Madrid '26: Coco & Iga catch the virus, Rybakina hawk-eye controversy, Jodar downs Fonseca

Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek were recent victims of a stomach virus going around among the player in Madrid, but only Gauff of them moved on to the round of 16. Elena Rybakina earned another come from behind victory but not without controversy due to a questionable electronic hawk-eye line call. Rafael Jodar continues his magical run in Madrid with a three-set victory vs fellow 19-year-old star Joao Fonseca.

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First it was Ball Girl Gate, then Birthday Cake Gate, Wilma's Doubles Final Speech Gate. Now we've arrived to Shrimp Taco Gate. The Madrid Open is not beating the most controversial 1000 tournament allegations. Hola, me llamo Christian Basni e Bienvenido atrás court, donde cubro el tenis de este Toro Los Angulos. If you have not yet already, make sure you subscribe and click that notification bell so you're notified whenever I post more Madrid Open updates. And so the 2026 Mutual Madrid Open has been rocked by a number of withdrawals and retirements. And according to Jim Courier, some bad shrimp tacos could be the culprit. Yesterday, for just the second time in her career, Ega's fiancec retired from her tour-level match when she pulled the plug down 7-6-263 love to Anne Lee in the Madrid Open third round. Ega told reporters that she caught a virus that's been going around on the player site, and she said the past two days were pretty terrible. I think I have some virus. It's been some hours fine, some hours pretty bad. I had zero energy, zero stability. I just felt really bad physically, and yesterday was even worse. So I thought maybe today is going to be better, but maybe it was not enough to play a tennis match. Sfiantech missed out on two set point opportunities in the opening set before ultimately losing it in the tiebreaker. And I wonder if she had capitalized on one of those set points, if she would have won the matching straight sets and she'd still be in the tournament. I don't know. But it still looked like she'd be primed for a pretty straightforward comeback victory when she dominated the second set 6'2. And she had two break points to open the deciding set, but did not convert. And I noticed that Iga didn't look that well energy-wise. She looked a little bit sluggish, and even towards the end of the second set, she wasn't pumping herself up as much like she normally does. And Sfiancec later said that in the third set, she started feeling a little bit dizzy and uncoordinated and said that she couldn't drink anything because she felt full constantly, and because of that, her energy level dipped drastically. Think about what this means for Iga as far as her ranking, she'll be okay. Yes, she made the semifinals last year, but she still sits at number three in the live rankings due to Coco Golf having to defend more points as she was a finalist from last year in Madrid. But speaking of semifinals, Iga's semifinals draw continues as she's not made a semifinal of a tournament since winning the Seoul 500 tournament back in what September of 2025, October 2025. Um, and I think that's gonna be a pretty big setback or continued setback for her overall confidence. I think Madrid was a great opportunity for her to get some confidence back because her draw was pretty favorable. And it is odd to see either retiring. I felt so bad for her, and clearly she was disappointing or disappointed in how she looked dejected leaving the court. And I know this is not how she imagined her clay season unfolding, especially with her bringing on a new coach, uh Francisco Roig. Normally, when you bring on and bring on a new coach, you have strong results kind of soon, just because of the the vibe change. But unfortunately, that has not happened with her. And yes, ego was off, but Anne Lee took it to her, especially in that opening set. She had belief, she came out believing that I think that she could win this match. And to me, Shiantek's intimidation factor is just not as strong anymore, even on clay. And that alone, her intimidation factor and aura would get her a lot of games early on, and she's not being able to get that anymore because players are having more belief that they can beat her on any surface. I will be intrigued to see whether Iga can get her Mojo back soon before Rolling Girls. I think Rome would be pretty important for her in that Rolling Girls campaign. Because if she doesn't have a strong result at the photo italico, then I don't know. I mean, maybe she can work her way into form in Paris like she did somewhat last year. But I think bottom line, she's she needs a good quality win over a good opponent, and she hasn't been able to have that. But focusing on Lee, she now faces Leila Fernandez in the fourth round, who took down Eva Yovic in three sets. Coco Goff, she seemingly suffered through the same illness as Fiontek, but she was somehow able to come through, defeating Serona Christia 4-6-7-5-6-1. Coco said afterwards that she didn't know how she came through this match, and I don't know really either. Goff looked okay in the earlier stages of the match. Her energy was fine, she was pumping herself up, yet was also pretty expressive towards her team whenever her forehands misfired, and she committed 17 total unforced errors from that forehand wing in just the first set alone. Kirstea, by the way, complained about Coco's coaching box being a little bit too loud whenever Serana herself was on the same side as them, and she said it wasn't good sportsmanship. And I immediately thought about Belinda Benchish kind of complaining about the same thing in Beijing. And ironically, Kirstea and Benchish are good friends. But the opening set was really a seesaw set, multiple breaks for both women, and Kirstea edged through. I think she broke Coco three times total in the opening set, and she did a great job, I think, of playing close to the baseline and not letting golf maneuver her around too much. And she also did a great job of changing direction. The second set was pretty similar to the first. Kirstea started with a break of serve before Coco broke back, and then they engaged in a tug of war of breaks. And Kirstea was closing in on a straight sets victory when she led the second set 4-3 and was up a break. And here, Coco showed signs of being very unwell. She was still playing good tennis though, but was hunched over after winners. And at Love 40 at 4-3, she ran to go throw up in a trash can bend, but she was still able to break back 4-4-all. And right when she broke for 4-all, she sought medical attention. I think she got her blood pressure taken and she took a tablet, and she honestly played better after falling ill. She cut down a lot on her unforced airs and she cruised through more of her service games. I don't think she got broken another time after the whole medical timeout. Coco also got some help from Christella, whose return quality definitely dipped as the match progressed. But still, full credit to Coco for battling hard. She could have easily thrown in the towel at 4-3 in the second set. But again, in a weird way, I think her struggling physically helped her because she wasn't as vocal with her box. She needed to conserve energy, and I think she did a great job of accelerating through her forehand even more in the latter part of the match. And the third set was really impressive from Golf. Yes, the score line looks like she dominated it, but the games were very tight, especially the second game of the third set where Coco had six break points but couldn't convert. And again, Golf could have easily folded after losing that game, but she dug deep and scrapped through some tough serve and return games and got the job done. And Coco explained more about her condition to the media after the match, according to the WTA. She said, I felt fine all morning. I felt a little weird last night, but I was okay. Woke up this morning, felt fine. And mid-first set, I was feeling like I was gonna throw up, and then I did. They gave me some pills, and that definitely helped. After that, once I felt the feeling of throwing up, then I just felt nauseous and tired. I just didn't want to throw up in the middle of the point, which I almost did at one point. I'm someone who doesn't like to pull out of matches. I don't like to do that unless I really feel like I have no other options. So the plan was to just always try to finish, even if it ended up with me just playing just to get through it. Those quotes really just show why Coco is such a champion. She is a fighter, we've been known this, but today was just on another level of fight because not only did she did she have to battle past a tough opponent, but physically she was not right. And playing tennis when you have an upset stomach or just not feeling well is really tough to do. So for her to pull through and win a hard-fought match like that, again, really, really impressive. And Coco confirmed actually in the comment section of her creator by the name of Courtside with Caitlin that she didn't have the shrimp taco that people that Jim Crayer talked about. She just got the illness that was going around. And Madison Keys and Maren Chilich withdrew from the tournament due to illness, as did Lut Mila Samsonova, who was actually supposed to play Linda Noskova. And Noskova now plays golf in the fourth round. Coco leaves the head-to-head two to nothing, but I can see Linda doing her big one, especially if Coco doesn't recover in time because she doesn't have a day off. She's supposed to come back and play on Monday again. Coco, she also withdrew from doubles alongside Robin Montgomery, but we'll see if she can get it together for her fourth round match tomorrow. Golf, she was able to avoid the upset bug, but some other top seeds were not so fortunate. Coco's compatriot, Jessica Pagula, had her quarterfinal streak of 10 in a row snapped as she fell to Marta Kostiak 6'1-6-4. Pagula is a former finalist in Madrid from 2022, but this result isn't too entirely surprising. Kostiak has been in great form lately. She won her second title and run last week, and she beat Pagula 6'Love, 6'3 in Brisbane earlier in the year in the semifinals. And actually, Marta and Elena Rabacana are the only two women to have beaten Pagula this season. And Marta, she played a good match, but Pagula was very error-prone and not opportunistic at all, especially in the opening set. She had no business only winning one game because she had nine total break points in the first set. And she hit just one winner in the opening set to 17 unforced airs. Not great at all. She did clean up her ground game in the second set, but continued to struggle on serve. And she finished the match winning just 27% of second serve points, which is not gonna cut it. Kostic has a good opportunity to reach her second straight quarterfinal in Madrid as she would now face 76th ranked Katie McNally next, who saved two match points en route to a 7'6 third set victory over Katarina Sinyakova to make her first 1,000 round of 16. The marquee matchup of the day on the woman's side between Alana Robakina and Jung Chin Wen definitely did not disappoint. Robakina outlasted Zhung with a quality 4'6, 6'4, 6'3 victory. And Zhang played a good match. I thought she had it. In the first set, really one sloppy Rabakina service game made the difference as both ended the first set with seven winners, ten unforced errors. And I think Chin Win did a good job of using her heavy forehand to dictate. Also, I think Rabakana's balls sailed on her a little bit thanks to the heavy top spin from Zhang. And as well as on her return, Rabakina's return wasn't as sharp. In the second set, Zhang opened it with a break of serve, but that break did not last long. Zhung had a 40 love lead to consolidate that break, but she had a couple double faults and gave the break right back. Now the second serve from Zheng was definitely her Achilles heel in this second set. In the first set, she won 57% of her second serve points. That statistic dropped down to just 21% of second serve points won in set number two, which is not gonna cut it. Zhung did well to escape a love 40 hold at 2-3 with some quality first serves, but she was not able to get out of trouble when trying to serve to stay in the set at 4-5. The third set looks pretty straightforward, but Zhung had some missed opportunities that I think if she cashed in on, the match could have gone in her favor as she had breakpoints in her first two or two return games of the third set, but could not convert. And I really just think that Rabacana's match experience got her through this match because Elena, she's already won 26-27 matches this year so far. She didn't win. This is just her fourth tournament. She's still pretty early on in her comeback from the wrist problem. And this definitely would have been a huge, huge win. This would have been a statement I'm back when. So clearly the win would have meant a lot for her. And I think mentally it maybe prohibited her from getting out on top. But that's to take nothing away from Robacana. She rose her level like she often does when her back is against the wall. And really, Robacana, her fight is still so underrated. She, this is her fifth come from behind win of the season. She had a come from behind win already in Madrid against Ruse in the in her opening raw match. And Robacana has also been showing a lot more emotion lately. And she showed plenty of that during a pretty testy moment at 3-4 in the second set. Here, Shenwen hit a serve near the T that honestly looked out, but the electronic line calling system did not call it. And Rabakina was not happy. She complained to the chair umpire and asked her to come down and look at the mark, but the umpire couldn't because she just could not overrule the electronic line calling system, which I understand. And by the way, there are no lines people in Madrid, everything is through electronic line calling through Hawkeye. And Hawkeye is not 100% accurate on the clay. There's a little bit of a bigger margin of error on the surface, and that's why it hasn't been or hadn't been used on clay for so long. But recently, more tournaments are starting to implement it. And Alexander Zverev actually complained about the electronic line calling system in Madrid last year, and he took a picture of a mark that went against him on his phone and complained. And the electronic line calling system is still not used at Roland Garros, which some people are not happy about. But let me know in the comments if you believe that Hawkeye belongs on clay, or if you think they need to go back to doing things the olden way of having lines people and then the cherumpire come down to check the mark. Or maybe should the chair umpire have jurisdiction to come down and correct electronic line calling. I don't know. Let me know in the comments though. Up next for Robakina is lucky loser Anastasia Potopova, who came back from a sat down set in a break deficit, actually, to defeat Yelena Ostapenko in three sets. And Rabakina overall has a pretty decent looking section. She wouldn't have to face a seeded player in the quarterfinals if she were to make it that far. She'd face either Solano Sierra or Carolina Pushkova. Both women got three set wins over Zainab Sonomez and Alisa Murdenes, respectively. Now in the bottom half, another casualty aside from Iglish Fiontek in the third round was HC Jasmine Paolini, who fell to Haley Baptiste 7'5, 6'3. This is Haley's third top 10 win in her second of the season. And it was a great match overall from Baptiste. She did well to come back from an early break deficit in the second set. And I felt like she was in control for the match for much of it. She had more power and also more variety. Her serve was also a massive, massive weapon. Hitting 14 aces in a straight set match on clay is very, very impressive. But yeah, this result was not surprising to me at all. I called it before the tournament started. And I say that because Jasmine, while yes, she's still a top 10 player, she's been struggling all season. She's now 10 and 9, and her only top 50 win came against world number 47, Laura Sigaman, which was here in Madrid, and that was she she struggled for that win. But honestly, Jasmine has kind of always been a hot and cold player. Even last year, she had some really bad, straightforward losses, but she was able to combat that with decent results. But those decent results have not come this year, and we've seen more poor results than strong ones so far. She just can't seem to get the momentum and confidence going for a good run. Maybe this week could have been it, but Baptiste is just playing better tennis right now, so it's not a bad loss for Jasmine. Baptiste will try to reach her second straight 1000 quarterfinal tomorrow when she takes on Belinda Bencic in the round of 16. Benchish defeated Deanna Schneider 6'2 in the third round. And the winner of Baptiste Benchic takes on the victor of Sabalenka Osaka. And this will be Arena Eniomi's second meeting in two months and their third meeting overall. Sabalenka defeated 29th seed Jacqueline Christian 6'164, while Osaka defeated Qualifier Angelina Kalanina, 6'163. Osaka, she's looked good thus far. I've been really impressed with her form, and I think that she's looking better than she did at Indian Wells or Miami. Although neither of her opponents, Osorio or Kalanina, were ranked inside the top 80, although still both of them are really good on clay. The question is, can she pull off a win over World Number 1 Sabulanka? Sabulanka, she won their Indian Wells fourth round match by a score of 6'2, 6'4. And in that match, Sabalenka really played a phenomenal match. Her serve was exceptional, eight aces, zero double faults. She wasn't broken once. And I was impressed by her use of variety. She not only incorporated her trademark drop shot, but incorporated different heights and speeds to keep Osaka out of her comfort zone. And I think the drop shot, by the way, will be an important shot for her, too, against Osaka, especially on the clay. But in that Indian Wells match, Sablenka, it was kind of unplayable. She hit 31 winners, 16 unforced airs. And for Naomi, I think Osaka's gonna have to hope for Saablanka to not have as strong of a day as she did at Indian Wells. And I think that she needs to learn from Indian Wells and maybe incorporate more variety herself. And also maybe the Madrid conditions with them being somewhat quicker question mark than Indian Wells can favor Naomi more. I think she's been able to use her power and first strike tennis well and has come to the net a few times, especially against Kalinana. So it's gonna be a tougher ask to do that against Sabalanka because obviously Arena has more power than an Osorio or Kalinana, but I think bottom line, Naomi can hold her own. But I think it's gonna take a good serving day from Osaka. I think she didn't serve her best at any wealth, so we'll see if she can step her cookies up for Madrid. But I'm picking Sabalanka to win. I'll say a score of like 7, 6, 6, 4. I think Arena, she's just too clutch, period. Like when her back is against the wall, she comes up with her best tennis. Naomi doesn't really have that clutch gene as strong, or the gene isn't as strong as it is with Salenka. Also, Arena has not lost before the quarterfinals at any tournament since February 2025. So she just something about Sabalanka, she just does not lose at this early in a tournament, especially at a tournament where she's won three times already. And I do think ultimately Sabalenka's variety will help her, especially with it being on clay. I have her taking this one in a tighter match than Defy in Wells, but like I said, like a 7-6, 6-4 type of type of win. I also want to talk about Mira Andreva. She's literally playing all of Hungary's top players in Madrid. First Pana Udvardi, then Dama Galfi. Now she takes on Anna Bandar, who beat Ilina Sfitalina and has yet to drop a set. So I think Bandar will be the toughest Hungarian show face yet, but I still favor Mira to move through to the quarterfinals. Now the marquee men's matchup of the day between the two 19-year-old Finals, Rafa Hodar and Joao Fonseca, didn't disappoint. It was the Spaniard who won their first meeting of hopefully slash probably many with a 7-6-4-6-6-1 victory. This match was competitive from the onset, and they both traded breaks in the early slash middle stages of the opening set, but they held on to their serves to bring it to a tiebreaker. And here, Fonseca's forehand let him down early in the breaker. He threw in a few a few poor unforced airs, and Hodar, as predicted, was the more steadier of the two overall, especially in this opening set tie break. And he got the 5-1 edge in the breaker. Fonseca did make it more interesting, winning three points in a row, but ultimately Rafa held on to take the breaker 7-4. And on the turning point of the second set, it came in the first game of it. As Rafa, he squandered a 40 love lead on his serve to get broken, and some sloppy play gave Fonseca the break, which he held on to for the rest of the set. And this break was very pivotal because both guys, for the most part, cruised on their serves. Probably this would have gone to another tie break if Hodar held onto his serve in the opening game of the set number two of the second set. But I feel like sometimes Joao lives and dies by his forehand too much. And this match was kind of the epitome of that. Because his forehand, as I mentioned before, it let him down in the tie break in the crucial moment of the first set. It was much stronger in the second set, I must say. He committed just three unforced errors per tennis channel from that wing in the set in the second set. And his depth behind his forehand was much stronger in the second set compared to the first. And this prevented Hodar from stepping up and also using his stronger backhand of the two to change direction. Fonseca's forehand, though, it went away in the deciding set. And it started when he felt to hold serve in his first service game after leading 40-15 in his opening service game of the third set. And he was rattled after he got broken. He smashed his racket because he knew how important it was for both of them to hold serve. And Hodar looked like he was feeling it a little bit physically. He grabbed at his calf at one point, and I do think him getting the double break advantage pushed him through to the finish line. Fonseca had an opportunity to get one of those breaks back. He had a 1540 look at four lub, I believe, but Hodar was just really clutch. He hit an ace out wide and then a serve plus one the following point to save those break points. And that right there shows you that this young guy has something special with him. Also, I was impressed by how at one point Hodar was hitting bigger serves, backhands, and forehands than Fonseca. And the forehand, especially, that was surprising to me because, of course, Fonseca, his forehand is one of the biggest forehands on tour, but Hodar clearly has a lot of firepower behind his forehand, and quite a few times he was beating Fonseca with that wing of his. And Jaw wasn't able to rush Hodar's forehand. As much as I thought he'd be able to. And Rafa's forehand is the more safer and more reliable forehand of the two, I think. He also hits with more angle. And overall, I think he is the smarter player of the two. And he's also the slightly better mover, at least on Clay. Rafa is definitely the truth. I've been seeing his praises for months. He's now at 34 in the live rankings. And again, last year he was around 687 in the world, which is an unbelievable. Thinking about what impact this specific match has on both guys, I think it does have an impact because I think mentally it could maybe hurt or maybe help Fonseca. I don't know. I say hurt because the Fonseca haters will love this. They will hype Rafa up a lot over Joao and say, hey, we should be, we should have been hyped up Hodar over Fonseca because he's the better player of the two. But I think maybe with there being a new 19-year-old phenom, that could take pressure off of Fonseca. And now Fonseca has a little bit of a chip on his shoulder because Rafa beat him. I think a question that many people are asking themselves is is Rafa the better player than Fonseca right now. I'm not 100% sure, but definitely I think Hodar has a more complete than complete game than Joao. So I might say, sure, he's better right now. And he literally beat Fonseca. But I also think that Hodar is new and he has achieved a lot so soon. But I'm wondering if players will will figure him out and figure out how to beat him as things go on. Because this is pretty much his debut year on the tour as far as playing nothing but pretty much tour-level events. So the scouting report on him isn't as extensive. Once more coaches and more players see how he plays, then he could have some problems and maybe some weaknesses in his game can be exploited. But I don't know. I'm also wondering whether he can handle the ensuing hype that's coming behind him. I still don't think the hype will be as big because with Fonseca, a lot of the hype is from you know Brazilians themselves. Brazilians will show up and show out for their own. And not to say that Spaniards aren't supportive of their own, but it's something different about, you know, South American uh countries, especially Brazil. Brazilians are some of the most passionate fans in the world. But I do think maybe Hodar could struggle with the hype, but I still think he's the real deal, regardless. And I hope that these two do play again. This felt like Davis Cup, honestly, with the number of Spanish fans, and the Brazilian fans still made their presence very much known in this match, too. So overall, it was fun. I think a great first match between these two. And I think this is really exciting for the ATP because we were pretty much just talking about Fonteca, Fonteca, Fonteca. Then Lerner got in the conversation. Now there's Rafa Hodar, and there's other guys still even in the tournament in Madrid who are young and are making waves too. So the ATP, I think they're in good hands for sure with the new crop of talented players. And I'm wondering if Hodar, he's one now one match away potentially from facing off against Yannick Center. So that match will be very, very interesting. But up next for the 19-year-old is Ward number 66, Vid Kopshiva, who got a win over Arthur Rinernesh, who retired after winning the second set. I think Hodar will be the favorite in this match. Kopshiva is a good player, but the way that Hodar is playing and him winning his last 11 of 12 matches at this point, and with him having the crowd behind him, I'm pretty sure this will be a primetime match, too. Yeah, I'm putting Hodar through. But looking at the other fourth-round matches on the men's side in the top half, world number one, Yannick Sanner defeated Elmer Moeller 6'2, 6'3 for his 24th consecutive ATP 1000 win. He takes on now Cam Nori, who took down Tiago Tirante in a quality 7'5-6-4 win. I'm pretty interested to see how center Nori shakes out because this is their first career meeting. Nori is good on clay, but I'm wondering if he has what it takes to be center. I think he can win a set, but I'd still favor Yannick to come through this one. Then there's Arthur Fees, who extends his win streak to seven with a 7-6-6-3 victory over American Emilio Nava. He takes on now Tomas Martin Edgevery, who defeated 20-year-old creation qualifier Dino Prizmich with a 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 win. This one's gonna be a pretty tough one for me to call. I see this one going either way. I might favor Martin Edgevery, but I don't know. I think I might go with I might go with Feast. Although Feast has not been playing his best tennis so far at all in Madrid, but no, I'll go with Martin Edgevery, I think. I think I'll go with Martin Edgevery. Another intriguing matchup between seeded opponents is Yuri Leheshka taking on Lorenzo Musetti. Musetti defeated Talon Greek Spore 6'4-7-5, while Leheshka swept aside Alex Mickelson 6-4-6-2. Yuri leased a head-to-head between these two, two to one. Lorenzo won their lone clay meeting at Monte Carlo last year in a tight one, 1-6-7-5-6-2. I think this one's going to be a tight one as well, but I picked Musetti, I believe, to make the semifinals, so I'm going to be sticking with the Italian to come through this match. And on the bottom half, we have quite a few fresh faces in there trying to breach the round of 16. Three qualifiers, in fact. There's 21-year-old Spaniard Daniel Merida, who will take on Stefano Citipas. Merida made his first ATP final in Bucharest earlier in the month, but that was not enough for him to receive a wild card into his home 1000 tournament. But he still came through qualifying and won his first ATP 1000 match in very memorable fashion, where he saved two match points against Marco Trunjaliti. Then he took down Quarantine Mute 6'3'4. TC Pass, I think might be favored on paper. Of course, he beat Bublick, which is a quality win, although Bublik hasn't really been the same since Australian Open, being totally honest. But I think this is winnable for Meredith. I can see him maybe do his big one. Then 19-year-old Norwegian Nikolai Boudukov Kyer takes on 7C, Danil Mededev. Boudukov Kyer made his Masters 1000 main draw debut. And he dominated Dino Shapovalov recently in the second round, 6'2, 6'1 in 53 minutes. I'm curious to see how he matches up against Danil, who will not give him nearly as many freebies as Shopovalov did. That was really a dismal performance from the Canadian, but intrigued to see if the 19-year-old can do something there. In the same section as Boutkov Kayer and Medvedev is Adolfo Daniel Vallejo, who takes on 10th seed Flavio Kaboli. The 21-year-old Vallejo is from Paraguay and he just defeated the 17th seed Leonard Tien in straight sets for his first top 50 win. That was on Saturday. And Dayup and Vallejo has played nothing but clay tournaments since the Australian Open. So clearly he loves this stuff. And I honestly can't see him get the win because Kaboli, he should win this one, but Flavio, he is prone to losing matches that he maybe on paper shouldn't lose. Also gotta show some love to 21-year-old Belgian Alexander Bloch. Bloch didn't have to come through qualifying, but he beat Brandon Nakashima in a comeback win to make the third round. He's seeking his first top 10 victory when he takes on 2024 finalist Felix Roger Aliyassim. Closing out this video, looking ahead to Monday's day of play, on Manolo Santana, on the Manolo Santana Stadium, there's Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Folkina taking on Kasparut, the defending champion, followed by Sabalenka V. Osaka, then Coco Goff takes on Linda Noskova, followed by Alexander Zverev against Terrence Atmein and Elena Robakina against Anastasia Potopova. On Arancious Sanchez Stadium, Haidi Baptiste opens play against Belinda Bencic, followed by CC Pass against Daniel Merrida, then Medvedev against Boudkov Kayer, and then Koshak McDali, Hachinoff in Menjik. On Stadium 3, Ann Lee goes up against Leila Fernandez, followed by Solana Sierra against Carolina Pushkova. And then there's Mira Andreva going up against Anna Bandar and Alexander Blocks against Felix Roger Aliyasim. And then Adolfo Daniel Vallejo against Flavio Caboli. Also on court four, there's Francisco Sarondalo against Luciano Dardari. And then after that, there's Venus Williams. Actually, she won a match, I think, yesterday or so. Yeah, yeah, it was yesterday, alongside Katie Bolter and doubles. They will take on the pairing of Sue Shea and Sofia Kennan. That is all I have for this Madrid update video. And let me know your thoughts on everything I covered. I know it was a lot, but do you think that Iga will recover in time for Rome? And do you think that Coco will recover in time for her fourth round match against Noscova? Also, give me your thoughts on the Hodar Fonseca match and who you think right now is the better player between the two. And yeah, make sure you subscribe and click the notification bell so you're notified whenever I post more content. Thank you all so much for watching and for your support. And I'll see you all next time here on Christian's Court.