Carlos Alcaraz has determined to skip the ATP Masters 1000 event in Montreal, after the efforts of the Olympic event, wherein he gained a silver medal, surrendering within the remaining solely to Novak Djokovic. The Spanish champion has arrived in Cincinnati the place he would be the favourite to win the Western & Southern Open.
To arrange for the ATP Masters 1000 that might be performed on the Ohio hard-courts, Alcaraz educated yesterday with Matteo Berrettini, and it needs to be famous that the Spaniard and the Italian might discover themselves in opposition to one another within the event, on condition that they had been drawn in the identical a part of the bottom-half.
Within the video of the joint coaching session you may see Alcaraz and Berrettini speaking and smiling collectively on a court docket the place there’s a packed crowd. Then there are some phases with fascinating rallies and pictures:
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Alcaraz has a bye within the first spherical. Within the second spherical he’ll then face the winner of the problem between the Frenchman Gael Monfils and the Australian Alexei Popyrin. Matteo Berrettini has a vital first spherical in opposition to the quantity 15 seed, the Danish Holger Rune after which he’ll problem, in case of success, both Adrian Mannarino or a participant from the qualifiers.
The Spaniard might be chasing the fourth title of the season having beforehand gained in Indian Wells and two crucial titles similar to Roland Garros and Wimbledon. For Carlitos it’s the return to the cement, a floor on which he has not competed since March.
Berrettini is in the primary draw because of a wild card. The Italian tennis participant has gained 3 ATP titles this yr and has an open collection of successes having gained the title in each Gstaad and Kitzbuhel.
We recall the Spanish tennis participant final yr had reached the ultimate of the event in Ohio, defeated additionally on that event by Novak Djokovic. As identified, the Serbian tennis participant won’t be current this yr at this American ATP Masters 1000, after successful the Olympic gold, returning on the court docket solely on the US Open.
