Marta Kostyuk clinched her maiden WTA 1000 title in Madrid, rising to a career-high World No. 15. The tournament saw major ranking shifts, with Mirra Andreeva, Hailey Baptiste and others achieving breakthroughs ahead of the clay season.
World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka defended her Brisbane International crown by beating Marta Kostyuk 6-4, 6-3. The Belarusian claimed her 22nd career WTA title and fifth in Australia, becoming one of only three women to defend the season-opening WTA 500 event
Matches postponed on Thursday included Jessica Pegula vs. Karolina Muchova in the second round, Zheng Qinwen vs. Magdalena Frech, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Caroline Wozniacki.
