After two days of filming, qualifying matches and various events, with the main protagonists dedicating themselves to training, today, Monday, the big week of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell-71st Conde de Godó Trophy.
The main draw opens, with the 48 tennis players who will begin the fight for the title. In front of everyone, the legend of tennis in general and the tournament in particular, Rafael Nadal.
The twelve-time champion was one of the first to arrive, last Wednesday, he decided to participate in the draw acting innocently, something he had only done before in his debut, in 2003 and when he was 16 years old, and he will also take part in one of the protocol actions of all the circuit events.
He will star in the ‘photo opportunity’, the iconic image of the edition, with the president of the RCT Barcelona-1899, Jordi Cambrastaging the 125th anniversary of the entity, of which Rafael Nadal He has been a partner and player since childhood.
Involved in the work on the court to reappear at home, after two editions of absence, having not stepped on the clay since Roland Garros 2022, having been injured in January in Brisbane, he has also multiplied his support for the tournament. He wanted to enjoy every element once he approaches, at the age of 38, his sporting final.
He has training scheduled at noon. Later, at 2:00 p.m., she will appear before the media to announce the big decision. The most anticipated. Nadal wants to be back on the Rafa Nadal Court competing, on Tuesday afternoon against the Italian Flavio Cobolli.
But it will be he himself who explains how he is feeling due to the recent abdominal pain, and what state of tennis he feels in. Aware that he will be in competition when the real exam arrives, even though he has done several, intense, mock matches against teammates like the Russian Andrey Rublev or Spanish Alexander Davidovich.
He is the only tournament champion in contention. The applicants will sharpen their claws once the best of 2022 and 2023 was lost due to injury, Carlos Alcarazand they don’t know how Nadal will respond, what level of king of clay he can give.
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The Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas He cried with emotion with his hat trick in Monte Carlo (2021, 2022 and 2024). She wants a Godó who has resisted her in her three finals, two with Nadal and another against Alcaraz.
The Russian Andrey Rublev and the norwegian Casper Ruud, finalist in Monte Carlo, want to dominate the lower part of the draw. The Australian Alex de Miñaur He arrives better than ever, with the possibility of meeting Rafa Nadal already on Wednesday, in the second round.
This Monday Rafa Nadal speaks, while four of the eight Spaniards in the draw will compete on the center court named in his honor: the guests of the organization Daniel Rincón, Roberto Bautista, Martín Landaluce and Albert Ramos. On Tuesday, the Manacorí and his Balearic countryman Jaume Munar, more Roberto Carballés. The only seed, Alexander Davidovichwill premiere directly in the round of 32, second round, either on Tuesday or Wednesday.
2024-04-15 05:00:00
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