Scouting Report: Alcaraz and Zverev van for local hat-tricks in Barcelona & Munich | ATP Tour

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Scouting Report: Alcaraz and Zverev are looking for triplets as a local in Barcelona and Munich

RUUD aspires to defend the title of Barcelona

April 12, 2025

The whipped earth season continues this week, with the ATP 500 action in Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell and the BMW Open of Munich.

Carlos Alcaraz leads the painting in Barcelona, ​​while Alexander Zverev is the first series head in Munich. Both play at home and aspire to their third title in their respective participations.

Casper Ruud is the defender of the title in Barcelona. Local hope, Jan-Lennard Struff, won in Munich last year, which meant his first win in the circuit. The BMW Open debuts in the ATP 500 category of the circuit

Atptour.com breaks five things to take into account at each event.

Five things to see in Barcelona
1) Alcaraz returns to play at home: After missing last year’s edition for a right arm injury, the Spanish will be received as a hero in his return to Barcelona. The 21 -year -old has raised the trophy in its last two participations (2023, 2022), winning 10 games in a row in the ATP 500 home. Alcaraz won Roland Garros last year on whipped land and returned to the same stage less than two months later to compete in the Paris Olympic Games, where the silver medal was hung.

2) RUUD wants to repeat the most important title of his career: Ruud, second standard head, keeps good memories of Barcelona, ​​where last year he was proclaimed champion without giving a single set. It was the first Norwegian title in the ATP 500 or higher category. No. 10 of the PIF ATP Live Rankings has won 12 circuit titles, 11 of them in whipped land. Now he aspires to his first trophy of the season.

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3) TSITSIPES A UN PASO: Stefanos Tsitsipas has been very close to glory in Barcelona, ​​where he has reached the final four times, including the last seasons. In 2021, the Greek point for the title before Rafael Nadal went back and awarded the 12th Crown of Barcelona, ​​the last Spanish. Tsitsipas won his first ATP 500 title this year in Dubai and will now try to add.

4) The Top 20 in Action: Alex de Miñaur wants to continue his good start of the season on whipped land. The Australian was semifinalist in Barcelona 2022. Andrey Rublev, Holger Rune, Arthur Fils, Lorenzo Musetti and Frances Tiafoe are also in the star team that has nine players of the Top 20.

5) Heliovaara and Patten lead the doubles: The two -time champions of a Grand Slam Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten lead the doubles box. The Finnish-British duo could face the Madrid champions last year, Sebastian Korda and Jordan Thompson, in the first round. The second standard heads, Nikola Mektic and Michael Venus, and third parties, Julian Cash and Lloyd Glaspool, also compete.

Five things to see in Munich
1) Zverev wants his third title: The German won his local tournament in 2017 and 2018, but has not exceeded the quarterfinals in his five participations since then. With Munich turned into an ATP 500, the first Zverev series head will have to defend against the power of the stars in the painting. In his eleventh appearance in Munich, Zverev arrives with a 14-7 season record, still looking for his best form since he reached the final of the Australian Open.

2) Second Shelton sown: The American Ben Shelton debuts in Munich and competes in the second ATP 500 on whipped land of his career. The second standard head carries a 10-7 balance in the year, which highlights a semifinal at the Australia Open and a quarterfinals in Indian Wells. Shelton won his first trophy on beaten earth last year in Houston.

3) Mesik, champion in Miami: The #NextGenatp Jakub Mensik returns to action for the first time since its dream performance at the ATP Masters 1000 in Miami, where he defeated Novak Djokovic in the final to lift his first trophy in the circuit. Compeating in his fifth tournament on whipped land, the 19 -year -old leads the PIF ATP Live Race to Jeddah. The Czech aspires to return to the Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF.

4) Other stars to follow: The third standard head, Felix Auger-Aliassime, looks for his third title of the season and the first on whipped land. The fifth head of the series, Francisco Cerúando, will have a tough evidence with the Ombudsman and Local Hope, Struff. The Frenchman Ugo Humbert, champion of Marseille, is the fourth manager.

5) The Krawietz and Puetz premises, first serial heads in doubles: The Germans Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz, champions of the Nitto ATP Finals last year, lead the doubles box, which also has the second series heads Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos. The third series heads, Christian Harrison and Evan King, are looking for a triplet in ATP 500 this season, after winning in Dallas and Acapulco.