After Schwartzman and Bencic triumphed in the opening games, and Nadal defeated Shapovalov, we saw another set of games. Andy Murray, Fiona Ferro and Sorana Cirstea were the dominant players in their matches.
Fiona Ferro played against Karolina Pliskova in her opening match. In a real match, world number 3 will be definitely a huge favorite but virtual tennis is different. And it really was a big difference on the court as Ferro dominated the match by winning it 3-0.
After another long break, we saw Andy Murray and Benoit Paire meet on the virtual court. Both started with the hold of their service game, but then Andy broke Benoit's service to win the match 3-1.
Sorana Cirstea brought as the most dominant victory of the day so far. The Romanian faced Johanna Konta and she did not allow her to win more than 1 point. Cirstea has won the match 3-0 with winning 12 points out of 13 played in the match. By this performance, the Romanian has definitely added her name to the list of favorites to win the WTA Virtual Madrid Open.
You can check the full draw here, and the schedule of play for day 1 here. You can also read everything about the Virtual Madrid Open here.
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