WTA Madrid: Azarenka and Haddad Maia stop the favorites in the final
Victoria Azarenka and Beatriz Haddad Maia won the doubles title at the WTA Tour 1000 tournament in Madrid with a convincing 6: 1 and 6: 4 against Cori Gauff and Jessica Pegula.
by tennisnet.com
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May 07, 2023, 05:46 pm
Actually, all four participants in the doubles final came to Madrid with high individual ambitions for the WTA Tour 1000 tournament. All of which were then disappointed. It went furthest for Jessica Pegula, who lost to Veronika Kudermetova in the quarterfinals. Victoria Azarenka lost in her first match to the American Alicia Parks, as did her partner Betariz Haddad Maia, who was defeated by the then 15-year-old Russian Mirra Andreeva. Cori Gauff was knocked out in round three against Paula Badosa.
In the doubles final, Azarenka/Haddad Maia got off to a dream start. And were not disturbed by a break deficit in round two. For Azarenka it was the tenth title in doubles, the last one to date was in 2021 with Aryna Sabalenka in Berlin. Beatriz Haddad Maia has written for the fifth time as a doubles winner of a WTA tournament.
Here the double tableau in Madrid
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