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Alcaraz: “There are always six or seven players who can win”

Spanish values ​​the time of ATP Tour and its options in Barcelona

April 14, 2025

On Tuesday, April 20, 2021, Carlos Alcaraz lost at its premiere in the main team of Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell against Frances Tiafoe. So, as one of the future promises of ATP Tour, an invitation allowed him to participate in the Catalan whipped land such as No. 119 of the PIF ATP Rankings. That day was the only one who has lost in this ATP 500 tournament.

Alcaraz links ten consecutive victories, which have served to conquer the title in 2022 and 2023. And although the physical problems prevented him from participating last year, in this edition he is already prepared to compete again in Barcelona and, in addition, he will do it as a recent champion in the ATP Masters 1000 of Montecarlo.

“For me it is a privilege to be able to return to Barcelona that I feel that it was and is my house,” the Spaniard acknowledged on Monday on his arrival at the Royal Tennis Club Barcelona-1899. “I am very happy to be able to come here, with the title of Montecarlo, with confidence and above all feeling very well physically. Prepared to compete, feel the love of my people, play again in Barcelona, ​​in Spain, and it will be an incredible feeling.”

Of course, Alcaraz prefers to part with any favorite label, despite his undefeated status and his recent success last Sunday in Montecarlo, where he achieved his second trophy of the year (also Rotterdam).

“In Montecarlo I have gained a lot of confidence,” confessed the Murcia. “I did not expect to win, simply make hours on the ground and end up winning the title gives me a lot of confidence for what is coming. From there to see me favorite in the earth tour … I think that today there is a wide range of players who can give the batacazo in all tournaments.”

Without going any further, the options in Barcelona are very wide. Apart from the name of Alcaraz, other great candidates appear such as the current Casper Ruud champion, the four -time finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas or the always dangerous Andrey Rublev, Alex de Miñaur and Holger Rune.

In this sense, Spanish reinforces his theory: “You go to tournaments without knowing who can win, there are always six or seven players who can be there, I do not know, I do not want to become a favorite on the earth tour. I only go with the least possible expectations, the important thing for me is to go to enjoy and, above all, to leave happy the track.”

At 21, the world No. 2 is one of the youngest in the elite of the circuit. However, from behind there are other names pushing like Jakub Mensik, which conquered the trophy at the Miami Masters 1000 ATP this year, Joao Fonseca, who premiered his record last February or Arthur Fils, who was close to beat him in Montecarlo. All, of less age.

“I think we are in a very good moment, in the sense that there are many young people capable of winning great titles, of fighting for great things,” Alcaraz said about the future of ATP Tour.

“We have seen it with Mensik, who is a player who will continue to grow but who is consolidated. Joao Fonseca is a player who loves seeing, I think he has a charisma on the unique track at the age he is. With Arthur Fils I played in Montecarlo and I left the astonished track of his strength, the physicist and the level he can have,” he added about his argument.

This Tuesday, the Spanish embarks on Barcelona in front of the American from the previous Ethan Quinn with the illusion of power a triplet for the first time in the same tournament. “Starting from the fact that in each tournament I want to win, I think this is a little more special and I obviously come wanting to go far,” he said.

Alcaraz plays at home and that emerges in the environment. He is the main protagonist of the week in a tournament where many local fans look for an entrance to be able to see him closely. “There are people who may not travel outside of Spain, this is the tournament they can come and obviously I want to go as far as possible.” That is your desire. We will check it from April 15 to 20.