ATP BARCELONA DRAW. Nadal, Tsitsipas on early collision course

The draw in Barcelona is out, and we might have an exciting quarter between Rafael Nadal and Stefanos Tsitsipas that will be a repetition of last year’s final.

Rafael Nadal

Seeded no.1, Nadal won the title in Barcelona 11 times, and he will have the luxury always play on Centre Court that was named after him. This is Nadal’s expected path in Barcelona

R1  – Bye
R2  – Pouille / Ferrer
1/4 – Tsitsipas
1/2 – Thiem
Fin  – Zverev/Nishikori

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Ranked no.8, the Greek had an excellent run last year after reaching the final before losing to Nadal 6-2 6-1 in the final. This is Stefanos’ projected path in Barcelona.

R1  – Bye
R2  – Fucsovic
1/4 – Nadal
1/2 – Thiem
Fin  – Zverev/Nishikori

Head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas

Rafa and Stefanos played each other already 3 times, and the head to head is 3-0 for the Spaniard that has never conceded a single set to Stefanos.

Projected quarters in Barcelona

Nadal – Tsitsipas
Thiem – Khachanov
Fognini – Nishikori
Medvedev – Zverev

Here the full draw