Stefanos Tsitsipas may not have come to Barcelona with the best results, but if he wants to conquer a tournament where he was a finalist in 2018 and 2021, losing to Rafael Nadal despite the Spanish injury, the Greek tennis player realizes that he is not better this time with his presence. carlos alcaraz, that they eliminated him in the semi-finals last year (6-4, 5-7, 6-2) and won all three games they played.
The Murcian tennis player will start defending her title this Tuesday (approx. 17:00) against the Portuguese tennis player. Nuno Borges, 26 years old and 63 world. “Alcaraz makes things a little more complicated “It’s more than it is now, but I like the challenges,” the Greek said at the gates of RCT Barcelona, alongside Alcaraz and Norwegian Casper Ruud, shortly after taking the official photo of the tournament.
without continuity
After a great start to the season in which he played his second Grand Slam final at the Australian Open and against Novak Djokovic, where he lost the final at Roland Garros last year, tsitsipas He had no continuity on the US tour who had shoulder problems and was uncomfortable with the balls used at Indian Wells and then Miami, which didn’t help his game.
The results did not accompany him in his presentation on land in Monte Carlo; “Painting on Canvas”. In the last two editions of the Monegasque tournament, the champion arrived safely in Barcelona after being eliminated by the American in the quarterfinals. taylor fritz.
in Barcelona, tsitsipas He presents himself with the illusion that he is starting to overcome the situation. “I love Barcelona. I’ve already played two finals and I hope to present a good level. It’s hard to think of the title and it’s a long tournament, a real marathon. Winning this tournament is one of the biggest challenges on the circuit.”, admitted the Greek tennis player.
Grand Slam challenge
The championship in Barcelona could be a good way to revive it. Tsitsipas’ winning goal big slamsomething he assures, “it’s up to me but also a little bit of the rest, because everybody’s looking for that goal. To thrive, I must demand more day to day”.
He has already been in two finals so far and that gives him confidence that he is close to making it. “I lacked that little luck that was always needed,” he said. tsitsipas He thinks he’s “really close to that”. I must continue on this long road. Now I’m working on being more consistent,” he said.
Farewell to Andújar
Losing to Argentina on the first day of the tournament, 2015 finalist Pablo Andújar said goodbye to the tournament. Martin Etcheverry (59 worlds), a 6-2 and 7-5 finalist in Houston, recently in a tournament where he played 11 times.
“I continue with injury thorns in my career. I had a good year in 2015 when I got injured and then I had three difficult years. effort The 37-year-old tennis player from Cuenca, who has won four ATP titles in his career, was last in Morocco in 2015, the year he finished 32nd in the world best rankings. An anecdote is the memory of winning his only game against Roger Federer in Geneva, where the old world No. 1 re-emerged from injury in 2021.
This Tuesday, 41-year-old Feliciano López, who has played in 22 games, is ending his tennis career in Barcelona. Tennis player from Toledo to face Belgian david goffinIn the game before Alcaraz.