The young American Darwin Blanch, sixteen years old and invited by the tournament organization, he will be the rival of the Spaniard Rafael Nadal in the first round of the Mutua Madrid Open after the draw held this Monday at the Caja Mágica in Madrid.
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Blanch barely has experience on the professional circuit. This 2024, his debut on the ATP tour, he has only played one match. He went to the Miami Masters 1000 and lost to the Czech Tomas Machac.
Nadal, five-time champion of the Madrid tournament, the last in 2017, will continue with his roadmap in this Masters 1000 that starts this Tuesday. After reaching the second stage in Barcelona, he will break into the Caja Mágica on Thursday, against the young American.
Not believing
The young tennis player's reaction is already flooding social networks. It will undoubtedly be a great challenge at his young age.
Rafael Nadal in Bogotá
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If he progresses, the Spaniard will meet again with the Australian Alex de Minaur, with whom he lost last week in Barcelona. The winner of twenty-two Grand Slams and Carlos Alcaraz would not coincide until a hypothetical final
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