Masters 1000 of Madrid: the complete calendar of the tennis tournament

with the losses of Rafael Nadalthe winner with five consecrations, and Novak Djokovic, champion three times, as the main absences, the Madrid Masters 1000 will attract the eyes of the tennis world. The complete calendar is already defined of the tournament that is played on brick dust in the Magic Box.

The Spanish Carlos Alcarazwho has just won the ATP 500 in Barcelona, ​​arrives as one of the great favourites, as well as being the defending champion. In 2022 he prevailed in the final against the German Alexander Zverev 6-3 and 6-1.

On the women’s side, the best will say present: Iga Swiatek, the No. 1 in the world, wants her first celebration in Spain, while Aryna Sabalenka (2nd) seeks to repeat her 2021 consecration. In 2022, the winner was the Tunisian Ons Jabeur, who defeated the American Jessica in the final Hit for 7-5, 0-6 and 6-2.

Madrid Masters 1000: what’s to come

The highlight of the draw designations was the complicated path that awaits Carlos Alcaraz to revalidate his title. The Mutua Madrid Open, in the massive male and female draws, leaves the 32 seeded players exempt from the first round of competition.

that’s the way it is Alcaraz, number one among those chosen for the tournament, will debut in competition against the winner of the duel that will measure the Finn Emil Ruusuvuori and the Frenchman Ugo Humbert.

Later, he could find himself with potential duels against Grigor Dimitrov, in the third round, and a fearsome match against Alexander Zverev, finalist in the last edition and his executioner at Roland Garros, in the round of 16. Already in the quarterfinals, Alcaraz would be waiting for the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 champion, Andrey Rublevwhile in the semifinals he could face Holger Rune or Casper Ruud.

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The other part of the table leaves Daniil Medvedev as the main candidateswho arrives as the second seed of the tournament and to whom the stage, in Madrid and at altitude, can give him an increase in confidence.

The Russian will debut against the winner of the match that measures Andy Murray and a tennis player from the previous one, and His main stumbling block in this part of the draw is the current Godó finalist, a Stefanos Tsitsipas that will face the winner of the duel between Dominic Thiem and Kyle Edmund.

Notable casualties

The bad news did not stop arriving for the Masters 1000 in Madrid. First it was Rafael Nadal, then it was Novak Djokovic’s turn and finally it was Jannik Sinner’s turn. The Italian, like the Spanish and the Serbian, announced his withdrawal from the contest. Sinner comes from not appearing in his quarterfinal duel in Barcelona due to illness. But the problems were already coming from before since he had been accusing a lot of fatigue after making the semifinals in Monte Carlo.

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The fourth Masters 1000 of the season will not have Nadal (four times champion), Djokovic (No. 1 in the world and three times champion) and Sinner (No. 8 and with great presence). Taking their places were Quentin Halys, Mikael Mmoh and Thanasi Kokkinakis, respectively. In addition, tennis players such as Matteo Berrettini, Brandon Nakasima, John Isner, Federico Coria, Jack Draper, Marin Cilic and Nick Kyrgios will not participate.

Madrid Masters 1000: Latinas bring it to you

Nadia Podoroska (No. 102 in the world ranking) and Camila Osorio (No. 115) already have their assigned path at the WTA 1000 in Madrid. Both the Argentine and the Colombian will debut in the first round against players from the qualy. In case of achieving a victory in those matches, Rosario will play against the Croatian Petra Martic (N ° 32) and the cucuteña will do the same against the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (N ° 38).

As for the top seeded, Iga Swiatek will go against Emma Raducanu or a Qualy, Aryna Sabalenka vs. Sorana Cirstea or Lauren Davis, Jessica Pegula vs. Jasmine Paolini or a Qualy, Ons Jabeur vs. Anna Bondar or Ana Bogdan and Caroline Garcia vs. Claire Liu or Yulia Putintseva.