17 years ago today, Rafa Nadal & Roger Federer competed in the ‘Battle of Surfaces.’

They played on a court made of half grass & half clay in Mallorca.

The court took 19 days to prepare and cost $1.63 million.

Roger was the world #1 and on a 48 match winning streak on grass.…

Fritz beats Cerundolo 6-1 3-6 6-3

Taylor becomes the 1st American man since 2005 to reach the Madrid semifinals.

18 years & 11 months.

✅250th career match win
✅1st Madrid SF
✅4th Masters SF

The drought is over.

🇺🇸

Sabalenka, Rybakina and Iga competing for titles

Aryna Sabalenka on facing Elena Rybakina next in Madrid SF:

“It’s never easy if you get to the semifinals. Elena is a great player. We had so many great battles. It’s gonna be a tough challenge for me. But I’m happy to accept this challenge. I’ll do my best to get this win.…

Elena Rybakina & Aryna Sabalenka will face each other in the Madrid semifinals.

Aryna leads the head to head 5-3, but Elena has won 3 of their last 4 meetings.

They’ve never played on clay before.

Elena is on a 16 match winning streak on clay. She has reached more finals…

Sabalenka d. Andreeva 6-1 6-4

Aryna stops Mirra once again

People talk about her physical strength, but her mental strength is something else

She came here looking for form

But now, she’s playing like the defending champion

✅10th straight win in Madrid
✅3rd Madrid SF

🐅

Rublev says the new Masters format means players have less time to recover & it’s tough mentally ‘Sometimes they’re taking decisions without asking anyone’

“Zverev yesterday said that this new format of Masters 1000 is good for players from the 50th position ranking to 100, but

Alcaraz says he felt more discomfort in his forearm today against Rublev after playing 3 hours yesterday, he hopes to be 100% for Rome

“Do you feel you can now hit your forehand normally, or is it still a work in progress?”

Carlos: “Well, I have to keep going. Right now here in…

Elena Rybakina on having so many 2 week mandatory events scheduled back to back, ‘If you want to see good quality tennis & players have long careers, it would be nice to change something’

“You mentioned that this tournament is very long and that another mandatory event is…

BREAKING:

Jannik Sinner withdraws from Madrid.

Tough to see this, but half expected.

Hopefully he’ll be ready to go for Rome ❤️‍🩹

Carlos Alcaraz had the chance to pass Rafa Nadal’s record today for the longest win streak in Madrid.

But instead, they stay tied at 14 wins.

In a way, it’s poetic for them to share this accomplishment.

Rafa gave so much to Spanish tennis.

Carlos is on his journey to do the…

Andrey Rublev now has a win over every current top 10 player.

Novak Djokovic.

𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐳.

Jannik Sinner.

Daniil Medvedev.

Alexander Zverev.

Casper Ruud.

Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Hubert Hurkacz.

Grigor Dimitrov.

Rublev after beating Carlos Alcaraz

“You now have a win over every single player currently in the top 10. Which top 10 player was the toughest to beat?”

Andrey: “I don’t know. Depends on the moment and the age of my career because every moment I was going through something…

Rublev after beating Carlos Alcaraz in Madrid

“Before this event you don’t have a win in 6 weeks. You came here and everything changed.. how much of a relief is it to know you still got it?”

Andrey: “I don’t know man. I don’t know what to say.. maybe this week is a relief but…

How Carlos Alcaraz handled his loss to Rublev was great to see.

He was on a 14 match win streak in Madrid & had the chance to 3-peat.

This loss had to sting.

He looks Andrey in the eye with a gracious smile & gives him a hug.

Gracious champ. ❤️

Siri, play my Andrey Rublev is back playlist

Rublev d. Alcaraz 4-6 6-3 6-2

Before this event, Andrey had lost 4 matches in a row.

Today, he snaps Carlos’ 14 match win streak in Madrid.

He also snaps his 24 match win streak in Spain.

✅8th Masters SF
✅1st Madrid SF
✅25th top 10 win

Andrey is back.

Spread the word.

Elena Rybakina on Rafa Nadal playing his last match in Spain last night, ‘You want to see him play many more years’

“I want to ask you about Rafa Nadal. It was his last game here in Spain, here in Madrid, and it was very emotional. I want to know if you have watched it and what

Elena Rybakina 🤝 Carlos Alcaraz.

When 2 Wimbledon Champs collide.