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Sinner crushes Zverev in Madrid and makes history with five straight Masters 1000 titles 58 minutes. That is all Jannik Sinner needed to dispatch Alexander Zverev in the Madrid Masters 1000 final on Sunday (6-1, 6-2). It was a cold, almost clinical display on a clay court that had not exactly been his best friend…

Arthur Fils reaches the Madrid semi-finals, with Sinner waiting in the wings Arthur Fils got his payback. A month after Jiri Lehecka had knocked him out in Miami in his first Masters 1000 semi-final, the Frenchman came through in style this time, beating the Czech 6-3, 6-4 in Madrid on Wednesday without ever really looking…

The Madrid Masters 1000 serves up a packed Wednesday at the Manolo Santana Stadium, with four big matchups on the slate. The session begins at 13:00 with Karolina Pliskova against Anastasia Potapova, before the highly anticipated quarter-final between Jannik Sinner and Rafael Jodar, scheduled for no earlier than 16:00. Then comes Marta Kostyuk versus Linda…

Flavio Cobolli pulled off one of the biggest wins of his career in Madrid. Up against Daniil Medvedev in the last 16, the Italian came through in three sets, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, to reach his first-ever Masters 1000 quarter-final at 23. The scoreline tells you plenty. But the bigger story is the moment itself: Cobolli…

Arthur Fils keeps getting better by the week on the clay in Madrid. Up against Tomás Martín Etcheverry, one of the steadiest players on the early clay swing, the Frenchman produced a near-complete performance to win in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4, in 1h29. It was clean, composed, and never remotely panicked, and it takes him…

Rafael Jodar is no longer just Madrid’s feel-good story. He’s becoming a real talking point on the tour. After beating Alex de Minaur and then Joao Fonseca, the 19-year-old Spaniard has reached the last 16 of the Madrid Masters 1000, where he now faces Vit Kopriva. His run has already caught the eye of Daniil…

Arthur Fils keeps growing into this 2026 season. By reaching the last 16 in Madrid after beating Emilio Nava, the Frenchman has now hit 20 wins for the year on the main tour. At this stage of the season, only Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev have done better among the names around him.…

Casper Ruud wasted no time putting things right. In his opening match at the Madrid Masters 1000, the Norwegian produced a statement performance against Jaume Munar, swatting him aside 6-0, 6-1 in just 1h05. It was a clean, commanding win, and one that meant far more than a simple place in the third round. After…

Grigor Dimitrov has reached that point. At 34, the former world No. 3 is heading to the Challengers in Aix-en-Provence and Bordeaux in an effort to put some order into a season that has completely slipped away from him. On paper, seeing a player of his standing drop to this level is striking enough. In…