Like ya we tell you a few days ago the Mutua Madrid Open Virtual Pro comes to replace the classic Mutua Madrid Open that could not be held due to confinement by COVID-19. A tennis tournament in which professional players will not face each other on a physical court, but in the video game Tennis World Tour for PS4.
Today at 3:00 PM the competition starts, and you can follow it on the internet through Facebook, in the channel of PlayStation Spain. 32 will be the participants of this tournament16 of them from the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and another 16 from the men's division (ATP). It will last until April 30, and this first day will consist of a group stage for each painting to be played in 15-minute matches.
Here you have the different matches of this phase, the tennis players who will see each other's faces, and the time at which each will be played:
Male painting
- 15:00: Diego Schwartzman VS David Ferrer (Group 2)
- 15:30: Rafa Nadal VS Denis Shapovalov (Group 1)
- 16:15: Benoit Paire VS Andy Murray (Group 1)
- 16:45: Diego Schwartzman VS John Isner (Group 2)
- 17:15: Stefanos Tsitsipas VS Fabio Fognini (Group 3)
- 17:45: Fabio Fognini VS Frances Tiafoe (Group 3)
- 18:15: David Goffin VS Lucas Pouille (Group 4)
- 18:45: Stefanos Tsitsipas VS Kei Nishikori (Group 3)
- 19:15: Alexander Zverev VS Karen Khachanov (Group 4)
- 19:45: John Isner VS Dominic Thiem (Group 2)
- 20:15: Kei Nishikori VS Frances Tiafoe (Group 3)
- 20:45: Alexander Zverev VS Lucas Pouille (Group 4)
Female painting
- 15:15: Carla Suárez VS Belinda Bencic (Group 1)
- 15:45: Karolina Pliskova VS Fiona Ferro (Group 1)
- 16:30: Johanna Konta VS Sorana Cirstea (Group 2)
- five pm: Angelique Kerber VS Donna Vekic (Group 4)
- 17:30: Sorana Cirstea VS Elina Svitolina (Group 2)
- 18:00: Kiki Bertens VS Angelique Kerber (Group 4)
- 18:30: Donna Vekic VS Eugenie Bouchard (Group 4)
- 19:00: Caroline Wozniacki VS Kristina Mladenovic (Group 3)
- 19:30: Victoria Azarenka VS Johanna Konta (Group 2)
- 20:00: Kiki Bertens VS Eugenie Bouchard (Group 4)
- 20:30: Bianca Andreescu VS Caroline Wozniacki (Group 3)
- 21:00: Madison Keys VS Bianca Andreescu (Group 3)
A charity tournament
Mutua Madrid Open Virtual Pro not only wants to offer a fun alternative in the absence of a physical competition like every year, but it also aims to provide financial support in this situation that we have had to live.
From a fund of 150,000 euros, the winners will be able to choose what amounts will be donated to the tennis players most in need; those who due to quarantine cannot play matches and, therefore, they are not receiving income. In addition to that, there will be another 50,000 euros that will be used to reduce the impact of the coronavirus in more general lines.
The game where all this will take place will be Tennis World Tour, Like we have already said. Specifically the PS4 version. Will all this elite tennis players be able to maintain their ability with the racket at the controls of a console?