Since losing to Blinkova at AO in Jan, Rybakina has won all 12 deciding sets she has played. Clutch!

Madison Keys: For so long I was constantly trying to change my game to fit clay vs just playing tennis on clay, making some minor tweaks. I'm a fairly good natural mover on clay, so I think I finally just stopped fighting it & (I’m) really leaning into it & begrudgingly loving it

Nadal: Today is an emotional day. Unforgettable in terms of saying Goodbye Madrid, the place I received more love & support during all these years. But my career keeps going & I have my personal goals next couple of weeks & I wanna explore if I have any chance to achieve that.

Rafael Nadal Perera... Legend

Nadal: 'It's like this out. That's the problem with the machine, this is why it gets so frustrating.'

Daniil Medvedev on dubs with Tommy Paul:

'It’s experience, trying to get ready for Olympics a little bit, to try to get the idea of doubles a bit more into my head... I like watching it (doubles) to be honest, playing I like less...'

Sinner on the hip: If it was worse than yesterday I would've thought about not playing today but when I have a chance, trying to get through situations early in my career, I want to give it a try. For sure I’m not physically 100% today. Tomorrow I have a day off, which can help..

« If I’d play against Rafa, for sure I would ask for a t-shirt », Swiatek in a laugh to Reem Abulleil who was wondering if she had ever been tempted to keep a memory from a match.

Abdullah Shelbayh🇯🇴 and Benjamin Hassan🇩🇪/🇱🇧 defeat No.4 seeds Ivan Dodig🇭🇷 and Austin Krajicek🇺🇸 6-2, 7-6(6) in the Madrid doubles opening round.

Medvedev gets Rafa/Lehecka in QF: 3rd set was pretty big IMO. Rafa played well, wasnt looking very tired, Pedro was looking tired. I played Jiri in practice & he was playing big tennis. Super interested to see how it goes to see if Rafa’s better, if he’s tired, not tired, let’s c

Ons Jabeur to Tumaini Carayol: “I think if you’re a coward, you will not go and try. I didn’t want to be a coward and I wanted to try, even losing but taking the loss with pride.”
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Very proud of this stat. Hoping to be back in court soon ugh 🙏🏼🙏🏼

Q. You trained with Jiri Lehecka last week. Is your level different now than last week?

Nadal: I hope so, because I lost😁But I don't know. Let's see. I cannot predict what can happen tomorrow, what level I gonna show tomorrow. I am more unpredictable than what I used to be.

Coco Gauff, who was broken 7 times by Keys and hit 13 double faults today:

My serve is evolving & there’s a lot of minor changes being made. It’s difficult when you’re trying to do new things. When it’s on, it’s definitely a weapon & I guess it’s just making it more consistent.

Some warm words at the net between Cachin and Nadal, who gave the Argentine one of the shirts he wore during the match.

Nadal comes through 6-1, 6-7(6), 6-3 to set up a Madrid fourth-round meeting with No.30 seed Jiri Lehecka.

Madison Keys [18] knocks out Coco Gauff [3] 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4 in 2hr 30min - her first top-10 win of the year and 27th overall - to reach the Madrid quarter-finals for the first time.

Faces Jabeur next.

Rafael Nadal is 161-1 against players ranked outside the top 50 on clay since the start of the 2005 season, with his sole loss coming against #73 Horacio Zeballos in the 2013 Vina del Mar final.

(via ATP Media Info)

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