On April 29, Beijing time, the top 16 of the 2024 WTA1000 Madrid station were all released! The four 1000 champions of the new season: Doha, Indian Wells champion Swiatek, Dubai champion Bolini, and Miami champion Collins all successfully broke through, of course, Australian Open champion Sabalenka and last WTA 500 Stuttgart champion Rybakina also advanced. The top 8 battle starts tonight.
Following the third round of the first half, the second half of the zone also ushered in the third round of competition last night, with Rybakina, Belek, Putintseva, Kasatkina, Andreyeva, Bolini, Collins and Sabalenka successfully advancing to the round of 16. The tournament's No. 7 seed Vondrousova was knocked out of the tournament.
Rybakina
Fourth seed Rybakina comfortably defeated Sheriff 6-1, 6-4 to advance to the round of 16 with six straight singles wins, having won 14 straight matches on the clay circuit in Rome last year.
The 18-year-old Czech youngster Belek, who had made it through from qualifying, defeated Kruger 6-3, 6-1 to reach the round of 16 of the 1000 tournament for the first time in his career. Next, she will face Rybakina for the quarterfinals
Kazakhstan's Putintseva swept Dorheid 6-2?6-2 in the third round after knocking out No.6 seed Zheng Qinwen in the last round to secure a place in the round of 16.
No.10 seed Kasatkina avenged her defeat in Doha in two sets 7-6(5), 7-5 to avenge her defeat in Doha and advance to the round of 16 against Putintseva
Russia's Mila Andreeva defeated seventh seed Vondrousova 7-5, 6-1 just before her 17th birthday to beat the world's top 10 for the second time in her career.
No.12 seed Paulini avenged her defeat in the Union Cup at the beginning of the year with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over No.21 seed Garcia. Next, she will face Mila Andreeva for a place in the quarterfinals
Defending champion and tournament second seed Sabalenka struggled again, but defeated wildcard Montgomery 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-4 to make it eight straight wins and advance to the round of 16.
The tournament's No. 13 seed Collins of the United States defeated qualifier Christian 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 to reach the round of 16 for the first time with a wave of 15 straight wins. Next, she will face defending champion Sabalenka
At this point, the top 16 players of the first clay 1000 series of the new season have all been released, and the big seeds except for Zheng Qinwen and Vondrousova are out, and the rest are in the drawing table, and the game will be even more exciting. The quarterfinals are in full swing today, and the specific matchups are as follows:
Jabeur v Ostapenko (17:00)
Sakkari vs Maya (17:00)
Swiatek vs. Tomo (18:15)
Borini vs Andreeva (20:20)
Gauff vs Keys (22:00)
Putintseva vs Kasatkina (22:55)
Rybakina vs Belek (23:15)
Sabalenka vs Collins (03:20)