Rafa Nadal will have to face Alex de Miñaur again if he overcomes the first round of the Mutua Madrid Open, which begins on Wednesday at the Caja Mágica. The draw for the main draw of the Spanish Masters 1,000 this Monday brought about a possible rematch between the Spaniard and the Australian, who emerged victorious from their confrontation last week at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. The Spaniard will face, probably on Thursday no earlier than 4:00 p.m., the American guest Darwin Blanch (16 years old and 1,028 in the world), from the Ferrero Tennis Academy.
Nadal, who plays with a protected ranking (9th), was placed at the top of the draw, on the opposite side to the number two seed, Carlos Alcaraz, current champion, who in principle will debut on Friday or Saturday directly in the second round against the French Arthur Rinderknech or the Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko.
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The men’s draw of the Mutua Madrid Open.
Rafa’s path, by ranking, would be if he beats De Miñaur, Frances Tiafoe in the third round, Stefanos Tsitsipas in the second round, Daniil Medvedev in the quarterfinals and Jannik Sinner in the semifinals before a hypothetical final against Alcaraz. In his possible career, as long as he overcomes the first obstacle, the Murcian would meet Lorenzo Musetti in the third round, Ugo Humbert in the second round, Holger Rune in the quarterfinals and Alexander Zverev in the semifinals, before facing the first favorite, Sinner (the number one, Novak Djokovic, resigned), in the title match.
As for the rest of the Spaniards, Roberto Carballés will face the German Dominik Koepfer; Martín Landaluce, with another German player, Daniel Altmaier; Jaume Munar will run into the Portuguese Nuno Borges, and Alejandro Davidovich, exempt from the first crossing, like Alcaraz, awaits the winner of the duel between a rival from the previous one or the Chinese Juncheng Shang.
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2024-04-22 09:36:57
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