2024 Madrid ATP 1000 preview
Once again, Madrid has become the center of attention in the tennis world.
As the second ATP Kings 1000 of the year on clay, Madrid represents an important event in preparation for the French Open.
For the second year in a row, this competition is held over two weeks and includes different people 96 tennis players. This year the competition will break the barrier of 15 million euros in prizes, establishing a financial commitment of €7,679 ,695per cycle. In this new scale, with equal prizes in the men's and women's categories, the individual champions will fight for a check of €963,225– the biggest prize distributed by a tennis tournament in Spain.
The main draw in the men's competition is organized this Monday with the help of the player Jaume Munar who is in charge of distributing the luck in the drawing with the presence of Feliciano López as the tournament director and other leaders.
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This series could be very special because of the participation and possible farewell of Rafael Nadal. Nadal, a five-time winner of the tournament (2005, 2010, 2012, 2013again 2017), is in the process of preparing his physical condition in order to participate in his favorite tournament – Roland Garros 2024.
Due to the many injuries received in recent times, everything suggests that the Spanish tennis player wants to retire in front of his fans in the best possible way and soon.
I 22 -The one-time Grand Slam winner reappeared last week in Barcelona, where he reached the second round and now hopes to continue his progress in the first round against a promising match. 16American Darwin Blanch of old age. If he wins, he will have to face Alex de Minaur of Australia again, who knocked him out of Conde de Godó.
Defending men's champion Carlos Alcaraz will open his clay court season at the tournament MMOPEN who wants to be the first tennis player to be able to lift the trophy three times in a row at the Manolo Santana Stadium.
This Spanish player, who is the champion of this year's Indian Wells Masters 1000 , of course you know his road map to painting. The second will make his debut against the winner between France's Arthur Rinderknech and Kazakhstan's Alexander Shevchenko.
Given Novak Djokovic's withdrawal, Jannik Sinner becomes the first seed in the tournament. The Italian's good start to the season, winning Melbourne and Miami, is his main endorsement in the Spanish capital after reaching the semi-finals, and on clay, in Monte Carlo.
In the meantime ATP No.2 he is waiting for his first opponent. This will come from the competition between his teammate Lorenzo Sonego and the tennis player who will be decided in the previous stage.
To all this, high-profile names will be added, such as the two-time champion of the tournament, Alexander Zverev and the presence of Stefanos Tsitsipas, who recently won Monte Carlo. Casper Ruud, last Monaco and Barcelona champion. Apart from the talented Taylor Fritz, Hubert Hurkacz, Grigor Dimitrov, Andrey Rublev, and Daniil Medvedev.
This year, the public who will be attending this event will be able to enjoy the talent of emerging players such as Holger Rune, the young champion of Roland Garros. 2019 who will be making their second appearance in the tournament after entering the third round last year.
Ben Shelton, somewhat of a North American hopeful, made it to the semifinals In the USIt is open and will certainly be a potential candidate for the title, with its powerful offer and its explosive game.
Another player on the rise and worth highlighting is Arthur Fils. The French player who, in 19years, he has been showing significant progress, by defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas (Antwerp 2023 ) or Casper Ruud (Hamburg 2023).
Competition is provided. I 2024The Mutua Madrid Open program begins. Enjoy excellent tennis, talent, and atmosphere.
