02/04/2024 and las 16:30 CEST
Tennis enters a new dimension with the arrival of clay. After the tour of South America and the United States, the best rackets in the world land on the European clay in a year that will have the Olympic Games as the final culmination.
From now until next June 9, On the day when the Roland Garros final will be played, tennis will be played on clay, with many objectives to be met and many other unknowns to be resolved.
Patience, determination, resistance and tactical intelligence will be necessary in the great tournaments that will continue until we reach Paris. Like every year, it will be Monte Carlo that will kick off the big tournaments, followed by Barcelona, Madrid, Roma and finally Roland Garros, which will open its doors up to two times. First, with the dispute of the second Grand Slam of the season, to do it again at the end of July and with the grass season already over, in search of Olympic gold.
Total, 70 days that will give a lot to talk about, with incentives of all kinds and a hellish fight to rise to the top of the ATP rankings. Alcaraz, Sinner y Djokovic They will undoubtedly be the great attraction of the tour, with permission for the long-awaited definitive return of Rafa Nadal.
The fight for number 1
Close to becoming the oldest number one in history, Novak Djokovic continues to maintain a leadership that appears to be more vulnerable than ever. With Sinner Already in second position on his heels, the Serbian will have to defend a total of 2315 points for the 585 of Italian.
In the year of its total explosion, Sinner He also hopes to take the step on his least favorite surface and where it seems impossible for him not to improve his 2023 results, among which is the second round of Roland Garros.
For its part, Carlos Alcaraz will defend a total of 2,265 points, with the championships in Barcelona and Madrid, in addition to the semifinals at the Parisian Grand Slam. A big disadvantage compared to a Jannik Sinner who has before him the great opportunity to raise the Italian flag to the top of the ATP for the first time in history.
Medvedevwinner of the Rome Masters 1000 in 2023, and Rublevfrom Monte Carlo, will be other of the great attractions, along with the Rune, Zverev y Dimitrovamong others, always protagonists of dirt tours.
Next Sunday the main draw matches in Monte Carlo will begin. Barcelona will be played from April 15, Madrid since the 24th, Roma since May 8 and Roland Garros starting on the 26th. Earth hour is here.
Waiting for Nadal
Without a doubt, the other great attraction of the tour will be the long-awaited definitive return of a Rafael Nadal. The Balearic Islander announced that he would stop again for a few months to focus on his great goal, the gravel tour, to say goodbye in style to the tournament that made him great, Roland Garrosand later, the Paris Games.
But although he has been seen training in recent weeks on clayright now it seems complicated that he will be in the first Masters 1000 of the tour, because he has not announced anything and the event seems increasingly closer. confirmation that he will continue waiting.
2024-04-02 14:30:03
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