MADRID — With the 8 quarterfinalists being decided Monday on the Mutua Madrid Open, the primary two quarterfinals are set on the 5th WTA Pushed by way of Mercedes-Benz 1000 match of the season.
Over Tuesday and Wednesday, the 4 singles quarterfinals can be break up around the two days, with one featured in each within the day and evening periods. Leylah Fernandez and Mirra Andreeva meet within the day consultation Tuesday whilst Aryna Sabalenka and Hailey Baptiste get started the evening consultation at L. a. Caja Mágica.
Here is the whole thing to learn about Tuesday’s quarterfinals:
Order of play
Manolo Santana
11:00 a.m., ATP singles
NB 1:00 p.m., Fernandez vs. Andreeva
NB 4:00 p.m., ATP singles
NB 8:00 p.m. Sabalenka vs. Baptiste
Fernandez vs. Andreeva preview
Head-to-Head: Tied at 1-1
Remaining assembly: Fernandez 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 at 2023 Hong Kong Spherical of 16
Fernandez has began to seek out her shape with a transition to the clay. After a troublesome begin to the season in singles, the place she had early exits on the Australian Open, Doha and Indian Wells, she’s now reached back-to-back quarterfinals in Stuttgart and now Madrid.
“We’ve got been running arduous,” Fernandez stated Monday previous to Andreeva’s win. “To peer the consequences coming in feels excellent and the way in which that I am doing it with calm and positivity, it is the proper method.”
In Stuttgart, she nearly reached the semifinals, forcing eventual champion Elena Rybakina to save lots of fit issues in a three-set vintage. In Madrid, she’s remained calm below the force with a pair straight-sets wins and a comeback over No. 15 seed Iva Jovic to succeed in her first quarterfinal on the match. The Canadian seeks her first semifinal since Hong Kong on the finish of ultimate season.
“Both participant’s going to be a tricky,” Fernandez stated. “I simply gotta focal point on myself, accept as true with my very own procedure, and confidently issues move neatly.”
As for Andreeva, following regimen wins in 2nd and 3rd spherical suits, Anna Bondar indisputably examined the 18-year previous. After losing the primary set within the tiebreak, Andreeva bounced again in a 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (5) worrying win that noticed the International No. 8 lose a 5-1 lead. Nonetheless, she gained, however will now need to temporarily get better for a day fit Monday.
Within the clay season as a complete, Andreeva has inspired. With a final minute access in Linz, she gained her 2nd 500-title of the season. In Stuttgart, she reached the semifinals, falling to Rybakina, and she or he’s now again within the Madrid quarterfinals for the 3rd instantly yr.
“In fact Leylah is a tough opponent to play in opposition to,” Andreeva stated. “I’m going to communicate to Conchita [Martinez] concerning the fit, about what we need to do, concerning the plan as neatly.”
Sabalenka vs. Baptiste preview
Head-to-Head: Sabalenka leads 1-0
Remaining assembly: Sabalenka 6-4, 6-4 at 2026 Miami Open quarterfinals
For the second one time in as many WTA 1000 tournaments, Sabalenka and Baptiste meet once more within the quarterfinals. The primary matchup, again on the Miami Open quarters, Sabalenka edged out the American 6-4, 6-4 en path to in the long run her 2nd instantly Miami identify and a 2026 Sunshine Double.
The variation in that matchup, which was once their lone earlier, was once Sabalenka’s 3 breaks of serve to Baptiste’s one. On the other hand, Baptiste is beginning to discover a rhythm — that fit in Miami was once simply her first WTA 1000 quarterfinal for the now International No. 32. Plus, it’ll be a fully other floor, even though simply as she did in Miami, Baptiste will move in opposition to the protecting champion.
“I feel that I must proceed the way in which I have been enjoying, enjoying my sport,” Baptiste stated. “If I will be able to simply be somewhat bit extra cast and perhaps give her somewhat bit more difficult time on her carrier video games than I feel that I’ve a possibility to win, and I imagine that I will be able to win.”
Baptiste comes off an exciting three-set win over Belinda Bencic. Baptiste bounced again after shedding the longest tiebreak of the season (16-14), the place Bencic stored six fit issues to pressure a decider. In the end, Baptiste gained her 8th WTA 1000 major draw win of the season 2026, equalling her maximum in her occupation (2025).
As for Sabalenka, along with her comeback 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 win over Naomi Osaka Monday, she equalled her longest win streak in WTA 1000 occasions with 15 from Indian Wells to now, simply as many as her stretch from Miami to Madrid and Rome quarters in 2025.
If any individual is aware of Madrid, it is the three-time champion of the development Sabalenka. The International No. 1 is enjoying like a International No. 1, profitable her ultimate 15 suits with titles at Indian Wells and Miami, even though when you ask her concerning the streak, she does not consider it.
“I am simply looking to play each and every fit as excellent as conceivable, and principally that is the place my focal point is,” Sabalenka stated.