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Madrid Open Round of 16: Matchups, key outcomes and who advanced

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Aryna Sabalenka
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What began as one of the most anticipated days of the tournament on Monday came to a halt at the Mutua Madrid Open, as a widespread power outage across parts of Spain, Portugal and southern France forced the suspension of six Round of 16 matches. Only two were completed -- Coco Gauff

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Mirra Andreeva
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held off Yuliia Starodubtseva
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Those six remaining matches were started and completed Tuesday, with top seeds Aryna Sabalenka

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both advancing to the quarterfinals. The day delivered a full slate of action, wrapping up a round delayed -- but not derailed -- by an unusual interruption.

No. 4 Coco Gauff

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6-4, 6-2

Gauff has now reached the quarterfinals at every current WTA 1000 event except her home tournament in Miami.

Watch: Gauff reaches first career Madrid quarterfinal 

No. 7 Mirra Andreeva

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With Monday's victory, the Madrid Open became the first tournament where Andreeva has recorded 10 career wins at a single WTA event.

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No. 2 Iga Swiatek

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6-0, 6-7 (3), 6-4

Swiatek has now reached 17 consecutive clay-court quarterfinals, a streak that dates back to her third-round loss to Ashleigh Barty at Madrid four years ago. 

Watch: Swiatek battles past Shnaider in three sets to reach Madrid quarters

No. 5 Madison Keys

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6-2, 6-3

Keys became the second American player to achieve 25-plus WTA-1000 match-wins on clay, along with Serena Williams (44).

Watch: Keys overwhelms Vekic into second straight Madrid quarterfinal

No. 17 Elina Svitolina

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6-3, 6-4

Before this season, Svitolina had never won consecutive matches at the Madrid Open in nine previous appearances.  

Watch: Svitolina beats Sakkari for eighth straight win, first Madrid quarterfinal

Moyuka Uchijima

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6-4, 7-6 (5)

Uchijima has made more WTA quarterfinal appearances in the past two weeks (Rouen and Madrid) than in her entire career before this run (Monastir in 2022).

Watch: Uchijima upsets Alexandrova in Madrid, reaches first WTA 1000 quarterfinal

No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka

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6-2, 6-4

Sabalenka’s win on Tuesday was her 28th of the season, giving her the tour lead in match wins -- one ahead of Jessica Pegula

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Watch: Two-time champion Sabalenka returns to Madrid quarterfinals

No. 24 Marta Kostyuk

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6-3, 6-2

Kostyuk has already recorded 11 WTA 1000 wins in 2025 -- her highest total in a single season at this level.

Watch: Kostyuk ousts Potapova to complete Madrid quarterfinal lineup