Overview
- Mirra Andreeva reached the Madrid Open title match by beating Hailey Baptiste 6-4, 7-6 (10-8), and Marta Kostyuk advanced by defeating Anastasia Potapova 6-2, 1-6, 6-1.
- Andreeva turned a 4-0 hole in the second-set tiebreak into a win, saved set points, and won 81% of her first-serve points to close in straight sets.
- Baptiste’s breakthrough run featured an upset of world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and multiple saved match points before she fell to Andreeva.
- Kostyuk earned her first WTA 1000 final and remains unbeaten on clay this season after winning the Open Rouen Metropole earlier this month.
- Andreeva is the first teenager to reach three WTA 1000 finals and the second-youngest Madrid finalist, a surge that could shape rankings and confidence heading into the clay swing toward Roland Garros.