Madrid Open order of play: Rafael Nadal headlines Wednesday schedule
MADRID OPEN order of play: As the action from Madrid continues today, Express Sport is on hand to give you Wednesday’s schedule.
Madrid Open: Rafael Nadal defeats Felix Auger-Aliassime
Rafael Nadal is aiming to avoid a Madrid Open upset when he takes on hotly-tipped teenager Felix ‘The Cat’ Auger-Aliassime in the third round today.
The 18-year-old Canadian prodigy became the youngest semi-finalist in the history of the Miami Open in March, only losing on two tie-breaks to fellow big-server John Isner.
Quick-footed and tall, Felix Auger-Aliassime has been compared to Novak Djokovic for his two-handed backhand.
Nadal, who arrived at the tournament without a European clay title to his name for the first time since 2015, has been struggling with a stomach bug.
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MADRID OPEN ORDER OF PLAY - DAY 4
Manolo Santana - 11am (BST)
3rd round
Simona Halep vs Viktoria Kuzmova
Naomi Osaka vs Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Rafael Nadal
Caroline Garcia vs Petra Kvitova
David Ferrer vs Alexander Zverev
Arantxa Sanchez - 11am (BST)
2nd round
Kei Nishikori vs Hugo Dellien
Laslo Djere vs Juan Martin del Potro
Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Adrian Mannarino
Lucas Pouille vs Hubert Hurkacz
Fernando Verdasco vs Karen Khachanov
Stadium 3 - 11am (BST)
3rd round
Kiki Bertens vs Anastasija Sevastova
2nd Rround
Stan Wawrinka vs Guido Pella
Belinda Bencic vs Kateryna Kozlova
3rd round
Sloane Stephens vs Saisai Zheng
2nd round
Wesley Koolhof & Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Nikola Mektic & Franko Skugor
Court 4 - 11am (BST)
2nd round
Veronika Kudermetova & Galina Voskoboeva vs Nicole Melichar & Kveta Peschke
3rd round
Ashleigh Barty vs Yulia Putintseva
2nd round
Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova vs Irina-Camelia Begu & Simona Halep
3rd round
Donna Vekic vs Petra Martic
2nd round
Robin Haase & Raven Klaasen vs Lukasz Kubot & Marcelo Melo
Court 5 - 11am (BST)
2nd round
Frances Tiafoe vs Philipp Kohlschreiber
Not before 12pm (BST)
2nd round
Marton Fucsovics vs Gael Monfils
2nd round
Fabio Fognini vs John Millman
Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares or Radu Albot & Nikoloz Basilashvili vs Juan Martin del Potro & Kei Nishikori
Followed By
Oliver Marach & Mate Pavic vs Maximo Gonzalez & Horacio Zeballos
Court 6 - 11am (BST)
2nd round
Shuko Aoyama & Lidziya Marozava vs Gabriela Dabrowski & Yifan Xu
Jeremy Chardy vs Diego Schwartzman
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez & Sara Sorribes Tormo vs Samantha Stosur & Shuai Zhang
1st round
Austin Krajicek & Artem Sitak vs Roberto Carballes Baena & Jaume Munar
2nd round
Henri Kontinen & John Peers vs Guido Pella & Joao Sousa
Kyle Edmund & Neal Skupski vs Jean-Julien Rojer & Horia Tecau