Tennis
If the Murcian player gave the bell and eliminated the Balearic, his possible rival in the semifinals could be the Serbian Djokovic
Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz could meet in the quarterfinals of the Masters 1000 in Madrid. The tournament paired the two best Spanish tennis players on the same side of the draw. If held, it would be the second consecutive confrontation between the two after the last edition, when the Murcian appeared in society. In the semifinals, number one Novak Djokovic would wait. The highlight of the first round will be the confrontation between Murray and Thiem.
Nadal, exempt from playing the first round as he is seeded, will debut in the tournament against the winner of the duel between Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic and Kazakh Alexandr Bublik. This will be the first match on clay for the Balearic, who after getting injured in Indian Wells could not be in Montecarlo or the Conde de Godó. In case of overcoming this second round, he could see himself in the third against Pablo Carreño. Later, Alcaraz, Djokovic and a final against Tsitsipas or Zverev appear on the hypothetical path.
The highlight of the first round will be the confrontation between Andy Murray and Dominic Thiem
Carlos Alcaraz also met who could be his first rival, who will come out of the duel between the Italian Fabio Fognini and the Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili. Before the desired quarter-final match against Nadal, the tennis player from El Palmar will almost certainly have to face John Isner or Cameron Norrie in the third round as long as he beats Fognini or Basilashvili.
For his part, Djokovic will debut against the French Gael Monfils or with the Spanish Carlos Gimeno, one of the guests by the organization. The draw provided a clash full of incentives for its initial stretch. Two protagonists in past editions of the tournament in the first days. The British Andy Murray who won the title in 2008 and 2015 and the Austrian Dominic Thiem, finalist in 2017 and 2018.
On the other side of the draw, led by the German Alexander Zverev, current champion, and the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the draw provided a possible quarter-final with the German and the Canadian Felix Auger Aliassime and the Hellenic with the Russian Andrey Rublev. As for the rest of the Spaniards, Davidovich will start with the South African Lloyd Harris and Bautista with the Croatian Coric. Carreño, finalist in Barcelona last Sunday, will start the Madrid competition against the Dutchman Botic Van de Zandschulp and Pedro Martinez with the Australian Alex de Miñaur. Albert Ramos will have Croatian Marin Cilic as his initial opponent.
In the women’s category, Garbiñe Muguruza, who competed again this Friday after a month-long hiatus due to a left shoulder injury, defeated the Australian Ajla Tomljanovic (7-5, 6-2).
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