Which players will be at the Mutua Madrid Open 2021?

The list of tennis players registered in the 2021 Mutua Madrid Open Masters 1000 is already known, as well as the players who will do so in the WTA 1000 category. These are the protagonists of the 2021 Mutua Madrid Open, which will be held from April 27 to 9 May at the Caja Mágica and finally with an audience in the stands. Novak Djokovic, the player who has been number one in the ATP Rankings in the Open era for the longest weeks, heads the line-up for the Mutua Madrid Open 2021. The Serbian will return to defend the crown that he lifted in 2019 and that he has conquered on a total of three occasions (also in 2011, 2016). Of course, in recent days Djokovic has slipped some doubt about his presence in the Caja Mágica after his fiasco in his tournament from Belgrade. “I don’t want to make more plans now, I only think about the Grand Slams,” said Nole, referring to the Mutua Madrid Open 2021. Djokovic will not have it easy, because among the rivals who will join the battle, Rafa Nadal’s emerges above the rest. . No one has won the title more times than the Spanish (2005, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017) and this time he will accumulate his eighteenth participation in the tournament, a record figure that he will share with Fernando Verdasco.Federer, last minute absenceAt the end the Mutua Madrid Open 2021 will not have the presence of Roger Federer, winner on the three surfaces that the tournament has hosted (covered hard court, clay and blue clay). On the verge of turning 40, the Swiss will not be in the Caja Mágica. Beyond these great names, the Caja Mágica will have the opportunity to see on its clay courts players who have recently won the tag of candidates for the crown in any tournament such as Daniil Medvedev, Dominic Thiem, Alexander Zverev or Stefanos Tsitsipas.For their part, Andrey Rublev or Matteo Berrettini will play for the first time.As for the local players, they have obtained a direct ticket for the final draw Roberto Bautista, Pablo Carreño, Albert Ramos and Alejandro Davidovich, who join the announced wild cards recently by Carlos Alcaraz and Fernando Verdasco.This will be the women’s drawIn the women’s draw, Kiki Bertens will return to the Madrid clay as the last woman who was able to lift the title. The Dutch, who has played two consecutive finals (2018, 2019), is the tenth name on a list headed by Ashleigh Barty, the world number 1 and recent WTA 1000 champion from Miami. This is how the women’s team of the Mutua Madrid Open 2021 remains: Petra Kvitova, the player who has won the trophy the most times (2011, 2015, 2018), as well as Simona Halep, who has accumulated the most finals (2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 ), will also be part of the poster. As well as the rest of the active rackets that know what it is to be number 1 in the world such as Garbiñe Muguruza, Naomi Osaka, Karolina Pliskova, Angelique Kerber or Victoria Azarenka, among the top ten in the world, other names such as Sofia also appear on the WTA list. Kenin, Elina Svitolina, Aryna Sabalenka or Bianca Andreescu. While Grand Slam champions such as Iga Swiatek or Svetlana Kuznetsova are also part of the 47 women who enter this Mutua Madrid Open 2021 directly.