I came to watch this tournament when I was really young and I played for this club when I was 11 or 12. “It’s so special to play a final here in Barcelona, a tournament that I love playing. On Saturday night, Alcaraz was clinical with his chances to down Evans in 81 minutes on Pista Rafa Nadal, where he converted five of his seven break points.Įvans deployed typical variety in his shots, but his tactics were expertly countered by Alcaraz, who has now won all eight sets he has played this week at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona-1899. I know he’s a really nice guy off the court, so I’m going to try to forget everything that has happened in the matches before, try to focus on my game tomorrow, and try to get the win,” he said. Last year we had a spicy match, let’s say. “Stefanos as well is playing great matches. “I feel really comfortable playing here in Barcelona and playing well,” said Alcaraz, who will try to successfully defend a title for the first time in his career against Tsitsipas. The Buenos Aires and Indian Wells champion enters that clash holding a 3-0 ATP Head to Head series lead against Tsitsipas, a tally that includes a three-set quarter-final win in Barcelona last year. Now 22-2 for the year, Alcaraz will take on Stefanos Tsitsipas as he chases his third tour-level title of 2023. It is important for the title, by itself,” said Nadal.The top-seeded Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz eased past Daniel Evans 6-2, 6-2 to reach the final of Barcelona Open, where he is bidding to become the first repeat champion since Rafael Nadal lifted the trophy three years in a row from 2016-18. Tsitsipas entered the championship match with a 9-0 record on clay in 2021, and had won all 17 sets he had played on the red dirt this year. Nadal saved a championship point against Tsitsipas to earn a memorable 6-4, 6-7(6), 7-5 victory on Pista Rafa Nadal, ending the Greek’s unbeaten start to the clay season. If Rafael Nadal’s epic final victory against Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell on Sunday was not a strong enough message to his ATP Tour rivals, the Spaniard made it clear in his post-match press conference that he is capable of achieving greater results in the remainder of this year’s European clay swing.

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