When will the Mutua Madrid Open final take place | Mutua Madrid Open final: who is playing, date, time and where to watch on TV
This Sunday the Mutua Madrid Open will produce an unprecedented champion as Andrey Rublev and Felix Auger-Aliassime compete for the title in the final. None of them have ever managed to win in the Spanish capital, and even the Canadian will fight for victory. … the first thousand masters of his career.
Madrid was a strange tournament, mainly due to the withdrawal of several important tennis players due to injury in the last rounds. First, Sinner had to refuse to play in the quarter-finals against Aliassime, later Medvedev had to leave half of the quarter-finals against Lehecki, and this Friday the Czech had to say goodbye to the final when he led 3-3 against Auger in the first leg. his semi-final set. Thus, the Canadian will not play in the quarterfinals in the title match and will play only 6 games in the semifinals.
The favorite in the match is Rublev, who managed to rediscover his tennis in Madrid. The Muscovite had four defeats in a row and was eliminated in the first round in Barcelona, Monte Carlo and Miami, and was eliminated in the second round in Indian Wells.
The eighth racket of the world, a volcanic tennis player, was the executioner of Carlos Alcaraz, as well as the Spaniard Davidovic, to whom he fought back with a score of 5-0 in the first set tiebreak. He was clearly superior to Taylor Fritz in the semi-finals, winning in straight sets. Alassime, in turn, eliminated such a difficult opponent as Casper Ruud.
The match will take place this Sunday, May 5, starting at 6:30 p.m. It can be seen on television on the channels RTVE, Teledeporte or La 1, as well as on the payment platform Movistar Plus.