Andreeva Reaches Third Career WTA 1000 Final in Madrid Tennis Scores
Mirra Andreeva moved into the Mutua Madrid Open final with tennis scores that match the moment: a 6-4, 7-6 win over Hailey Baptiste on Friday. Marta Kostyuk joined her there after beating Anastasia Potapova 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, setting up a final between the ninth-seeded teenager and the 26th-seeded first-time finalist.
Andreeva reached her third career WTA 1000 final, and she did it after surviving a tiebreak in which she was pushed hard before closing out the match. Kostyuk, by contrast, finished with a three-set comeback that turned sharply after Potapova took the second set.
Andreeva’s Madrid run
The Russian was down 4-0 in the tiebreaker before taking control, and she saved three set points on the way to the finish. She also won 20 of 22 points on serve and ran off 15 straight points on serve, two numbers that explain how the match stayed on her racquet once the second set tightened.
After the win, Andreeva said, “I really tried to focus and do everything I can to just not react at anything that was happening” and added, “I was not reacting a lot on the points, or on the games that I was winning. I felt like that was helping me to stay calmer, and also kind of saving the energy a little bit.”
Kostyuk reaches her first final
Kostyuk’s route carried a different weight. She reached her first career WTA 1000 final after a season that had already included the final in Brisbane, her first tournament of the year, and a ligament tear in Melbourne before her clay results improved.
She also won the title in Rouen, her second career title, which gave her another reference point before Madrid. Against Potapova, the second-set dip did not hold her back for long; she reset in the third and finished the match 6-2, 1-6, 6-1.
For Andreeva, the final carried another layer. She was World No. 8 before the match and was set to move up to No. 7 in the PIF WTA Rankings regardless of the result, while her clay numbers kept stacking up after the title in Linz, the semifinal run in Stuttgart, and a win over Iga Swiatek there.
The Madrid final also sharpened the contrast between the two players. Andreeva was on 12 wins on clay in 2026 after her five wins in Madrid, while Kostyuk arrived with a final spot that followed injury and a slower start to her year. On Saturday, the championship match gave both players a rare chance to turn separate runs into a title at one of the tour’s biggest events.
