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Naomi Osaka and Garbine Muguruza were among leading players to be knocked out of the Madrid Open on a day of upsets. Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Osaka 6-3, 6-1 in the second round on the outdoor clay courts in the Spanish capital’s on Sunday. Four-time Grand Slam winner Osaka enjoyed six aces but had her serve broken five times by Sorribes Tormo, who had already bettered French Open runner-up Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
MADRID (AP) — Naomi Osaka and Garbiñe Muguruza were among leading players to be knocked out of the Madrid Open on a day of upsets.
Naomi Osaka has crashed out of the Madrid Open at the last-32 stage, losing to Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-3 6-1. The world No. 35 beat Osaka for the first time when the two players met at the Fed Cup Qualifiers in 2020, and it was the Spaniard who came out on top again against her Japanese opponent in their fourth meeting on the WTA tour.
evitó este domingo que lo que había sido un pleno español en primera ronda del, con cuatro tenistas de la Armada clasificadas para la segunda, se invirtiera tras las eliminaciones de Nuria Párrizas, Paula Badosa y Garbiñe Muguruza. La castellonense que, según se mire, puede que tenga menos tenis que las dos últimas, no tiene nada que envidiarles en cuanto competitividad y casta. Lo demostró con su segunda victoria consecutiva ante Naomi Osaka (6-3 y 6-1 en 1h28), ganadora de cuatro Grand Slams y ex número del mundo, a la que venció hace dos años en la Billie Jean King Cup, en la eliminatoria de clasificación para las Finales en la que España ganó a Japón sin Badosa ni Muguruza, por cierto. Sara, que ganó el pasado viernes a la 15ª del ranking, Pavlyuchenkova, alcanza por primera vez los octavos de final del torneo y se enfrentará el martes a otra rusa, Daria Kasatkina, tenista que entrena en Barcelona y que dio la sorpresa al eliminar a la cuarta favorita, la griega Maria Sakkari (3-6, 6-3 y 6-1). En 2015 la ganó con un doble rosco, aunque avanza que “será un partido muy complicado”.
Naomi Osaka passed her first clay-court test of the season with flying colours, snapping the nine-match winning streak of Anastasia Potapova with a smooth 6-3, 6-1 victory to reach the second round of the Madrid Open.
Anastasia Potapova with a smooth 6-3, 6-1 victory to reach the second round of the Madrid Open. The former world No.1, who received entry into the tournament via a wildcard, needed just 61 minutes to ease past Russia's Potapova, who was coming off a title run in Istanbul last week and won nine consecutive matches on clay coming into their showdown. "I wouldn't say it was an easy match, I feel like I just adjusted a little bit.
Iga Swiatek extended her lead as world number one on Monday after winning a fourth straight title at the weekend in Stuttgart, while Paula Badosa climbed to second place in the WTA rankings. Poland's Swiatek, who took over at the top from Ashleigh Barty after the Australian retired last month, thrashed Aryna Sabalenka in the final in Stuttgart on Sunday. Spain's Badosa moved to a career-high mark by reaching the semi-finals in Germany before losing to Sabalenka.
Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz, aged 18, on Monday became the youngest player to enter the top 10 of the ATP world rankings since his compatriot Rafael Nadal did so at the same age in 2005.