Top seed Alexander Zverev is penalised after taking a picture of a contested ball mark at the Madrid Open.

Australian No 1 notches 6-2 6-3 victory over Italian Lorenzo Sonego Novak Djokovic slumps to 6-3, 6-4 loss to Matteo Arnaldi While Alex de Minaur looks more comfortable and impressive on the clay with every passing match, the great Novak Djokovic seems to be losing his magical powers on the red stuff. For while Australia’s No 1 kicked off his Madrid Open quest with a clinical 6-2 6-3 victory over Italian Lorenzo Sonego on Saturday, all the talk at the Caja Magica surrounded another dismal first-round defeat for Djokovic, whose quest for 100 titles took another savage hit. Continue reading...

World number two Iga Swiatek makes it eight wins in a row at the Madrid Open as she beats Linda Noskova to reach the last 16.

Jack Draper hails the strength of British tennis as Jacob Fearnley and Cameron Norrie join him in the Madrid Open's last 32.

Setback in troubled year for 24-time Grand Slam winnerSerb also lost in Monte Carlo in build-up to Roland Garros Novak Djokovic’s struggles continued in the clay-court season as he fell to his third consecutive defeat. In the second round of the Madrid Open on Saturday, he lost 6-3, 6-4 to the unseeded Italian Matteo Arnaldi. Djokovic, who had received a first round bye as a seeded player, had arrived here after a difficult few weeks. His otherwise encouraging week in Miami ended with a difficult loss to Jakob Mensik in the final. He then lost his first match at the Monte Carlo Masters to Alejandro Tabilo of Chile. Continue reading...

Italy's Matteo Arnaldi beats "idol" Novak Djokovic to send the Serbian great crashing out of the Madrid Masters.

Novak Djokovic lost to Matteo Arnaldi in the opening round of the Madrid Open on Saturday, extending the 24-time Grand Slam winner's struggles on clay ahead of Roland Garros.

Top seeds Alexander Zverev and Aryna Sabalenka scored comfortable victories in their opening matches at the Madrid Open on Friday.

Emma Raducanu loses to Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk in the second round of the Madrid Open.

Ukrainian 24th seed wins 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 to make third roundRaducanu: ‘I found moving really difficult’ In the searing heat of the Spanish capital, the warmest day of this year’s Madrid Open so far, Marta Kostyuk stepped onto the clay courts of the Caja Mágica determined to make a statement against her most prominent contemporary. By the end of a tense, difficult tussle, it had duly been delivered. Kostyuk, the 24th seed, produced an impressive performance to end Emma Raducanu’s tournament in round two with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 victory. Although Raducanu fought well and maintained her composure until the end, a victory over Kostyuk would have marked her best career win ­outdoors on clay. She was ­ultimately defeated by a superior clay-court player who was far more comfortable playing her offensive game in fast conditions in high altitude. ­Afterwards, Raducanu noted that she did not feel entirely comfortable on the surface. Continue reading...

Britain's Cameron Norrie describes his first-round victory at the Madrid Open as one of his favourite wins in his career after overcoming illness to defeat Martin Landaluce.

Iga Swiatek avoids another shock defeat against Filipina teenager Alexandra Eala by fighting back to win their Madrid Open first-round match.

Spaniard pulls out of Madrid Open with hamstring injury‘I’m not really worried. We’re confident for Roland Garros’ Carlos Alcaraz is confident he will be ready to defend his French Open title next month after pulling out of the Madrid Open because of a hamstring injury sustained last week in Barcelona. “I don’t want to get ahead of myself, I don’t want to take anything for granted, but I think we’ll be confident for Roland Garros and we’re going to try to be in Rome,” said Alcaraz. Continue reading...

After a quarterfinal loss to the rising star from the Philippines last month in Miami, Iga Swiatek rallied to a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Alexandra Eala in the second round of the Madrid Open.