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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…

Terence Atmane pulled off one of the most unlikely wins of his young career in Madrid. Up against 30th seed Ugo Humbert, the Frenchman came through two brutal tie-breaks, 7-6(3), 7-6(5), after 2h16 of a wild, seesaw battle. But the scoreline alone does not tell the story of this one. By the middle of the…

Madrid, the real test for Arthur Fils There are wins that calm everyone down. Then there are the kind that harden a player, that leave a mark in the legs and the head. Arthur Fils’ victory over Ignacio Buse was firmly in the second camp. In the dry heat of Madrid, on a lively, unpredictable…

The brutal silence of a favourite The kind of news that lands without warning, like a mishit ball skidding past the baseline. Carlos Alcaraz will not defend his throne at Roland-Garros. The king of Paris clay, a two-time defending champion, has had to lock his hopes away in a brace that is invisible but very…