Madrid Open Round of 16: Matchups, key outcomes and who advanced – WTA

What began as one of the most anticipated days of the tournament on Monday came to a halt at the Mutua Madrid Open, as a widespread power outage across parts of Spain, Portugal and southern France forced the suspension of six Round of 16 matches. Only two were completed — Coco Gauff defeated Belinda Bencic, while Mirra Andreeva held off Yuliia Starodubtseva. Those six remaining matches were started and completed Tuesday, with top seeds Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek both advancing to the quarterfinals. The day delivered a full slate of action, wrapping up a round delayed — but not derailed — by an unusual interruption. No. 4 Coco Gauff def. Belinda Bencic 6-4, 6-2 Gauff has now reached the quarterfinals at every current WTA 1000 event except her home tournament in Miami. Watch: Gauff reaches first career Madrid quarterfinal  No. 7 Mirra Andreeva def. Yuliia Starodubtseva  With Monday’s victory, the Madrid Open became the first tournament where Andreeva has recorded 10 career wins at a single WTA event. Watch: Mirra Andreeva ends Starodubtseva run to return to Madrid quarters No. 2 Iga Swiatek def. No. 13 Diana Shnaider 6-0, 6-7 (3), 6-4 Swiatek has now reached 17 consecutive clay-court
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