Results from the ATP/WTA Madrid Open on Thursday (x denotes seeding): Women Semi-finals Ashleigh Barty (AUS x1) bt Paula Badosa (ESP) 6-4, 6-3 Men 3rd rd Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) bt Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 6-3, 6-3 Dominic Thiem (AUT x3) bt Alex de Minaur (AUS) 7-6 (9/7), 6-4 John Isner (USA) bt Andrey Rublev (RUS x6) 7-6 (7/4), 3-6, 7-6 (7/4) Alexander Bublik (KAZ) bt Aslan Karatsev (RUS) 6-4, 6-3 Casper Ruud (NOR) bt Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE x4) 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 Cristian Garin (CHI x16) bt Daniil Medvedev (RUS x2) 6-4, 6-7 (2/7), 6-1 afp