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After six days of action on the clay courts of the Barcelona Open, we will experience the last duel between the two best players of the tournament. Carlos Alcaraz and Stefanos Tsitsipas are the two seeded leaders, and although both were at different ends of the draw, they made their way through to reach the day.
The Spanish tennis player starts as favourite in this flight after winning all his matches in matches. However, Stefano is not to be underestimated in third place. Both already won some tournaments this year, so the main goal will be to add a new title and earn the maximum points that the Barcelona Open offers for the ATP ranking.
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In the absence of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Daniil Medvedev, and even the recent Monte Carlo champion Holger Rune, Carlos Alcaraz is the favourite to retain his title at the Barcelona Open. However, in recent tournaments, we have seen how other players with less favouritism have reached the final stages and even won titles.
Carlos Alcaraz FINALIST
It only took one time at the top of the ATP rankings for the Spanish tennis player to become addicted to success. After overcoming his physical problems in the last months of the previous season, Alcaraz has made emphasis on winning as many tournaments as possible to be able to snatch first place from Novak Djokovic, who despite missing some important business has enough points to be the leader.
At the Miami Open Carlos Alcaraz fell to second place in the ranking without defending his title. This time something similar happens if Carlos Alcaraz does not win Barcelona Open for the second time in a row, he will lose points and will move a little bit away from the Serbian tennis player.
Stefanos Tsitsipas FINALIST
We hope that in this tournament Stefanos Tsitsipas can reach at least the Barcelona Open semi-finals, because when we analyse the draw and who could be his next opponents, in theory, it should be very accessible for the ministry. Only in the semi-final stage, he could meet a player in the top ten of the ATP ranking. This is thanks to his position as Seed number two in the tournament. Stefanos lost a lot of points after his last defeats, but he could recover if he wins the title.
Casper Ruud ELIMINATED ROUND OF 16
After Stefano’s failure at the Monte Carlo Masters 1000, Casper Ruud is in third place, still far behind the top two but slowly but surely starting to close the gap. The Norwegian tennis player could be even closer. But he has failed in some tournaments where he was predicted to at least qualify for the finals. Ruud’s only title this season is the one he won in Estoril, a 250 tournament. The Norwegian must aim for more important tournaments if he wants to challenge for the top ranking as he did last year.
Jannik Sinner ELIMINATED QUARTER FINALS
This season he has shown one of the best performances in his short career. His good results in the most important tournaments that have been played so far have propelled him into the top ten of the rankings and if he continues with this pace he could even be in the top five. Jannik Sinner has an impressive record of 24 wins and 6 losses. And it should be noted that he was in the top four in all three Masters 1000 events this year.
Cameron Norrie ELIMINATED ROUND OF 16
The British tennis player is back in the top ten of the ATP ranking. His bluntness in the most important stages of the tournaments has played a bad trick on him. Last season it was usual to see Cameron Norrie at least in the top 8 of each competition. This year his performance has been inconsistent and although he has already won a title and reached a couple of finals in the most important tournaments, he has exited early.
Barcelona Open Seeds Full Entry List
- Carlos Alcaraz (2) FINALIST
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (3) FINALIST
- Casper Ruud (4) ELIMINATED
- Jannik Sinner (11) ELIMINATED
- Cameron Norrie (12) ELIMINATED
- Frances Tiafoe (14) ELIMINATED
- Karen Khachanov (16) ELIMINATED
- Alex de Minaur (18) ELIMINATED
- Lorenzo Musetti (21) ELIMINATED
- Alejandro Davidovich (25) ELIMINATED
- Grigor Dimitrov (27) ELIMINATED
- Roberto Bautista (28) ELIMINATED
- Daniel Evans (29) ELIMINATED
- Denis Shapovalov (30) ELIMINATED
- Francisco Cerúndolo (31) ELIMINATED
- Yoshihito Nishioka (34) ELIMINATED
- Diego Schwartzman (38) ELIMINATED
- Ben Shelton (39) ELIMINATED
- Bernabé Zapata (41) ELIMINATED
- David Goffin (42) eLIMINATED
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