Carlos Alcaraz, 18 years old and world number 11, on one side of the net. On the other hand, Jaume Munar, 24th and 101st. They are allies in the team competitions that make up RCT Barcelona-1899. Today, Thursday, they will compete in the round of 16 of Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell-Conde de Godó Trophy.
Murcian is undergoing an important test to figure out how his complex adaptation to clay, coming off a long and successful American hard court tour. In front of him he will have a clay specialist, to whom the track record is equal.
Alcaraz led the Mallorcan a few months ago on the sixteenth of ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro, 2-6, 6-2 and 6-1. Days later he lifted the trophy, the second on earth after the one in Umag 2021. Munar, who trains in Rafa Nadal Academy of Manacor, is imposed on a student of John Charles Ferrero far from opening his record, from hatching the international ‘boom’, to the ‘semis’ of Marbella 2021 of 7-6 (4) and 6-4.
“On clay they are a very tough rival. I expect a good fight. I will try to regain my level, repeat the things I did well in Rio”, Alcaraz reviews, adding his first victory in Godó , in his second participation, beat South Korean Soonwoo Kwon by 6-1, 2-6 and 6-2. He began to say goodbye to defeat in the Monte Carlo battle sebastian kordaalthough he still has plenty of room for improvement according to his spectacular performance that propelled him to reign in Miami.
Jaume Munar, who entered the draw with an invitation, already has two games under his belt: 6-2 and 6-4 against the Italian. Gian Marco Moroni and 6-1 and 6-4 in Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili. With his world tournament record, 6-5 balance, repeating his best result, the third round he also reached in 2019.
The best will have a complex crossover of rooms, even if the favorites are in the second round, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and the bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, They had to finish their second round duels first, not finished on Wednesday due to rain.
Source: La Verdad
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