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Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev advance to Madrid finalTop-seeded Jannik Sinner recorded his 22nd consecutive victory and second-seeded Alexander Zverev also won his semifinal match on Friday to set up a top-flight title-match pairing at the Mutua Madrid Open.,Sinner cruised to a 6-2, 6-4 victory over No. 21 Arthur Fils of France in his semi to reach th...

Alexander Blockx stuns Casper Ruud to reach Madrid semisAlexander Blockx won 84.8% (28 of 33) of his first-serve points and stormed his way to a 6-4, 6-4 upset of defending champion Casper Ruud on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Madrid Open.,Blockx, 21, from Belgium, needed just 96 minutes to dispose of Ruud, the No. 12 seed from Norway. Ranked N...

Jannik Sinner's win streak reaches 20 as he cruises to Madrid QFsWorld No. 1 Jannik Sinner continued his quest to become the first player to win five consecutive ATP Masters 1000 tournaments by besting Great Britain's Cameron Norrie 6-2, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open on Tuesday.,With an early 11 a.m. start time for the match, the Italian ...

Dino Prizmic halts Ben Shelton's win streak in Madrid upset

Croatian qualifier Dino Prizmic earned his first career top-10 win, toppling No. 4 seed Ben Shelton 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5) in a marathon three-hour match to reach the third round of the Madrid Open on Friday.,Prizmic, 20, was excellent on his serve, winning 70.6% of his service points (77 of 109) and...

Rafael Jodar continues ATP poll climb with win in Madrid debut

Building on his recent ATP poll ascent, Madrid native Rafael Jodar battled back from one set down to knock out Jesper De Jong of the Netherlands 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 on Wednesday in a 2-hour, 32-minute first-round clash at the Mutua Madrid Open.,The 19-year-old began the year ranked 168th, but has skyrocke...

Daria Snigur wins marathon 3rd-set tiebreaker in clay debut at Madrid

In the first tour-level clay-court match of her career, Ukraine's Daria Snigur came away with a thrilling 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (13) victory over Australia's Daria Kasatkina in first-round action of the Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday.,Snigur, ranked 98th in the world, saved four match points before winning t...

Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic withdraw from Madrid Open

World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz and No. 4 Novak Djokovic both withdrew Friday from next week's Madrid Open because of injuries.,Alcaraz is dealing with a right wrist injury that forced the 22-year-old Spaniard to pull out of the Barcelona Open on Wednesday before his second-round match.,Djokovic is bothe...

Carlos Alcaraz (wrist) withdraws from Madrid Open

World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz announced Friday that his wrist injury will keep him out of next week's Madrid Open.,Following tests on his right wrist, the 22-year-old Spaniard pulled out of the Barcelona Open on Wednesday prior to his second-round match.,Alcaraz, who could have regained the No. 1 ranki...