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Alcaraz meets his first grass rival in 2025 after the Queen’s raffle

The Spanish won the British tournament in 2023

June 14, 2025

Carlos Alcaraz will measure Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in his first match on grass of the season at the HSBC Championships, After the draw held this Saturday.

The Spanish arrives at the ATP 500 in London after lifting its fifth Grand Slam in Roland Garros. The Murcia beat Jannik Sinner in five sleeves during the longest final in the history of the tournament. Now, all your attention is concentrated on the grass.

If the first standard head, champion in 2023, expires his compatriot Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, will measure Jordan Thompson or Jaume Munar in the second round. Alcaraz could cross with Ben Shelton in the quarterfinals, before measuring Holger Rune or Jakub Mensik in a semifinal hypothetical.

Shelton will begin his way to a rival from the previous phase, the former semifinalist Rune will cross with Matteo Arnaldi, while Mesik will begin the tournament against the old runner -up Cameron Norrie. Grigor Dimitrov and Gael Monfils also appear in the upper part of the painting and will be measured in the first round. The Frenchman dominates the Bulgarian 4-3 in the history of Lexus ATP Head2head.

In the lower part of the painting, the second sown Jack Draper faces Jenson Brooksby in the first round and could cross with French Tiafoe in the quarterfinals. Draper would play against Alexei Popyrin or a rival from the previous phase in the second round, while Tiafoe will debut before the local guest Daniel Evans. Draper beat Alcaraz in The Queen’s Club last year and returns to the highest position of his career as No. 4 of the PIF ATP Rankings.

The third head of Taylor Fritz series starts in the same sector as the fifth favorite Alex de Miñaur. Fritz will debut before a rival from the previous phase and Miñaur will measure Jiri Leheckka. Fritz and Miñaur are potential Draper rivals in the semifinals.

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