Gigi Salmon's column: Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka's incredible Madrid final and jaw-dropping effort by Andrey Rublev

In her most recent Sky Sports section, Gigi Salmon considers a shocking ladies' Madrid Open last, Andrey Rublev's fantasy finishing following a striking week, Rafael Nadal's personal farewell, Madrid's list of attendees, the family cart, and looks forward to the Italian Open in Rome. All tennis streets right now are prompting the French capital and Roland Garros, what begins toward the month's end. Assuming that Madrid is anything to go by, we are in for a treat in the ladies' competition while keeping our fingers crossed that a portion of the strong competitors in the men's are fit and sound! 'Where were you when...' is something gotten some information about a remarkable second or occasion, and in tennis circles can very likely be applied to the Madrid ladies' conclusive, when in a rehash of the 2023 show-stopper world No 1 Iga Swiatek confronted defending boss Aryna Sabalenka. Three hours and 11 minutes of enchanting, superior grade, high power tennis, with the two players declining to withdraw. It was an unbelievable showcase, decided by the littlest of edges and going right to the wire with Swiatek taking it in the third-set tie-break having saved three Championship focuses. One onlooker commented that 'the sort of match brings individuals into tennis'. It was a joy to be courtside in the Caja Magica and I've been wracking my mind from that point onward to attempt to think of a match I've observed experience that was better. With the success Swiatek, still just 22 (she turns 23 toward the month's end) has now won her beyond seven finals, she is more than 3,000 focuses clear of Sabalenka in the rankings. It was her third title of the year, 10th WTA 1000 title and twentieth of her young vocation.