Former world number one Naomi Osaka and Andy Murray, four and three -time winners of a Grand Slam tournament, respectively, will play in the Mutua Madrid Open thanks to the invitations they received from the tournament organization, to play in Caja. Magic of the capital from April 26 to May 8.
For British Murray, double champion in Madrid in 2008 and 2015, this will be the twelfth participation. The now number 83 in the ATP rankings has not played the tournament since 2017.
In addition to Murray, other invitations for the men’s draw will be enjoyed by Spaniard Carlos Gimeno (363), Frenchman Lucas Pouille (157) and British Jack Draper (124).
Japanese Osaka, 35 in the world and a recent finalist in the Miami tournament, will share guest status with Puerto Rican Mónica Puig, who will return to the courts after a year and seven months inactive due to injuries; Czech teenager Linda Fruhvirtova, 16 years old and one of the revelations in Miami (eighth finalist), Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, 52 in the world, and Chinese Qinwen Zheng, 70 in the ranking.
The Madrid tournament is celebrating its 20th anniversary with this edition. The defending champions are German Aexander Zverev and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka.
Source: La Verdad
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