possible derby for Sinner, Musetti in Alcaraz’s segment

It was held today in Madrid The draw of the main draw of the second Masters1000 on clay. After the Monte Carlo tournament it’s time for the event a Caja Magica. There will be no world no.1, Novak Djokovic, who decided to give up this tournament to preserve himself for Roland Garros. It is likely that we will see Nole in action again in Rome, before the Paris Slam.

Because of this Jannik Sinner enters the Madrid event as the No. 1 seed. South Tyrolean who declared, however, that he will not prepare this 1000 with particular attention, since his priorities will be later on, namely the Italian Internationals and the aforementioned Roland Garros. Sinner will start his journey from the second round and will face the winner between Lorenzo Sonego a player from the qualifiers.

The South Tyrolean could face one of the Russians in the round of 16 Karen Khachanov and Chilean Nicolas Jarrywhile in the quarter-finals it could be the Norwegian Casper Ruud to hinder the 22 year old from Pustertal. The Russian is on the same side of the board Daniil Medvedevwho will start from the second round against one of Matteo Arnaldi and Australian Christopher O’Connell.

Flavio Cobolli he will debut against the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo in the upper part, while Luciano Darderi will challenge the expert Gael Monfils. Lorenzo Musettiinserted in the same (lower) part of the board as Carlos Alcaraz (seeded n.2), will play the second round against the winner of the Russian Roman Safiullin and the Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild and could find Carlitos in the third round. We will see what the conditions of the Iberian will be, suffering from his right forearm.

Worth noting is the not impossible intersection of Rafa Nadal against the American Darwin Blanch in the same part of the draw as Medvedev and with a possible second round against the Australian Alex de Minaur.

POSSIBLE QUARTER-FINALS

Sinner [1] vs Ruud [5]
Medvedev [3] vs Tsitsipas [6]
Zverev [4] vs Hurkacz [8]
Alcaraz [2] vs Rublev [7]

ITALIAN MATCHES

2nd round Sinner vs Sonego/Qualified

2nd round Musetti vs Safiullin/Seyboth Wild

1st round Arnaldi vs O’Connell

1st round Darderi vs Monfils

1st round Cobolli vs Tabilo

MASTERS1000 MADRID 2024 MAIN BOARD

HIGH PART

(1) Sinner BYE
Sonego vs. Q
Q vs Kotov
(32) Thompson BYE

(22) Jarry BYE
Tabilo vs Cobolli
Galan vs. Q
(16) Tabilo BYE

(9) Dimitrov BYE
Hanfmann vs Mensik
Nishioka vs Auger Aliassime
(19) Mannarino BYE

(29) Norrie BYE
Michelsen vs Fonseca
Zhang vs Kecmanovic
(5) Ruud BYE

(3) Medvedev BYE
O’Connell vs Arnaldi
Purcell vs Giron
(25) Korda BYE

(17) Bublik BYE
Koepfer vs Carballes Baena
Machac vs Ruusuvuori
(14) Shelton BYE

(10) De Minaur BYE
Blanchin vs Nadal
Cachin vs Ofner
(20) Tiafoe BYE

(30) Lehecka BYE
Q vs Q
Lajovic vs Q
(6) Tsitsipas BYE

LOWER PART

(8) Hurkacz BYE
Q vs. Draper
Altmaier vs Landaluce
(31) Fils BYE

(18) Baez BYE
Van Assche vs Bergs
Darderi vs Monfils
(12) Fritz BYE

(15) Paul BYE
Q vs Q
Karatsev vs Maroszan
(21) Cerundolo BYE

(26) Etcheverry BYE
Diaz Acosta vs Shapovalov
Coric vs. Q
(4) Zverev BYE

(7) Rublev BYE
Evans vs. Q
Q vs Shang
(27) Davidovich Fokina BYE

(24) Griekspoor BYE
Vukic vs Daniel
Navone vs Popyrin
(11) Runes BYE

(13) Humbert BYE
Van de Zandschulp vs Eubanks
Munar vs Borges
(23) Struff BYE

(29) Musetti BYE
Safiullin vs Seyboth Wild
Rinderknech vs Schevchenko
(2) Alcaraz BYE