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Bengals, Falcons to square off in 2026 Madrid game
The Atlanta Falcons will face the Cincinnati Bengals when the NFL plays its second regular-season game in Madrid, Spain, on Nov. 8 at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, the league announced on Tuesday.,The NFL also played a game at the 70-year home of soccer power Real Madrid last November, when the Washing...
Jannik Sinner wins Madrid, shatters record for consecutive ATP Masters 1000 titles
Jannik Sinner became the first player to capture five straight ATP Masters 1000 titles when he breezed past Germany's Alexander Zverev 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday in the Mutua Madrid Open final.,The 24-year-old Italian, who ranks No. 1 in the world, started his unprecedented streak in France by winning the P...
Mirra Andreeva, Marta Kostyuk to square off in Madrid Open final
Mirra Andreeva of Russia will meet Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine in the Madrid Open final after they pulled out semifinal victories Thursday.,Andreeva, the ninth seed, fought past No. 30 seed Hailey Baptiste 6-4, 7-6 (8). No. 26 seed Kostyuk needed three sets to vanquish Austria's Anastasia Potapova 6-2,...
Torrid Jannik Sinner, Arthur Fils move on in Madrid
Top-seeded Jannik Sinner saved all seven break points he faced and stretched his winning streak to 21 matches by taking down Rafael Jodar 6-2, 7-6 (0) on Wednesday to advance to the semifinals of the Mutua Madrid Open.,Sinner stroked 28 winners against 12 unforced errors while winning the quarterfin...
Anastasia Potapova upsets former World No. 1 Karolina Pliskova in Madrid
Unseeded Anastasia Potapova of Austria continued her impressive run at the Madrid Open on Tuesday, taking down former World No. 1 Karolina Pliskova of Czechia 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-3, to become the first lucky loser to reach a WTA 1000 semifinal.,Potapova, who lost in qualifying last week, will face No. 2...
Hailey Baptiste saves six match points to stun Aryna Sabalenka in Madrid
Hailey Baptiste upset World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and did so in dramatic fashion, saving six match points en route to a 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6) victory in the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open on Tuesday.,The 30th-seeded Baptiste earned the first top-five victory of her young career by handing Sabalenka on...
Elena Rybakina, Coco Gauff sent packing in Madrid Round of 16
Unseeded Austrian Anastasia Potapova surprised No. 2 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan and won a 7-6 (8), 6-4 battle in the Round of 16 at the Madrid Open on Monday.,Two of the top three seeds were shown the exit door, as Czech 13th seed Linda Noskova defeated No. 3 seed Coco Gauff 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5)...
Alexander Blockx latest youngster to knock off high seed in Madrid
Alexander Blockx of Belgium was the latest player to secure his first career top-10 victory when he upset Canadian third seed Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Monday in the third round of the Madrid Open.,Blockx, 21, reached the Round of 16 for the second straight ATP Masters 1000 event after f...
Jannik Sinner, 19-year old Spaniard Rafael Jodar advance in Madrid
Spanish tennis fans got a glimpse of the future on Sunday as 19-year-old wild-card entry Rafael Jodar of Spain defeated Brazilian phenom Joao Fonseca, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-1, before a roaring crowd at the Madrid Open.,Two days ago, Jodar recorded first top-10 victory, knocking off Australian Alex de Mina...
Coco Gauff battles illness, tough opponent, but advances in Madrid
Coco Gauff is not the retiring type.,The third-seed in the WTA's Madrid Open became another player this week to struggle during a match due to illness and fell behind Sorana Cirstea by a set and a break on Sunday.,The two-time Grand Slam champion vomited as discreetly as possible outside the court a...
Aryna Sabalenka improves to 25-1; advances to 4th round in Madrid
Top-seeded Aryna Sabaleka improved to 25-1 in 2026 and moved into the fourth round of the Madrid Open on Saturday with a routine 6-1, 6-4 victory over 29th-seeded Jaqueline Cristian of Romania.,Sabalenka has moved seamlessly onto the clay after a dominant early hard court season. The Belarussian cap...
Alexander Zverev holds strong to remain perfect in Madrid openers
Second-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany maintained his composure to nab a three-set win to keep up his perfect record in opening round matches at the Mutua Madrid Open by taking down Argentina's Mariano Navone 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 on Saturday.,The two-time Madrid Open winner improved to 9-0 in his first ...
Iga Swiatek withdraws from Madrid with illness
Iga Swiatek withdrew from the Mutua Madrid Open after suffering from an illness in her round-of-32 match against Ann Li on Saturday.,The No. 4 seed Swiatek lost the first set to the No. 31 seed Li but jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second set, winning 16 of 21 points on the way to winning that set ...
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...
Caty McNally beats Victoria Mboko in Madrid for 1st top-10 win
Caty McNally recorded the first top-10 victory of her career when she scored a 6-4, 6-1 triumph over No. 10 Victoria Mboko on Friday in the second round of the Madrid Open.,McNally needed just 79 minutes to land her first win in nine attempts against top-10 opponents. ,"I feel like I've been knockin...
Qualifier Adolfo Daniel Vallejo stuns Grigor Dimitrov in Madrid
Qualifier Adolfo Daniel Vallejo of Paraguay won in his ATP Masters 1000 debut as he set aside Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the second round of the Madrid Open.,Vallejo, 21, is just the second Paraguayan to register a Masters 1000 win since the series began in 1990. The other was Ram...
Anna Bondar upends Elina Svitolina in Madrid
Hungary's Anna Bondar delivered a 6-3, 6-4 upset of No. 7 seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday.,It was the first career top-10 win for Bondar, who advanced to face Czech teenager Laura Samson in the third round of the WTA 1000 clay-court tournament...
Peyton Stearns earns chance to face 3-time Madrid champ
Peyton Stearns defeated France's Lois Boisson 6-1, 6-3 in 65 minutes as first-round action got underway Tuesday at the Mutua Madrid Open.,Stearns' reward is a matchup with defending champ and No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, a three-time winner of the WTA 1000 clay-court tournament in the Span...
Jack Draper (knee) withdraws from Madrid and Rome
Britain's Jack Draper withdrew Monday from this week's tournament in Madrid and next month's event in Rome due to a knee injury.,Draper, 24, did not play in Monte Carlo earlier this month and was forced to retire in the third set of his first-round match at Barcelona last week.,"An aggravated tendon...
Falcons ticketed for Madrid in 2026
The Atlanta Falcons are ticketed for a regular-season game in Madrid this season. ,Atlanta will learn a date and opponent for the game in May when the NFL releases the full schedule for the 2026 season. The site is known after the league extended an agreement with Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu Sta...