belinda Bencic (SUI) vs. [30] Hailey Baptiste (USA)
4. [26] Marta Kostyuk (UKR) vs Caty McNally (USA) (not before 7 p.m.)
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Stadium 3
2. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) vs Solana Sierra (ARG) (not before 1 p.m.)
3. [9] Mirra Andreeva (RUS) vs. Anna Bondar (HUN) (not before 3 p.m.)
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