From this week, the Madrid WTA 1000, one of the clay-court tournaments preparing for Roland Garros. Among the main highlights of the tournament will be the Polish Iga Swiatek, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, in addition to the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia. The tournament will be broadcast on ESPN 2 and Star+ streaming platform. Discover the main names, the key and the complete schedule of the WTA in Madrid!

WTA Madrid: main names

17 of the top 20 in the rankings will play at WTA Madrid. world number 1, Iga Swiatek emerges as the main favorite for the title in the Spanish tournament. Iga comes at the right time after winning another trophy on clay: he won the WTA in Stuttgart last week with authority.

World number 2, Aryna Sabalenka lost to Swiatek in the decision in Stuttgart, but maintained its good performance in the season. in 2024, she won the Australian Open and reached the Indian Wells final. Finalist last year, the North American Jessica Pegula is another name to follow in Madrid. Same case as Kazakh Elena Rybakinaof a good year on hard, champion of Indian Wells and vice-champion of the Australian Open and Miami.

Absences

Current champion of Madrid, the Tunisian Ons Jabeur is the main embezzlement of the tournament. She suffered a torn calf muscle in the Stuttgart semi-final, dropping out early in the game against Iga. Injured, Switzerland Belinda Bencic (11th in the ranking) and the Czech Karolina Pliskova (15th) are also confirmed absences in the Spanish capital.

Brazilian

Bia Haddad Maia (easy and Luisa Stefani (double) will represent Brazil at WTA Madrid. In her first clay-court tournament of 2023, Bia reached the quarter-finals in Stuttgart, showing good form against Rybakina, who retired from the match in the second set. Luisa, who took over the partnership alongside the Canadian Gabriela Dabrowskidid not advance beyond the quarter-finals of the same German tournament.

Madrid Key

The group consists of 96 players, with the top 32 seeds advancing directly to the second round. Swiatek makes his debut against the British Emma Raducanu or a qualifier. the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova can be the adversary in the octaves. On Wednesday, Iga can meet Rybakina or the Czech Barbora Krejcikova, two tennis players who beat her this year. In the semi, she has Pegula and the Russian Daria Kasatkina as potential adversaries.

On the other side of the key, Bia has the Canadian Leylah Fernandez or Russian Mirra Andreeva at its beginnings. In the third round, the Brazilian can face the Pole Magda Linette, Australian Open semi-finalist. In the round of 16, she has a chance to face Sabalenka. The Belarusian will make his debut against the Romanian Sorana Cirstea. Who advances in this quadrant, can play against the French Caroline Garcia or Czech Petra Kvitova Wednesday. In front, names like that of the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko and North America coconut bong would come in the semi-finals.

WTA Madrid: schedule and how to watch

WTA Madrid will air daily on ESPN 2 and Star+ streaming platform, starting at 6 a.m. Brasília time. The tournament takes place from April 25 to May 6 at Caja Mágica, Madrid, Spain. Check out the full schedule:

25/04, Tuesday – First round

26/4, Wednesday – First Round

27/4, Thursday – 2nd round

28/4, Friday – 2nd round

29/4, Saturday – Third Round

30/04, Sunday – Third Round

01/5, Monday – Round of 16

02/5, Tuesday – Round of 16

03/5, Wednesday – Quarter-finals

04/5, Thursday – Semi-finals

06/5, Saturday – Final