On April 28, the third round of the women's singles in WTA1000 Madrid was fully opened, and all the matches in the first half of the tournament were over, and the top 16 were released. Grand Slam champions Azarenka and Stephens were out, and the seeded players won all the games, and seven seeded players advanced, including five in the top 10 in the world.
- 2 Grand Slam champions are out
Grand Slam champion Azarenka's third-round opponent is Spain's Sorives, who were unanimously favored before the match. The first set became the key to this match, Azarenka lost 0-7 in the tie-break, lost 3-6 in the second set, and went out 0-2 to miss the third round.
Grand Slam champion Stephens faced No. 5 seed Sakkari in the third round. Sakkari has been on a hot streak of late, overpowering Stephens across the board to win comfortably 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the round of 16.
- The seeded players exploded
World No.1 Swiatek once again showed her dominance on clay, losing just two games to comfortably beat Kostia 6-1 in two games to advance strongly. The world's No. 3 Gauff, the Ukrainian genius Yastremska, who rose this year, Gauff was also in hot form, easily advancing 6-4, 6-1 and advancing to the round of 16.
Eighth seed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar bounced on his recent slump to beat top player Fernandes 2-1 to advance to the quarter-finals. No.9 seed Ostapenko defeated Calle 6-3 in two to advance.
The other two quarter-finalists are Maya and Case. Maya defeated American star Navarro 6-4 in two games to narrowly advance. Case, on the other hand, was in great form, dropping only five games to defeat Samsonova 6-2, 6-3 and advance to the round of 16.
In the 1/8 finals, Swiatek vs Soreves, Maya vs Sakkari, Gauff vs Case, Ostapenko vs Jabbar. In these four matches, Swiatek, Sakkari and Gauff have little suspense to win, and Ostapenko and Jabbar will have more suspense in the match, with 55 wins.