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The final weekend of the 2023 Madrid Open should have been all about celebrating champions Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka. Instead the significance of their victories was mixed in with moments of controversy. Firstly over the respective sizes of the birthday cakes given to Alcaraz and Sabalenka, and then to the “sad and unacceptable” lack of speeches after the women’s doubles final.
Coco Gauff, Ons Jabeur and Victoria Azarenka are among the top tennis players to have criticised the Madrid Open after they were denied the chance to make a speech following Sunday’s women’s doubles final. Azarenka clinched the title with partner Beatriz Haddad Maia in the Spanish capital, beating top seeds Gauff and Jessica Pegula 6-1 6-4. Ad Neither the winners nor runners-up made a speech after the women’s doubles final, unlike in the equivalent men’s match, where Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov defeated Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden 6-3 3-6 10-3.
MADRID — Carlos Alcaraz successfully defended his Madrid Open title with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 win over lucky loser Jan-Lennard Struff on Sunday, moving closer to recovering his world No. 1 ranking.
Canada's Leylah Fernandez missed out on her third women's doubles final of the season when she and American partner Taylor Townsend fell 6-4, 0-6, 10-6 to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia on Friday at the Madrid Open.
Canada's Leylah Fernandez and American partner Taylor Townsend advanced to the women's doubles semifinals at the Madrid Open with a 6-0, 7-6 (3) win over Taiwan's Hsieh Su-Wei and Czechia's Barbora Srtycova on Wednesday.
LONDON : Several Russian and Belarusian players have already signed personal declarations that will clear them to compete as neutrals at this year's Wimbledon championships, the All England Club said on Tuesday.
Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka said she struggled to understand the "hate" she encountered in the locker room amid strained relations between some players following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka said she struggled to understand the "hate" she encountered in the locker room amid strained relations between some players following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.