At the same time that the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 organization was carrying out the pairing draw, Carlos Alcaraz He trained at the Monte Carlo Country Club headquarters. He did it accompanied by his entire team: Juan Carlos Ferrero (coach), Juanjo Moreno (physiotherapist) and Alberto Lledó (physical trainer).
The last time he had set foot on that arena was when he fell on April 13, 2022 against the American Sebastian Korda.
Despite the absence of Rafael Nadal, who announced yesterday that he was not ready to return to official competition due to having problems performing the serve movement, as revealed by his uncle Toni Nadal, the top ten of the ATP ranking will be from 7 to 14 April in the Monegasque tournament.
Alcaraz, exempt from the initial round as one of the top eight favorites, will debut against Felix Auger-Aliassime The Canadian defeated the Italian Luca Nardi 6-2, 6-3. Aliassime has won three of the previous five with the double Grand Slam champion.
The pupil of Juan Carlos Ferrero has fallen at the top of the table, the same as Novak Djokovic, world number one, with whom he would meet in a hypothetical semifinals. He could only compete with Jannik Sinner in the final. Djokovic will debut with the winner of a previous player and the Russian Ramon Safiullin.
The drawing was conducted by a familiar voice like that of Marc Maurythe historic speaker of Roland Garros, who speaks out year after year when he recounts Nadal’s record before each of his matches.
Andrey Rublevcurrent champion, was present at the ceremony but turned a deaf ear to what was happening there because he is superstitious and does not want to know the adversaries who circulate on his side.
The possible path of Alcataz in Monte Carlo
1 round: bye
2nd round: Felix Auger-Aliassime
round of 16: Ugo Humbert
quarters: Casper Ruud
semi-finals: Novak Djokovic
final: Jannik Sinner
Carlitos, who will seek to regain the world number two, is worth the same result as Jannik Sinner, begins his journey on a demanding clay court tour that should then take him to the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Mutua Madrid Open and Rome, before Roland Garros .
The results will mark the most appropriate calendar to arrive in the best conditions for the French Internationals.
The bad moment in terms of personnel in Spanish men’s tennis is demonstrated once again in the low participation. At the expense of what happens in the previous one, only Alejandro Davidovich has agreed along with Alcaraz with a direct ticket. The man from Malaga will play his first game with Korda.
2024-04-08 10:42:27
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