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Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, celebrates after winning a point during the final match with Alexander Zverev, of Germany, at the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Impressive Alcaraz wins in Madrid for fourth title of the year

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

Carlos Alcaraz reacts after winning a point to Novak Djokovic during a men's semifinal at the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, May 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Red-hot Alcaraz beats Djokovic to reach Madrid Open final

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

Spain's Rafael Nadal, right, congratulates Spain's Carlos Alcaraz after their match at the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Friday, May 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Alcaraz overpowers Nadal at Madrid Open

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates a winning point against Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia during their match at the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, May 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Nadal returns from injury with straight-set win in Madrid

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

Ding-Li after 40. Kg3.

A Long March in April for Ding Liren, China’s No. 1 chess star

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik during a Davis Cup quarter final match between Serbia and Kazakhstan at the Madrid Arena stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) **FILE**

Djokovic wins twice to lead Serbia to Davis Cup semifinals

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

This photo released by Spain's postal service Correos on Friday May 28, 2021, shows a set of four stamps to signify different skin-colored tones. Spain’s postal service is feeling a backlash from its well-intentioned effort to highlight racial inequality. The company this week issued a set of four stamps in different skin-colored tones. The darker the stamp, the lower the price. The postal service calls them “Equality Stamps” and launched them on the first anniversary of George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis. It said the stamps “reflect an unfair and painful reality that shouldn’t be allowed.” The state-owned company’s goal was to “shine a light on racial inequality and promote diversity, inclusion and equal rights.” But critics are accusing it of having a tin ear for racial issues and misreading Black sentiment. (Correos via AP)

Spain criticized for unequally priced ‘equality stamps’

Associated Press

Barcelona's head coach Ronald Koeman, top right, watches from stands during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Atletico Madrid at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, May 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Nerve-racking race: Barcelona tries to take the lead again

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Austria's Dominic Thiem returns the ball to Germany's Alexander Zverev during their semi-final match at the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, May 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Thiem feeling optimistic again after Madrid boost

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

People crowded and dance on the beach in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, May 9, 2021. Barcelona residents were euphoric as the clock stroke midnight, ending a six-month-long national state of emergency and consequently, the local curfew. Spain is relaxing overall measures to contain the coronavirus this weekend, allowing residents to travel across regions, but some regional chiefs are complaining that a patchwork of approaches will replace the six-month-long national state of emergency that ends at midnight on Saturday. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Street parties celebrate end of Spain’s state of emergency

By RENATA BRITO and ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Spain's Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Australia's Alexei Popyrin during their match at the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, May 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Nadal reaches Madrid Open quarters, Barty into final

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Conservative Madrid regional president Isabel Diaz Ayuso, left, and Popular party leader Pablo Casasdo celebrate election results outside the popular party headquarters in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Madrid residents voted in droves for a new regional assembly in an election that tests the depths of resistance to virus lockdown measures and the divide between left-wing and right-wing parties. Regional President Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who called the early election by dissolving her center-right coalition, had set off to broaden her power base and open up to an alliance with the far-right. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Anti-lockdown leader of Madrid revitalizes Spanish right

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Spain's Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Spain's Carlos Alcaraz during their match at the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Madrid Open: Nadal cruises past Spanish teenage sensation

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

A banner in support of conservative leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso in a bar in Madrid, Spain, Monday, April 19, 2021. Residents in Madrid, one of Europe's worst-hit regions by the coronavirus pandemic, are hitting the polls on Tuesday to elect a new regional assembly in a vote resembling a plebiscite on lockdown measures. By keeping bars, restaurants, museums and concert halls opened, Diaz Ayuso has invigorated the conservative vote for her Popular Party. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Madrid’s champion of soft virus restrictions wins election

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

A banner in support of conservative leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso in a bar in Madrid, Spain, Monday, April 19, 2021. Residents in Madrid, one of Europe's worst-hit regions by the coronavirus pandemic, are hitting the polls on Tuesday to elect a new regional assembly in a vote resembling a plebiscite on lockdown measures. By keeping bars, restaurants, museums and concert halls opened, Diaz Ayuso has invigorated the conservative vote for her Popular Party. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

EXPLAINER: COVID-19, far-right are top themes in Madrid vote

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Serigne Mbaye, who is running on a ticket with the anti-austerity United We Can party, in the Madrid regional assembly elections, talks with a potential voter during an election campaign event in Madrid, Spain, Friday, April 16, 2021. Mbaye, a Senegalese-born environmental refugee wants to defy a history of underrepresentation of the Black community and other people of color in Spanish politics. Serigne Mbaye's candidacy has been met with a racist response from an increasingly influential far-right political party. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Black candidate challenges political status quo in Spain

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Bullfighting back in Madrid as heated election campaign ends

Associated Press

Atletico Madrid's Angel Correa, left vies for the ball against Elche's Diego Gonzalez during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Valencia and Atletico Madrid at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Spain, Saturday, May 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

Atlético ekes out win at Elche, Madrid stays 2 points back

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

Barcelona's Lionel Messi reacts after a missed scoring opportunity during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Granada at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, April 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

4 teams alive in wide-open Spanish league title race

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

Chelsea's Timo Werner vies for the ball with Real Madrid's Eder Militao, left, during the Champions League semifinal first leg soccer match between Real Madrid and Chelsea at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Madrid glad it’s still in it after struggles against Chelsea

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press