2025 WTA News & Gossip

[MargaretMcAleer]

Svitolina d Rybakina 63 64
Elina reached Madrid R16 for the first time
9 consecutive wins
6th top 20 win in 2025

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Seeds that lost on Sunday 27th April, in Madrid

Mertens (28) Rybakina (10) Kenin (32) Paolini (6) Pegula (3) Kasatkina (14)

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

WTA1000 Madrid
Monday 28th April,
Matches Round 16,

Swiatek (2) vs Shnaider (13)
Sabalenka (1) vs Stearns
Svitolina (17) vs Sakkari
Andreeva (7) vs Starodubtseva
Keys (5) vs Vekic (19)
Kostyuk (24) vs Potapova
Gauff (4) vs Bencic
Alexandrova (21) vs Uchijima

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Confirmed play for the day has been cancelled due to power failure
2 matches were complete
Andreeva (7) d Stardoduvtseva 61 64
Gauff (4) d Bencic 64 62

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Revised playing schedule, Tuesday 29th April,
WTA1000 Madrid, Round 16,
Matches starting at 12.00pm
Only 2 round 16 matches completed yesterday due to power failure Andreeva and Gauff through to the QFs
Hopefully the rest of the round of 16 matches will be completed., which I posted yesterday

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Moyuka Uchijima is into her first WTA1000 QF defeating Alexandrova (21) 64 76(5) , Uchijima also had wins over Pegula and Jabeur
Svitolina winning 10 consecutive matches without dropping a set, not easy transition from hc to clay defeated Sakkari 63 64
Other winners today in the round of 16,
Swaitek (2) Sabalenka (1) Keys (5)
Last match in the round of 16 is currently in play Kostyuk v Potapova
Kostyuk (24) won 63 62 over Potapova

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

WTA1000 Madrid
QFs, starting at 1.00pm local time,
Wednesday 30th April,

Sabalenka (1) vs Kostyuk (24) Sabalenka leads their H2H 2-0
Svitolina (17) vs Uchijima Svitolina leads their H2H 1-0 which was on clay
Gauff (4) vs Andreeva (7) Gauff leads their H2H 2-0 most recent match was USO 2023
Swiatek (2) vs Keys (5) Swiatek leads their H2H 4-2

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Impressed with Coco ( finally) down a break in her match against Mirra and she turned it around winning 75 61, I liked the fact Coco was soo good off the ground
Svitolina far too good for Uchijimi 62 61, yet to drop a set in this tournament
After receiving a bagel from Keys in the first set, Iga fought back to win in 3, 06 63 62

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Last QF match between Sabalenka v Kostyuk The Drama Queen, both screeching loudly time to 'Mute"
Saba saved 2 SPs in the 2nd TB 6all
Saba won the 1st set 76(4)
After saving 3 SP in the 2nd set TB Sabalenka defeats Kostyuk 76(4) 76(7)
Terrible conditions for both players, that handled it well, considering.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

WTA announces Sao Paulo will return to the WTA tour in September, 1st time in 25 years.
The WTA250 will take place the week of September 8, replacing the 250 in Monastir, Tunisia
It will be a outdoor hard court tournamnet with 32 singles draw and 16 team doubles draw

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

WTA1000 Madrid
SFs, Thursday May 1,

Not before 4.00pm local time
Swiatek (2) vs Gauff (4) Iga leads their H2H 11-3

Not before 9.30pm local time
Sabalenka (1) vs Svitolina Saba leads their H2H 4-1

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

WTA announces Sao Paulo will return to the WTA tour in September, 1st time in 25 years.
The WTA250 will take place the week of September 8, replacing the 250 in Monastir, Tunisia
It will be a outdoor hard court tournamnet with 32 singles draw and 16 team doubles draw

It doesn't really matter what tournament is on the week after the US Open, it's just not going to get a good turnout. Quite frankly, it should be an off week on the schedule.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

That was one of the 'best matches' Gauff has played all year, her first victory on clay over Iga, 61 61, Coco was strong in all departments and if she can keep this up she can be one of the favorites for Roland Garros, I usually dont say this so early and at Madrid of all tournaments lol!
The defending champion was lost on her best surface, her foot work was weak for starters, foot work on clay is one of the most important factors on clay! and many of us predicted she would struggle on clay this year, okay we still have Rome before RG, she has struggled on clay so far this season, and I would not be surprised if Wim Fissette is sent packing after Roland Garros.
BTW if Gauff can win Madrid she will surpass Iga as No 2 in the rankings

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Main draw ceremony for WTA1000 Rome will be made on Monday 5th May, Noon.CEST

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

2nd SF underway Saba v Svitolina , much better conditions than the QFs, little wind and Saba has no trouble with her ball toss or serve at present
Saba leading 4-1
Saba 1st set 63
Sabalenka d Svitolina 63 75 she will face Gauff in the final, it is Saba's 3rd consecutive final in Madrid
Svitilona had a good tournament in Madrid, didnt drop a set until the SF, Saba too good off the ground today, though Svilolina didnt go down without a fight
The final will be played on Saturday

 

[kskate2]

Wow. Iga got beat down on her fave surface. She even received a code violation warning for language. She is completely at sea this season. Maybe losing her top 5 spot will help her to relax and not put so much pressure on herself.

 

[kskate2]

By the way, Coco did what Maddy couldn't do. Stayed poised amid the noise and didn't lose her momentum when Iga took her potty break.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Wow. Iga got beat down on her fave surface. She even received a code violation warning for language. She is completely at sea this season. Maybe losing her top 5 spot will help her to relax and not put so much pressure on herself.

What do you expect, Iga now resorts to either losing her temper, the ball boy incident or bad language, when she is losing, strategic bathroom user, she has lost the respect of many people, journalists and me included.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Reports coming from the Polish press that Swiatek may skip the grass season and take a long break between RG and the US Open
I will post any more further news if these reports are confirmed
Her team have come out and said if the results arent satisfactory after Rome and RH, she might take a longer rest and properly prepare for USO

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

WTA1000 Madrid,
Ladies Singles Final,
Saturday May 3rd, not before 6.30pm local time,

Sabalenka (1) vs Gauff (4)
Gauff leads their H2H 5-4 ( including 1 win on clay) and won their most recent match at the WTA Finals 2024.
Both players have lost only 1 set en route to the final.
This is Sabalenka's 3rd consecutive Madrid final and her 6th final of the season so far.
This is Gauff's first Madrid final. If Gauff wins she will move up to No 2 in the rankings.

Good luck to both players!