Madison Keys (USA) qualified for the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 Madrid Open tournament with a prize money of 8.7 million USD.
Madison Keys defeated third-seeded compatriot Cori Coco Gauff by 2-0 (7:6, 4:6, 6:4) to reach this stage of the competition for the first time in her career. She trailed 2:5 in the first set and 2:4 in the third, but was able to make a comeback to win the match in 2 hours and 30 minutes and defeat Cori Coco Gauff for the third time in five career meetings.
In the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 Madrid Open, Madison Keys will face the 8th-seeded Ons Jabeur (Tunisia), who eliminated Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) by 2-0 (6:0, 6:4)
The 4th-seeded Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) also advances to the quarterfinals for the first time in her career after defeating qualifier Sara Bejlek (Czech Republic) by 2-0 (6:1, 6:3) in 76 minutes of play. Elena Rybakina is still unbeaten this month after winning the title in Stuttgart just over a week ago.
Elena Rybakina will now face compatriot Yulia Putintseva in the quarterfinals, who eliminated the 10th-seeded Daria Kasatkina (Russia) by 2-1 (3:6, 6:2, 6:2).
No Kazakh female tennis player had reached the quarter-finals in Madrid before this year, but now Kazakhstan will have also a semi-finalist.
The Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva celebrated her 17th birthday on the court and with a victory over the 12th-seeded Jasmine Paolini (Italy) with 2-0 (7:6, 6:4).
Mirra Andreeva is the second-youngest competitor to reach the WTA 1000 quarterfinals since the format was introduced in 2009. Cori Coco Gauff played in this phase in 2021 in Dubai at the age of 16.
