Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz, the two main letters of the Spanish tennis at present, could be crossed in the quarters of end of Masters 1000 de Madrid if both surpass their respective rivals before, with the number one in the world, the Serb Novak Djokovic, as a potential opponent for the winner in the semifinal round.
Thus was established the path of the tournament in the draw held on the Magic Box Twitch set, with the player Pablo Carreno as in charge of extracting the balls that formed the individual picture of the Madrid tournament and with the presence of the director of the competition, Feliciano Lopez.
Demanding path
Nadal, five-time champion in Madrid and returning to competition after six weeks of recovering one rib crack, will start its stage in the twentieth edition of the tournament in the second round, against the winner of the duel between the Serbs Miomir Kecmanovic, in great form, i el kazakh Alexander Bublik.
Alcaraz, who comes to the competition as the champion of the tournament Barcelona and ninth player on the circuit, will come into action with the winner of the clash between the Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili and Italian Fabio Fognini.
Djokovic, first favorite and circulating on the same side of the table as Nadal and Alcaraz, will make his debut against the one who pulls ahead of the first round clash between the Spaniard Carlos Gimeno Valero guest of the tournament, and the Frenchman Gael Monfils.
Murray-Thiem, to first round
The draw offered a shock full of incentives for its initial stretch. The British Andy Murray, who won the title in 2008 and 2015, will face the Austrian Dominik Thiem, finalist in 2017 and 2018.
On the other side of the picture, headed by the German Alexander Zverev, current champion, and the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the draw offered possible quarter-finals with German and Canadian Felix Auger Aliassime, and Hellenic against Russian Andrey Rublev.
