​Barbora Krejcikova won the only Grand Slam tournament on clay in her career (Roland Garros-2021), but the athlete from the Czech Republic is not going through the best period and was eliminated in the 1/8 finals of the “WTA 1000” tournament in Madrid.

Barbora Krejcikova, defeated by Petra Martic at the WTA in Madrid

The surprise of the day at the Caja Magica tournament came from Petra Martic (WTA 33rd, ranked 27th).

The Croatian beat Krejcikova (11th seed) in straight sets 6-3, 7-6(1). The match lasted one hour and 56 minutes.

Martic missed two match points at 5-4 in the second set, saved four at 5-6 and eventually won in a tiebreak.

Petra, who achieved her best result at a major tournament also on clay at Roland Garros (quarters in 2019), will face the winner of the match between Iga Sviatek (world number one) and Kateryna Alexandrova (16th seed) in the quarters.

WTA Madrid, quarterfinals

Iga Svyatek / Kateryna Alexandrova (16) – Petra Martych (27)

Jessica Pegula (3) / Martina Trevisan (18) – Veronika Kudermetova (12)

Maria Sakkari (9) – Iryna Begu (31)

Mayar Sheriff – Aryna Sabalenko (2).

The WTA Mutua Madrid Open takes place from April 25 to May 7 on clay in the Caja Magica complex. It is in the WTA 1000 category, has a total prize money of US$7,652,174, and the title holder is Ons Jabert. Simona Halep won in 2016 and 2017.