Nadal, Thiem, Medvedev, Tsitsipas - Barcelona field with Grand Slam quality
The ATP Tour 500 tournament in Barcelona will also have a fantastic field of participants in 2020. Above all: record winner Rafael Nadal and defending champion Dominic Thiem .
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Mar 11, 2020, 03:14 pm
The anticipation for big tennis events is dampened these days for known reasons. What do you know what will be next week? Let alone in the week between April 20-26. Well, according to the ATP calendar, there should be top tennis to be seen in Barcelona. With a cast that almost comes close to a Grand Slam tournament.
The field is led by record winner Rafael Nadal, who would like to settle an open bill on the center court named after him. With Dominic Thiem, who defeated the Matador in the semifinals in 2019 and finally won the trophy for the first time in the Catalan capital with a success against Daniil Medvedev .
Medvedev also called this year, as did Stefanos Tsitsipas . The Greek was in the final in 2018 and was defeated by Nadal at the time. But that's not all: Matteo Berretini and Roberto Bautista-Agut have also raised their hands from the current top ten. David Goffin and Fabio Fognini almost have to be happy if they get on the seeded list at all.
The "additional players" Andrey Rublev, Karen Khachanov and Diego Schwartzman would also grace many a tournament as a top player.