2023 Madrid

Madrid: Begu upsets Samsonova, returns to quarters for third time

No.31 seed Irina-Camelia Begu scored her third Top 20 win of 2023 over No.14 seed Liudmila Samsonova in the fourth round of the Mutua Madrid Open. The result put the Romanian into her fourth quarterfinal at WTA 1000 level or above -- three of which have now come in Madrid.