The tournament starts on 24 April 2023 with the first two days being reserved for qualification matches.
As expected Djokovic will not play in Madrid and the draw took place today - but has not been published yet. I will provide the full match schedules starting with Round 2 tomorrow or asap.
MADRID MASTERS
ROUND 2
Top Half of the Draw
1 Carlos Alcaraz vs Emil Ruusuvuori
26 Grigor Dimitrov vs Gregoire Barrere
22 Sebastian Korda vs Hugo Grenier
13 Alexander Zverev vs Roberto Carballes Baena
10 Karen Khachanov vs Thiago Monteiro
20 Roberto Bautista-Agut vs Quinton Halys
28 Yoshihito Nishioka vs Alex Molcan
5 Andrey Rublev vs Stan Wawrinka
3 Casper Ruud vs Matteo Arnaldi'
30 Tallon Griekspoor vs Jaume Munar
Oscar Otte vs Daniel Altmaier
15 Lorenzo Musetti vs Yannik Hanfmann
12 Hubert Hurkacz vs Richard Gasquet
17 Borna Coric vs Hugo Gascon
29 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs Albert Ramos-Vinolas
6 Holger Rune vs Alexander Bublik
Bottom Half of the Draw
7 Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Dusan Lajovic
32 Ben Skelton vs Jan-Lennard Struff
24 Francisco Cerundolo vs Pedro Cachin
9 Frances Tiafoe vs Tomas Martin Etcheverry
14 Tommy Paul vs Roman Safiullin
19 Daniel Evans vs Bernabe Zapata Miralles
25 Sebastian Baez vs Marcos Giron
4 Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Dominic Thiem
8 Taylor Fritz vs Christopher O'Connell
27 Miomir Kecmanovic vs Christian Garin
21 Denis Shapovalov vs Zizou Zhang
11 Cameron Norrie vs Yosuke Watanuki
16 Alex de Minaur vs Marco Cecchinato
23 Botic van de Zandschulp vs Aslan Karatsev
31 Jiri Lehecka vs Alexander Shevchenko
2 Danill Medvedev vs Andrea Vavassori
MADRID MASTERS
ROUND 3
Top Half of the Draw
1 Carlos Alcaraz vs 26 Grigor Dimitrov
13 Alexander Zverev vs Hugo Grenier
10 Karen Khachanov vs 20 Roberto Bautista-Agut
5 Andrey Rublev vs 28 Yoshihito Nishioka
Matteo Arnaldi' vs Jaume Munar
Yannik Hanfmann vs Daniel Altmaier
12 Hubert Hurkacz vs 17 Borna Coric
6 Holger Rune vx 29 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Bottom Half of the Draw
7usan Lajovic vs Jan-Lennard Struff
9 Frances Tiafoe vs Pedro Cachin
Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs Roman Safiullin
4 Stefanos Tsitsipas vs 25 Sebastian Baez
8 Taylor Fritz vs Christian Garin
11 Cameron Norrie vs Zizou Zhang
16 Alex de Minaur vs Aslan Karatsev
2 Danill Medvedev vs Alexander Shevchenko
MADRID MASTERS
ROUND 4
Top Half of the Draw
1 Carlos Alcaraz vs 13 Alexander Zverev
5 Andrey Rublev vs 10 Karen Khachanov
Jaume Munar vs Yannik Hanfmann
17 Borna Coric vs 29 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Bottom Half of the Draw
Pedro Cachin vs Jan-Lennard Struff
4 Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Bernabe Zapata Miralles
8 Taylor Fritz vs Zizou Zhang
2 Danill Medvedev vs Aslan Karatsev
What is wrong with Casper Ruud? To the surprise of many Ruud last year played in some semifinals and even though he was poor in the final matches he played in he got extra ranking points - eg 1300 points in the Roland Garros tournament.
Ruud was poor in the matches he played in in January 2023 and he then took a month off away from tennis. It did not help him and since he retuned to play he just cannot get past rounds 2 or 3 and was beaten by unseeded players in matches. He seems to be out-of-form - but it is worse, He h as like Medvedev last year was poor because h lacks attacking ability in matches, -just to h it back balls and giving openings for opposing players to attack is a definite recipe for disaster.
He was at one stage ranked 2 in the world - now he is back to 4 - if present trends continue he would be out of the top 10 by the end of the year.
MADRID MASTERS
QUARTERFINALS
Top Half of the Draw
1 Carlos Alcaraz vs 10 Karen Khachanov
17 Borna Coric vs Yannik Hanfmann
Bottom Half of the Draw
4 Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Jan-Lennard Struff
Zizou Zhang vs Aslan Karatsev
I took a bet on a double match with Rublev and Khachanov being leg 1 today and on Rublev beating Khachanov in the Round 4 match tomorrow. Would like to win on that one.
Ruud is a steady Eddie, he doesn’t have a killer shot….to me the surprise is not so much that he has fallen back into the pack, but that he got to Number 2 at one point.
Mozart
My impression as well. I will expect him to play in Rome next week and then in the Roland Garros tournament. Poor performances in those two tournaments will take Ruud out of the top 10 rankings.
I still have no idea of who will be the finalists in Madrid. In the top half of the D raw (with Rune gone) - it depends on what happens in Round 4 between Alcaraz and Zverev and the winne o that will likely have to play Rublev in the quarterfinals. The winner of those matches are likely to be the one finalist.
As to the bottom half of the draw I think that he level of perf ormances of players being in the bottom half of the draw is comparatively weaker. - but want to see what happens in the matches being played today.
MADRID MASTERS
SEMIFINALS
1 Carlos Alcaraz vs 17 Borna Coric
Jan-Lennard Struff vs Aslan Karatsev
Oops on your bet… Roob left.
MADRID MASTERS
FINAL
1 Carlos Alcaraz vs Jan-Lennard Struff
In a 3 setter Carlos Alcaraz is Champion in Madrid again.
It was a bit of a struggle for Alc araz to win - but congrats to him is utterly deserved.