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Alcaraz and Rune greet each other with Barça players

Ferran Torres, Dani Olmo or Eric García have been in Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell

April 18, 2025

Barcelona Open Bandell is much more than tennis. It is also a meeting point between the great stars of the sport of the city, which do not hesitate to go to the ATP 500 bolted land tournament to enjoy the show between April 12 and 20.

Without going any further, these days have been seen on the Rafa Nadal track to some of the stars of Fútbol Barcelona and the Spanish team such as Ferran Torres, Dani Olmo or Eric Garcia. The three players were present at Carlos Alcaraz’s victory on Wednesday against Laslo Djere.

Meeting of two worlds ⚽️🎾

Ferran Torres 🤝 @Carlosalcaraz @bcnopenbs | @FCBarcelona pic.twitter.com/z9pDquHuwx

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In addition, Ferran Torres was able to greet the man who has raised the Count of Godó trophy twice (2022-23) in the mythical pool of the Royal Tennis Club Barcelona-1899, where the champion celebrates the victory after the final with a dip.

In the greeting between the two athletes, Alcaraz joked to launch the Barça striker and the footballer replied: “On Sunday, Sunday!”, In reference to the tradition of the champions in Barcelona.

A day later, this Thursday was Danish defense Andreas Christensen who was seen by Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell to follow closely in the footsteps of his compatriot Holger Rune. No. 13 of the PIF ATP Rankings defeated the current Casper Ruud champion, which accumulated seven consecutive victories in the tournament.

After the meeting, Christensen and Rune greeted themselves to immortalize the moment with a selfie. He also joined Karen Khachanov, the first semifinalist of this edition in Barcelona, ​​after defeating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.