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The View Through Jannik Sinner's Open Window

After two long weeks in Madrid, notes on Sinner, Zverev, Kostyuk, and more.

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Ben Rothenberg
May 04, 2026
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ATP-WTA 1000 Madrid, which now takes two plodding weeks to finish to the annoyance of nearly everyone, wrapped up on Sunday with decisive men’s result that laid the barren field into stark relief, and a surprise women’s champion.

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