The 71st edition of the traditional Conde de Godó, the Barcelona ATP, will begin this Monday. The tournament recovers its king and twelve-time champion, the Mallorcan Rafael Nadal.
But it will not be able to count on the also Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, winner of the two last editions. The Argentine Sebastián Báez will be in the Catalan brick dust. Andrey Rublev and Casper Ruud should fight for a place in the final, with the permission of always dangerous rivals in Barcelona such as the Russian Karen Khachanov or the British Cameron Norrie (30) The tournament coincides with the 125th anniversary of the RCT Barcelona-1899, which will feature the participation of the Argentine Bázé, who reached number 19 in the ATP - the best ranking of his career - at 23 years old. The draw had prevented the dream final between Nadal, in what will probably be his last season, and AlcarAZ, since both were on the same side of the draw.