Tennis Tracker: Zeppieri defeated by Bagnis in two sets, Thiem also out with Kokkinakis

The fifth combined tournament of the season kicks off today with men’s and women’s players from around the world

9.40pm – Paula Badosa (26) and Zheng Qinwen (21) are the two stars of the women’s circuit who are battling it out at this week’s Madrid Open.

21.06 – In the last match of the day in Madrid, Wang Xiyu managed to beat Ana Bogdan 6-7, 7-6, 6-2.

8.20pm – In one of the last matches of the opening day of the women’s first round in Madrid, Anna Karolina Schmiedlova defeated Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6-4.

6.35pm – Dominic Thiem (30) has been one of the best in the world on clay, winning Madrid in 2019 and reaching two French Open finals, but injuries have left him a shadow of his former self and that was evident today with the defeat of the Austrian 6-1, 6-3 against Thanasi Kokkinakis (28) in the last qualifying round.

5.48pm – For Jannik Sinner the main goal of the season is the Olympics

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5.45pm – Carlos Alcaraz, who is preparing to play in Madrid, speaks: “I don’t want to have problems”

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4.40pm – In the men’s qualifiers, former Madrid semi-finalist and Spanish number one Roberto Bautista-Agut (36) was beaten 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 by compatriot Albert Ramos-Vinolas (36).

The clash between Dominic Thiem (30) and Thanasi Kokkinakis (28) has just begun.

2.42pm – Some results have arrived from Madrid. Alexandra Eala (18), world number 170, made a great showing, defeating Lesia Tsurenko (34) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. Arantxa Rus (33) instead won by beating wildcard Brenda Fruhvirtova (17) 7-5, 6-3.

3.00pm – In the Madrid qualifiers, Giulio Zeppieri surrenders to the Argentine veteran Facundo Bagnis, n. 134 ATP, by 6-4 6-4.

10.05am – Djokovic’s hope: “I would like to be able to prepare well for Roland Garros by playing in Rome.”

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09:30- Hello and welcome to the Flashscore coverage of the opening day of the Madrid Open, following yesterday’s qualifiers. Today we await the return to the field of Dominic Thiem and the old French glory Richard Gasquet.