The second major race of the 2022 ATP clay season, the Madrid Masters, went off yesterday. The world's top 50 Spanish clay masters are all out, who can stand out and laugh?
Spanish tennis has always been famous for its rich clay masters, often playing triumphant songs at the French Open and clay masters. Not to mention, moya (Nadal's current coach) recently won the 1998 French Open, Costa and Ferrero (Alcaraz's current coach) won consecutive French Open titles in 2002 and 2003, and Nadal, the king of clay, has won a record 13 French Open trophies since 2005. This year's Madrid Masters, Spanish players fighting on the ground, rushed to achieve good results. They are: World No. 4, 5-time champion who has just returned from a stress fracture of his left thoracote, Nadal, the king of clay; Alcaras, the first post-00 player who has won two ATP500 clay races and the Miami Masters championship in the first time in his career; Busta and Agut, ranked 18th and 19th in the world; Furkina, a post-95 player who is ranked 29th in the world and shines at this year's Monte Carlo Masters, defeating the world's number one youngster in three sets and finally finishing runner-up Ramos and Martinez, ranked 42nd and 43rd in the world.
Compared with the Australian Open and three Masters tournaments (Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo) that have been held this year, the Madrid Masters have a more competitive lineup and are bound to be more competitive. The top 20 players in the world ranking, in addition to the world's second, Russian Tsar Medvedev, the world's sixth, Italy's handsome Beretini and the world's 13th, Indian Wells Masters new branch champion, American dad Fritz due to injury, the remaining 17 players are all playing. In the 2022 Australian Open and indian wells, Miami two masters tournaments, the world's first small German because he did not receive the new crown pneumonia virus vaccine and failed to participate. At the Miami and Monte Carlo Masters, Nadal, the world's fourth and king of clay, also failed to compete due to treatment for a left chest injury. Medvedev, the third in the world, also failed to participate in the Monte Carlo Masters due to hernia surgery. In this way, the 2022 Madrid Masters will become the most spectacular and competitive competition so far in the 2022 season.
Interestingly, the seven Spanish clay masters who are fighting on the mainland, of which the four most competitive players, all concentrated in the upper half, will compete with the world's number one, Xiao De, who is eager to improve his competitive status, for the only final spot.
Fujina, who unexpectedly defeated Xiaode in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters last month and finished runner-up in the end, was divided into 1/4 zones with Xiaode and is expected to meet in the quarterfinals to compete for a place in the final four. Whether Fudkina can continue to work hard and shoot the horse in front of XiaoDe is worth looking forward to.
The world's 18th Busta, the third round is likely to meet the king of clay, 5-time champion Nadal, staged the first Spanish derby of the Madrid Masters. However, Busta, who has just finished runners-up in the ATP500 Barcelona Clay Race, must pass two levels of The Netherlands' Van Dezan de Silop and Russia's Karatsev, which is not a small difficulty. And Nadal, the king of clay who accidentally won the 2022 Australian Open and created the best season start in 21 years of his career, has recovered for 6 weeks because of the stress fracture treatment of his left chest rib, and now he has returned from injury. Moreover, after Nadal's first-round bye, the second round will have to accept the challenge of Serbian rookie Keczmanovic, who has risen rapidly this season and reached the quarter-finals of the two Masters tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami, or against the German giant Zverev Jr., who won the world's third-place German giant Zverev in two sets at ATP250 Montpellier this year, and the Kazakh giant Bublik, who won the first championship of his career. If the Spanish derby between Nadal vs Busta can be staged as scheduled, it will be a blessing for the fans and a blessing for the Madrid Masters.
After returning from injury, Nadal will face a high-profile battle after two consecutive wins, and it is also the second Spanish derby of the Madrid Masters, Nadal vs Alcaraz. The two best performers so far this season are Nadal, who set a new record of 21 Grand Slam titles, and Alcaraz, the first post-00 player who won three championships and finished second in championship points. Alcaraz, who has ranked ninth in the world, although the Monte Carlo Masters lost to the American post-00 player and star second generation Koda in the first match, but in the Barcelona station held in the immediate vicinity, Alcaraz was not discouraged, and indeed got better, with a 1/4 final victory over the Monte Carlo Masters To defend the world's fifth, Greek prosperity beauty Tsitsipas's good results, and finally won the championship, once again showing the unstoppable momentum. Such a Spanish derby between the old ball king and the supernova, how can it not be eagerly awaited and bloody?
Four Spanish clay masters, Nadal, Alcaraz, Busta and Faukina, are in excellent form this season, with the Madrid Masters and world number one De de all in the top half, vying for the only final spot. Who can stand out and be proud of the crowd, and wait to be revealed this week! (Source: Tennis House Author: Colorful Bean Powder)