{"id":638127,"date":"2026-04-30T07:41:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T07:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/638127\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T07:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T07:41:07","slug":"wta-madrid-semifinal-predictions-including-andreeva-vs-baptiste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/638127\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Madrid Semifinal Predictions Including Andreeva vs Baptiste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two unexpected semifinal matches await at the WTA 1000 in Madrid, but that doesn\u2019t mean the matches won\u2019t be of amazing quality. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2026\/04\/29\/hailey-baptiste-d-c-aryna-sabalenka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hailey Baptiste pulled off an absolute stunner<\/a> in the quarterfinals to take out World #1 Aryna Sabalenka and has already achieved the best result of her career. Anastasia Potapova <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2026\/04\/29\/anastasia-potapova-books-madrid-semifinal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">is making history as a lucky loser<\/a>. Will either of these women reach the final? As always, we share our thoughts on both matches.<\/p>\n<p>WTA Madrid Semifinal Predictions<br \/>\nAnastasia Potapova vs Marta Kostyuk<\/p>\n<p>This has been a career-best event for Potapova, who keeps on pulling off impressive upset after impressive upset. However, Marta Kostyuk stands in her way, and the Ukrainian should have all of the advantages here. Kostyuk has defeated multiple elite players in a row this tournament, and she has done it in blistering fashion. With the way she\u2019s playing, it\u2019s hard to imagine anyone beating her right now. And that includes an inspired Potapova.<br \/>Prediction: Kostyuk in 2<\/p>\n<p>Mirra Andreeva vs Hailey Baptiste<\/p>\n<p>What a week this has been for Hailey Baptiste. The young American, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/06\/01\/hailey-baptiste-american-clay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pegged as a potential clay court star years ago<\/a>, is finally achieving her potential. She\u2019s playing well on all surfaces, but she somehow thrives on clay. Mirra Andreeva is also great on clay, and she is playing much more solid tennis overall right now. However, I have to think the American should be able to win this. She plays with an exceptional mixture aggression and variety that very few people can handle on clay. It got the best of Sabalenka in the last round, and I expect it to get the better of Andreeva in this one, too.<br \/>Prediction: Baptiste in 3<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two unexpected semifinal matches await at the WTA 1000 in Madrid, but that doesn\u2019t mean the matches won\u2019t&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[149698,198216,49,48,59595,177891,31266,31267,30435,87862,232982,82,593,608,609,232983],"class_list":["post-638127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-anastasia-potapova","tag-anastasia-potapova-predictions","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-hailey-baptiste","tag-hailey-baptiste-predictions","tag-marta-kostyuk","tag-marta-kostyuk-predictions","tag-mirra-andreeva","tag-mirra-andreeva-predictions","tag-mutua-madrid-open-predictions","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-wta-madrid-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638127","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=638127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}