Tennis fans go online to watch virtual Mutua Madrid Open

This week should have seen the start of one of the countries biggest sporting events – the Madrid Open.

With the pandemic in place, it has meant that tournaments have been cancelled, however tennis fans can now get their fix virtually!

The event organisers launched the first electronic version of the tournament yesterday, with the biggest names in the sport playing each other online.

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Rafael Nadal, Carla Suárez, Andy Murray, Madison Keys, Alexander Zverev and Eugenie Bouchard are amongst those swapping tennis racquets for game controllers over the coming days. You can watch the action[icon name=”external-link” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] on their facebook page.

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