Schedule of matches on Friday in Madrid, including the premiere of Alcaraz

for five days Carlos Alcaraz From lifting the Conde de Godó Trophy in a Barcelona at sea level to facing his debut at the Mutua Madrid Open, at altitude, where it is more difficult to control the ball.

In 2022, he has doubled Godo-Madridalthough this time the Murcian had less rest and preparation because the tournament was taking place in Magic Box It grew in twelve days to provide an entry into a bigger picture.

If in 2022 Alcaraz won the crown in five games, now six will be needed. The first, this same Friday, not before 4 in the afternoon, against Finn Emil Ruusuvuori24 years old and world number 41. In particular that his balance with the Spaniard is in favor, which he defeated in the opening round of Miami 2021 6-4, 2-6 and 7-5.

The tournament, Masters 1000 ATP and WTA 1000, can be followed on television at Movistar+ and Teledeporte. The Sports World website Live coverage of the Alcaraz game, following everything that happens on the day to the minute, with the official order of play:

MANOLO SANTANA STADIUM

11:00 a.m

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus)-Daria Kasatkina (Rus/8)
(not before 1:00 pm)
​Stan Wawrinka (Sui)-Andrey Rublev (Russ/5)
(not before 4:00 pm)
​Carlos Alcaraz (Span/1)-Emil Ruusuvuori (Fin)
(not before 8:00 pm)
​Iga Swiatek (Pol/1)-Julia Grabner (Aut)

2

ARANTXA SANCHEZ STADIUM

11:00 a.m

Casper Ruud (Nor/3)-Matteo Arnaldi (Ita)
(not before 1:00 pm)
​Anna Kalinskaya (Rus)-Elena Rybakina (Kaz/7)
​Alycia Parks (USA)-Victoria Azarenka (Blr/15)
​Jessica Pegula (USA/3)-Magdalena French (Pol)
​Alexander Bublik (Kaz)-Holger Rune (Din/6)

3

STAGE 3

11:00 a.m

Barbora Krejcikova (Che/11)-Danka Kovinic (Cmd)
​Pablo Carreño (Span/18)-Oscar Otte (Ale)
Quentin Halys (Fra)-Roberto Bautista (Span/20)
Hubert Hurkacz (Pol/12)-Richard Gasquet (Fra)
Xiyu Wang (Chn)-Bianca Andreescu (Can/23)

4

TRACK 4

11:00 a.m

Gregoire Barrère (Fra)-Grigor Dimitrov (Bul/26)
​Martina Trevisan (Ita/18)-Eugenie Bouchard (Can)
​Alizé Cornet (Fra)-Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russian/16)
​Jil Teichmann (Sui/25)-Lesia Tsurenko (Ucr)
​Alejandro Davidovich (Span/29)-Albert Ramos (Span)

5

TRACK 5

11:00 a.m

Veronika Kudermetova (Rus/12)-Nuria Párrizas (Esp)

6

TRACK 6

11:00 a.m

Jaume Munar (Esp)-Tallon Griekspoor (Ned/30)
​Yannick Hanfmann (Germany)-Lorenzo Musetti (Ita/15)
​Karen Khachanov (Russian/10)-Thiago Monteiro (Bra)
​Hugo Gaston (Fra)-Borna Coric (Cro/17)
​Sebastian Korda (USA/22)-Hugo Grenier (Fra)