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Nadal, Thiem, Tsitsipas, Shapovalov to play the ATP500 in Barcelona. Coronavirus still a threat

The ATP500 in Barcelona has a glorious line-up. Hoping that the Coronavirus will not spoil the party.

10 March 2020

Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Denis Shapovalov are going to be among the top players that will compete in Barcelona this year. The tournament will take place on the 20th of April and the home favorite, Rafael Nadal will try to conquer the title for the 12th time. Rafa will have fierce opposition, but probably one of his strongest “enemies” in Barcelona will be the threat of the Coronavirus. The ATP1000 in Indian Wells was canceled and also the organization of the ATP500 in Barcelona had to cancel the official presentation because of the outbreak of the virus. The defending champion is Dominic Thiem that won the tournament without dropping a single set on the way.

Here the complete entry list

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Player	Country	Rank
Nadal. Rafael	ESP	2
Thiem, Dominic	AUT	3
Medvedev, Daniil	RUS	5
Tsitsipas, Stefanos	GRE	6
Berrettini, Matteo	ITA	8
Goffin, David	BEL	10
Fognini, Fabio	ITA	11
Bautista Agut, Roberto	ESP	12
Schwartzman, Diego	ARG	13
Anderson, Kevin	RSA	14
Rublev, Andrey	RUS	14
Khachanov, Karen	RUS	15
Shapovalov, Denis	CAN	16
Garin, Cristian	CHI	18
Auger-Aliassime, Felix	CAN	20
Paire, Benoit	FRA	22
Lajovic, Dusan	SRB	23
Carreno Busta, Pablo	ESP	25
de Minaur, Alex	AUS	26
Evans, Daniel	GBR	28
Nishikori, Kei	JPN	31
Coric, Borna	CRO	33
Struff, Jan-Lennard	GER	34
Pella, Guido	ARG	35
Ruud, Casper	NOR	36
Ramos-Vinolas, Albert	ESP	41
Nishioka, Yoshihito	JPN	48
Verdasco.Fernando	ESP	52
Andujar, Pablo	ESP	53
Sandgren, Tennys	USA	55
Lopez, Feliciano	ESP	56
Paul, Tommy	USA	57
Pouille, Lucas	FRA	58
Chardy, Jeremy	FRA	59
Sousa, Joao	POR	66
Gerasimov, Egor	BLR	69

Rafael Nadal’s ranking and performance in 2020

Currently ranked no.2, Nadal played his last match on the 29^th of February when he beat Taylor Fritz 6-3 6-2 in the final in Acapulco to win his 85^th career title.

This season Rafael has a 13-3 win-loss record. Rafael clinched 1 title in Acapulco.

Dominic Thiem’s ranking and performance in 2020

Ranked world no.3 (career-high), Thiem played his last match on the 22^nd of February when he surrendered to Gianluca Mager 7-6⁴ 7-5 in the quarter in Rio De Janeiro.

Dominic Thiem’s most significant result of the present season was getting to the final at the Australian Open.

Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem played each other 14 times. The head to head is 9-5 for Nadal. The last time that they played each other, Dominic Thiem won 7-6³ 7-6⁴ 4-6 7-6⁶ in the quarter in Melbourne (Australian Open) on the 29^th of January 2020.

You can watch the highlights in the following video.

Stefanos Tsitsipas’s ranking and performance in 2020

Ranked world no.6, Tsitsipas played his last match on the 7^th of March when he overcame Jeson Patrombon 6-2 6-1 in the Rubber 4 of the Davis Cup.

This season Stefanos has a 11-5 win-loss record. Tsitsipas clinched 1 title in Marseille. Stefanos was the runner-up in Dubai.

Denis Shapovalov’s ranking and performance in 2020

Ranked world no.16, the Canadian played his last match on the 21^st of February when he lost to Alexander Bublik 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the quarter in Marseille.

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Denis Shapovalov played each other 4 times. The head to head is 3-1 for Shapovalov. The last time that they squared off, Denis Shapovalov won 7-6⁶ 7-6⁴ in the round robin in Brisbane, Perth, Sydney (ATP Cup) on the 3^rd of January 2020.

You can see them in action in the following highlights.