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April 28, 2026

SABALENKA ELIMINATED Arina squandered six match points, big shock in Madrid

American tennis player Hailey Baptiste eliminated the defending champion Arina Sabalenka in the quarterfinals of the Madrid Masters, defeating her after a big comeback with a score of 2:1 (2:6, 6:2, 7:6(8:6)) in two hours and 32 minutes.

SABALENKA ELIMINATED Arina squandered six match points, big shock in Madrid

TL;DR

  • Hailey Baptiste defeated defending champion Arina Sabalenka 2:1 in the Madrid Masters quarterfinals.
  • Sabalenka won the first set easily, but Baptiste came back to win the second and third sets.
  • Sabalenka failed to convert six match points, including multiple in the final set's tie-break.
  • Baptiste will play Mirra Andreeva in the semifinals.
  • Other quarterfinals feature Karolina Pliskova vs. Anastasia Potapova, and Marta Kostyuk vs. Linda Noskova.

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