Madrid Open 2024 Day 8 Recap

On day eight of the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open, the underside half of the lads’s draw was in quarter-final motion, whereas the highest half benefited from a day without work after yesterday’s fourth-round matches.

First on the courtroom have been Carlos Alcaraz and Andrey Rublev, with the Russian ending Alcaraz’s hopes of a 3rd Madrid title with a shock 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory.

Off-court, the opposite piece of stories was Jannik Sinner’s withdrawal with a proper hip harm, handing Auger-Aliassime a walkover into the semi-final.

Taylor Fritz then performed the final match of the day, discovering a means by means of Francisco Cerundolo to earn his 250th tour-level win en path to the semi-final.

You may see highlights, match stats and a fast recap for each matches beneath.

Day Eight 2024 Madrid Open Quarter Ultimate Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Andrey Rublev (7)
Carlos Alcaraz (2)
4-6, 6-3, 6-2

Taylor Fritz (12)
Francisco Cerundolo (21)
6-1, 3-6. 6-3

Rublev Upsets Alcaraz

On Wednesday, Andrey Rublev clinched one among his most vital victories of the season, ending Carlos Alcaraz’s bid for a historic third consecutive title on the Caja Magica.

The seventh seed has had a subpar interval of kind, however he triumphed 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in simply over two hours, fueled by an untypically calm manner and really efficient serving show.

Rublev’s forehand and aggressive play underneath the closed roof proved an excessive amount of for Alcaraz, who I believed appeared a bit lacklustre. His forehand appeared tame in comparison with the Russian’s.

Rublev notched 27 winners and inflicted Alcaraz’s first on Spanish clay since 2021.

I feel the serve saved me a number of occasions right this moment, I feel the important thing was I used to be utterly calm the entire match. I didn’t say one phrase, even when I used to be shedding. That was the important thing, and I may serve even higher close to the top. At first, I used to be not serving that nicely however little by little, after set one, I served higher and higher and completed rather well. While you begin to think about how good every part is, I used to be not profitable for six weeks in any respect. So it’s higher to not suppose in any respect. That it’s only a second and it occurs to everybody. Everybody has been by means of these moments and an important factor is to maintain working and preserve enhancing. Rublev on his win.

Match Stats

 
Andrey Rublev
Carlos Alcaraz

Aces
5
1

Double Faults
2
2

1st Serve Share
74%
70%

1st Serve Factors Gained
80% (51/64)
60% (34/57)

2nd Serve Factors Gained
45% (10/22)
71% (17/24)

Break Factors Saved
88% (7/8)
77% (10/13)

1st Return Factors Gained
40% (23/57)
20% (13/64)

2nd Return Factors Gained
29% (7/24)
55% (12/22)

Break Factors Transformed
23% (3/13)
13% (1/8)

Winners
27
19

Unforced Errors
13
11

Web Factors Gained
69% (18/26)
64% (9/14)

Max Factors In Row
7
6

Service Factors Gained
71% (61/86)
63% (51/81)

Return Factors Gained
37% (30/81)
29% (25/86)

Complete Factors Gained
54% (91/167)
46% (76/167)

Max Video games In Row
3
3

Service Video games Gained
93% (13/14)
77% (10/13)

Return Video games Gained
23% (3/13)
7% (1/14)

Complete Video games Gained
59% (16/27)
41% (11/27)

Highlights

Fritz Fights Off Cerundolo

Taylor Fritz overcame Francisco Cerundolo 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in a difficult match that lasted one hour and 46 minutes.

Fritz dominated the opening set with out dealing with a break level and, regardless of Cerundolo outplaying him within the second set, broke the Argentine late within the third set to clinch victory. This win ranges their head-to-head file at 1-1 and avenges Fritz’s loss ultimately yr’s Roland Garros.

The American has had a good few weeks on clay. He made the ultimate in Munich, and early on towards Cerundolo, he struck some very candy forehands to dominate.

Nevertheless, as circumstances additional cooled and the balls slowed, his recreation wasn’t fairly as efficient, and Cerundolo appeared more and more harmful from the baseline. 

The third set actually felt like anybody, however after Fritz escaped 15-30 at 3-3, a number of the factors began to go in his favour, and he capitalised to interrupt serve, then held to like to change into solely the third American to make the final 4 in Madrid.

I returned rather well within the first set, placing a number of balls in play. To be trustworthy, he was making some errors, so it made me look loads higher, and I used to be positively discovering some balls to assault on. Within the second and third units, I really feel he acquired much more stable. He was not giving me something totally free, and it was actually exhausting to hit by means of him and discover balls to assault on. He was getting the backhand by means of the courtroom. It was robust to search for forehands. It was actually robust from the bottom, however I simply needed to hold within the match with my serve and battle by means of some factors though I didn’t really feel tremendous comfy. I took my probability after I acquired it. Fritz on his match with Cerundolo.

Match Stats

 
Taylor Fritz
Francisco Cerundolo

Aces
5
1

Double Faults
1
4

1st Serve Share
61%
71%

1st Serve Factors Gained
83% (38/46)
68% (36/53)

2nd Serve Factors Gained
48% (14/29)
45% (10/22)

Break Factors Saved
50% (1/2)
50% (3/6)

1st Return Factors Gained
32% (17/53)
17% (8/46)

2nd Return Factors Gained
55% (12/22)
52% (15/29)

Break Factors Transformed
50% (3/6)
50% (1/2)

Winners
18
19

Unforced Errors
14
29

Web Factors Gained
81% (13/16)
76% (13/17)

Max Factors In Row
8
4

Service Factors Gained
69% (52/75)
61% (46/75)

Return Factors Gained
39% (29/75)
31% (23/75)

Complete Factors Gained
54% (81/150)
46% (69/150)

Max Video games In Row
5
3

Service Video games Gained
92% (12/13)
75% (9/12)

Return Video games Gained
25% (3/12)
8% (1/13)

Complete Video games Gained
60% (15/25)
40% (10/25)

Highlights

Madrid Open 2024 Day 9 Quarter Ultimate Matches