This is how the round of 16 of the Mutua Madrid Open remains

This Monday the third round of the Mutua Madrid Open 2024 has ended. Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev and Rafa Nadal are three of the notable names who will seek access to the round of 16 at the Caja Mágica.

They will be joined by those who have already achieved this Sunday, such as Carlos Alcaraz. The Murcian qualified after defeating Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-3, 6-3 in just one hour and a quarter.

Alejandro Davidovich had worse luck, dropping out of the event after wasting several chances. Rublev, seventh seed, took advantage of the disconnections in the Spaniard’s match, breaking five set points in the first set.

The Russian won 7-6(10) and 6-4 and The pass to the quarterfinals will be played with the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor.

Alexander Zverev also passed the roundwho extended his Madrid Masters 1000 aspirations with a solid victory over Canadian Denis Shapovalov (6-4 and 7-5) to reach the round of 16 where he will face Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo.

Hubert Hurkacz and Taylor Fritz will star in another duel star of the eighth

The Madrid women’s tournament will have the best round of 16 draw in its history, with eight of the top ten seeds qualifying for the fourth round.

The big favorites arrived at the Caja Mágica in great shape, including the Polish Iga Swiatek as the undisputed number one in the world, with Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and American Coco Gauff fighting for number two and with Kazakh Elena Rybakina leading the way in titles and victories this year.

Four entered the round of 16, as well as Greek Maria Sakkari (5), Tunisian Ons Jabeur (8), Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (9) and Russian Daria Kasatkina (10).

China’s Qinwen Zheng, who retired in his first match due to injury and became the sixth seedand the Czech Marketa Vondrousova, seventh, who lost this Sunday to the Russian Mirra Andreeva, are the only absentees in the round of 16 among those who started as the main contenders.

But the second week of the women’s draw will offer other incentives, such as the presence of Andreeva herself, now trained by the Spaniard Conchita Martínez and who will turn 17 this Monday, and another young promise, the Czech Sara Bejlek, 18 years old; the follow-up to the excellent season of Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, eleventh seed, who reached the sixteenth in both Indian Wells and Miami; or the Spanish contestant Sara Sorribes, whose determination in the previous rounds captivated the public of Madrid.

In 2023, there were five players among the top ten seeds who reached the round of 16. In 2022 there will be only two and in 2021 there will also be five.

Only the 2018, 2015, 2014, 2012 and 2011 editions came close to this year’s numbers.when seven of the top ten favorites were eighth-finalists.

There were six in 2019 and 2009, five in 2023, 2021 and 2016, four in 2013 and 2010, three in 2017 and two in 2022.

Mutua Madrid opens

The man’s eighth

Sinner (1) or Kotov – Cobolli or Khachanov (16)
Auger-Aliassime (Can) – C. Ruud (Nor/5)
D. Medvedev (Rus/4) – A. Bublik (Kaz/17)
R. Nadal or P. Cachín – J. Lehecka (Che/30)
The
H. Hurkacz (POL, 8) – T. Fritz (USA, 12)
F. Cerúndolo (ARG, 21) – A. Zverev (ALE, 4)
A. Rublev (RUS, 7) – T. Griekspoor (NED, 24)
J. Struff (ALE, 23) – C. Alcaraz (ESP, 2)

Mutua Madrid opens

eighth of the woman

Iga Swiatek (POL, 1) – Sara Sorribes (ESP) 6-1, 6-0
Haddad Maia (BRA, 11) – Sakkari (GRE, 5) 6-4, 6-4
M. Keys (USA, 18)-C. Gauff (USA, 3) 7-6, 4-6, 6-4
O. Jabeur (TUN, 8)-J. Ostapenko (LET, 9) 6-0, 6-4

Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) – Daria Kasatkina (RUS, 10)
Sara Bejlek (RCH) – Elena Rybakina (KAZ, 4)
M. Andreeva (RUS) – J. Paolini (ITA, 12) 7-6(2), 6-4
Aryna Sabalenka (BIE, 2) – Danielle Collins (USA, 13)