Nadal stays alone in Madrid

Spanish tennis had its particular party this Wednesday at the Mutua Madrid Open with the generational duel that measured the best national athlete in history, Rafael Nadal, with his more than likely successor at the head of the Navy, Carlos Alcaraz. However, the reality is the opposite with regard to the performance of local tennis players in the tournament that takes place in the Caja Mágica. And it is that Nadal, classified for the round of 16, is already alone in the men’s draw. Rafael is the only Spanish tennis player alive in the table when there are still 15 more to play the remaining passes in the fight for the tournament. Taking into account the surface and location of the championship, of the Masters 1000 category, it can be considered as a very scarce baggage for the claims of one of the world powers in sport, such as Spain. Carlos Alcaraz who, if not for his crossing with the manacorense, could have advanced one more round in the tournament. The Murcian fully complied with his second round, but others like Roberto Bautista or even Albert Ramos, who came from being champion in the Estoril tournament last week, fell earlier than expected. The Castellón collided with the giant Isner, who took him to his field and ended up winning in the tie-break of the third set, while Ramos was left without strength against Delbonis, Pablo Carreño’s executioner, another of the Spanish hopes, in first Round. Another who could not do more was Alejandro Davidovich, another of the tennis players of the future that the Navy already has at full capacity.The blonde pushed the number two seed in the box, Russian Daniil Medvedev, to the limit, but after winning a brilliant first set, he ran out of steam and ended up being riddled with the sticks of the Soviet giant from the back of the court. He had eleven representatives in the men’s final draw of the Mutua Madrid Open and the succession of early eliminations have led him to abandon Nadal to his fate, something that continues to be an insurance to maintain the options of a local champion in the Caja Mágica. Rafa has not lifted the title in Madrid since 2017, but the progression of his game and his physique after months of standing seem to have taken him to a level where he remains a great favorite for the title in the capital. There is only one male player left in the round of 16, in the female team Spain also has a representative who will fight for the title. Paula Badosa, in the best tournament of her sports career, is already in the semifinals of the Mutua Madrid Open and will fight neither more nor less than with the number one in the world, the Australian Ashleigh Barty, for a place in the final on Saturday. current number 62 of the WTA ranking, she is taking her best tennis in the capital, spurred on by an overturned public, and acting as host in a final draw that had only her presence and that of Sara Sorribes, since Garbiñe Muguruza had to low at the last minute due to injury.