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Kiki Bertens on winning virtual Madrid Open WTA title on the PlayStation 4

Madrid Open virtual champion Kiki Bertens says her hands were hurting because she practised so much before 'defending' her title in a PlayStation battle between the world's leading stars.

Taking on her fellow WTA professionals on a computer game was the nearest the Dutch player could get to returning to the Spanish capital, where she won the biggest event of her career last May.

And the Dutch number seven managed to back up last year's clay-court win by triumphing in the esports tournament that replaced the real thing because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Bertens, 28, won the WTA Madrid Open Virtual Pro, while Britain's Andy Murray claimed the ATP title.