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Rafa Nadal atendió a los medios de comunicación durante el 'Media Day' del, cuyo torneo masculino arranca hoy mismo. El balear, que, vuelve a la competición tras seis semanas apartado por una lesión costal. Sin apenas haber podido entrenar, Nadal no llega a Madrid con muchas expectativas, y prioriza seguir recuperando sensaciones para llegar en el mejor estado de forma posible a Roland Garros.
La historia de en el no despega. Su octava participación en el torneo acabó antes de los octavos de final, la ronda más alta que ha logrado alcanzar la española en la capital de España. Anhelina Kalinina, una rival a la que apenas conocía, la apeó de manera contundente: 6-3 y 6-0 en 81 minutos.
Emma Raducanu rallied back from 2-5 down in the first set before switching gears to post a 7-6 (7/3), 6-0 result against Czech Republic's Tereza Martincova and set up an intriguing second round with fellow 19-year-old Marta Kostyuk. Playing just her second ever tour-level tournament on clay, the British No.9 seed converted all four break point opportunities she created and saved six of seven break points on her own serve on her way to the 96-minute win - her second success over Martincova in two weeks. "I was definitely just getting adjusted to the courts and the surroundings," Raducanu said of the opening set.
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.
Swiatek seamlessly establish herself as the new world number one with a 23-match winning run, the Pole's sports psychologist Daria Abramowicz told Reuters. Swiatek went from being a largely unknown 19-year-old, ranked 54th in the world, to acquiring celebrity status after winning a maiden Grand Slam title at the 2020 French Open.
Iga Swiatek has made absolutely no secret of her Rafael Nadal fandom. She stuck around in Melbourne earlier this year to watch him win the Australian Open. She has admitted she cried when he lost to Novak Djokovic at the French Open last year.