{"id":620407,"date":"2026-04-22T05:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/620407\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T05:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:29:11","slug":"23-stars-out-as-amanda-anisimova-joins-5-grand-slam-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/620407\/","title":{"rendered":"23 stars out as Amanda Anisimova joins 5 Grand Slam winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda Anisimova is the latest big name to withdraw from the 2026 Madrid Open, with the total number of players to pull out of the combined ATP\/WTA 1000 event rising to 23.<\/p>\n<p>After the men\u2019s and women\u2019s draws were made in Madrid on Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/madrid-open-withdrawals-jack-draper-karolina-muchova-pull-out-list-increases-21\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">21 players had withdrawn across both tournaments<\/a>, and a further two women have since pulled out.<\/p>\n<p>There are now 13 women and 10 men who have pulled out, including five Grand Slam champions across both draws: Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Emma Raducanu, Marketa Vondrousova and Barbora Krejcikova.<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s tournament in Madrid got underway on Tuesday, while the opening round in the men\u2019s event will begin on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Aryna Sabalenka and Casper Ruud are the defending singles champions at the clay-court event at Caja Magica.<\/p>\n<p>Tennis News<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jannik-sinner-from-another-planet-madrid-open-prediction-boris-becker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boris Becker says Jannik Sinner is \u2018from another planet\u2019 as he makes Madrid Open prediction<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/iga-swiatek-reveals-tight-training-rafael-nadal-watchful-eye\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iga Swiatek reveals she \u2018was so tight\u2019 while training under Rafael Nadal\u2019s watchful eye<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/p>\n<p>ATP Madrid Open withdrawal list<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz, Djokovic, Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe would have been seeded, but they all pulled out before the draw was made. Jack Draper was seeded 24th, but he withdrew shortly after the draw.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz (world No 2) \u2013 replaced by Sebastian Ofner<br \/>\nNovak Djokovic (world No 4) \u2013 replaced by Adam Walton<br \/>\nTaylor Fritz (world No 7) \u2013 replaced by Roberto Bautista Agut<br \/>\nFrances Tiafoe (world No 19) \u2013 replaced by Jesper de Jong<br \/>\nJack Draper (world No 28) \u2013 replaced by lucky loser (TBC)<br \/>\nHolger Rune (world No 39) \u2013 replaced by Francisco Comesana<br \/>\nSebastian Korda (world No 40) \u2013 replaced by Alexander Shevchenko<br \/>\nGiovanni Mpetshi Perricard (world No 53) \u2013 replaced by Alexandre Muller<br \/>\nArthur Cazaux (world No 73) \u2013 replaced by Alexander Blockx<br \/>\nKamil Majchrzak (world No 74) \u2013 replaced by Thiago Agustin Tirante<\/p>\n<p>WTA Madrid Open withdrawal list<\/p>\n<p>Karolina Muchova, Raducanu, Emma Navarro and Maya Joint would have been seeded in Madrid, but they withdrew before the draw.<\/p>\n<p>Anisimova and Ekaterina Alexandrova were in the draw and seeded sixth and 12th respectively, but they have since pulled out.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Anisimova (world No 6) \u2013 replaced by lucky loser (TBC)<br \/>\nKarolina Muchova (world No 11) \u2013 replaced by Viktorija Golubic<br \/>\nEkaterina Alexandrova (world No 14) replaced by lucky loser (TBC)<br \/>\nEmma Raducanu (world No 27) \u2013 replaced by Ajla Tomljanovic<br \/>\nEmma Navarro (world No 28) \u2013 replaced by Ashlyn Krueger<br \/>\nMaya Joint (world No 29) \u2013 replaced by Moyuka Uchijima<br \/>\nSara Bejlek (world No 35) \u2013 replaced by Zeynep Sonmez<br \/>\nMarketa Vondrousova (world No 45) \u2013 replaced by Julia Grabher<br \/>\nMcCartney Kessler (world No 48) \u2013 replaced by Kamilla Rakhimova<br \/>\nBarbora Krejcikova (world No 52) \u2013 replaced by Irina-Camelia Begu<br \/>\nSonay Kartal (world No 55) \u2013 replaced by Petra Marcinko<br \/>\nVarvara Gracheva (world No 60) \u2013 replaced by Eva Lys<br \/>\nVeronika Kudermetova (world No 64) \u2013 replaced by Taylor Townsend<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-fairly-certain-he-will-miss-french-open-toni-nadal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toni Nadal sends blunt message to Carlos Alcaraz about his hopes of playing the French Open<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amanda Anisimova is the latest big name to withdraw from the 2026 Madrid Open, with the total number&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-620407","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}