In the evening, Tsitsipas and Sakkaris battles to qualify for the quarterfinals and semifinals of the Madrid Open

As on Saturday (April 29), Maria Sakkari and Stefanos Tsitsipas will conclude the program on the central Manolo Santana court on Tuesday (May 2).

First up is Sakkari (21:00) who, after her stunning performance and victory over Paula Bandosa, will meet Romanian and world No. 35 Irina-Camelia Begu to qualify for the semi-finals for the first time in Madrid your career.

For the two players, this is the fourth time they have met (the first time on clay), with Sakkari leading 2-1, with the two wins coming in the last two encounters between them, both in straight sets.

Their first meeting was again 7 years ago in a 1000 tournament where Begou prevailed and conceded 4 matches against the Greek tennis player (6-1, 6-3).

Immediately afterwards (around 23:00 CET) Stefanos Tsitsipas meets Spaniard and world No. 42 Bernave Thapata Mirages in their first clash with the winner to seal qualification for the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open.

However, the match expected to draw the most attention is that of Carlos Alcarath vs. Alexander Zverev, in a repeat of last year’s final in a match starting at 17:00 GMT.

This is the fifth clash between them with the German holding a 3-1 record. In their last game, Zverev prevailed in the Roland Garros quarter-finals after an epic struggle to reach the semi-finals against Rafa Nadal, where he sustained a shock injury to his right ankle.

The program in the main square opens (12:00 PM GR) the Russian “Civil War” with Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev, a couple we also saw in Monte Carlo a few weeks ago, with Rublev winning in 2 sets and in 2- 2 games between them.

The 2nd match of the day at Manolo Santana will pit Arina Sabalenka against the outstanding Egyptian Mayar Sherif in a match that begins before the big game Alkarath – Zverev (14:00 GR).

We also have important matches in Arantxa Sanchez, where the second Russian “civil war” of the day will take place (around 14:00 GR), where Daniil Medvedev will play against Aslan Karatsev, a player who is particularly difficult for him during immediately after the very interesting match between Borna Coric and Alejandro Davidovic Fokina.

It follows the game of American Taylor Fritz against Chinese Zhizhen Zhang, while in the last game of the court lucky loser Jan Leonard Struff plays against Pedro Karcin, and the winner takes on the winner Tsitsipas – Thapata in the quarterfinals of the mirages.

The program (12:00 GR) will be opened by Haume Munar and the lucky loser German Daniel Altmaier.

Source: Tennis24