In the early morning of May 4, Beijing time, the third round of the WTA1000 Madrid station began to compete, and the No. 9 seed Raducano met with the world's 37th-ranked Karenina. After three sets of fierce matches, Karenina eliminated Radukanu 2-1 and eliminated the Grand Slam champion in three consecutive rounds, successfully reaching the quarterfinals of the tournament.
Raducano was broken by the opponent in the first set, and Karenina broke Radukanu's serve again in the 7th set to lead 5-2 to win the set. In the 8th set, Karenina successfully cashed in the third set and won the first set 6-2.
Raducannu broke in the second set to take a 2-0 lead in the opening. In the 3rd and 4th innings, the two broke each other's serves, and Raducannu led 3-1. Raducannu broke again in the 8th set to win the second set 6-2.
In the decider Raducano was broken in the 3rd set, she saved two break points in the 5th set and struggled to save the serve, followed by Raducannu broke to 3-3 in the 6th set. In the 9th set Karenina completed a key break and came to win the game 5-4. In the 10th set, Karenina defused the break point to save serve and win the decider 6-4.
In a match that took 2 hours and 19 minutes, World No. 37 Karenina defeated 9th seed Raducano 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals of Madrid. Her opponent in the next round will be Taichman, who lost only four sets to sweep 16th seed Lebakina. Radukanu is sadly out, and she is only one step away from the first world top ten of her career.