Spanish hopes Cristina Bucsa and Sara Sorribes Tormo excited the crowds at the Caja Magica on Sunday by capturing the Mutua Madrid Open doubles title on home soil.
Playing their first tournament together as a doubles team, No.8 seeds Bucsa and Sorribes Tormo rolled past No.6 seeds Barbora Krejcikova and Laura Siegemund 6-0, 6-2 in the final to triumph at the year’s first clay-court WTA 1000 event.
Bucsa and Sorribes Tormo were dominant over two Grand Slam doubles champions in the 73-minute championship match. Buoyed by home support, the Spaniards converted half of their 12 break points while only dropping serve once.
This is Bucsa’s third career WTA doubles title, her second of the year (after Bogota with Kamilla Rakhimova) and her first at WTA 1000-level. Bucsa reached her career-high doubles ranking of No.38 last week and is projected to climb even higher on Monday.
That first title feeling on home turf 🎉
Cristina Bucsa 🏆🏆 @sara_sorribes#MMOPEN pic.twitter.com/pwMrHOZ1ga
— wta (@WTA) May 5, 2024
Sorribes Tormo won her fifth career WTA doubles title in Madrid, and her first this year. She also set a career-high doubles ranking this month, at No.26, and projected rankings could see her make her Top 20 doubles debut on Monday.
This is Sorribes Tormo’s second doubles title at WTA 1000-level. She previously won WTA 1000 Beijing last autumn alongside Marie Bouzkova.
More to come…