Grigor Dimitrov is already training on the courts in the Spanish capital
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Grigor Dimitrov will face either Yannick Hanfman or Jakub Mensik in his first match at the Madrid Masters. This determined the draw for the main circuit of the competition, which will take place from April 24 to May 5. Dimitrov is #9 in the scheme and starts directly from the second round.
So far, the Bulgarian has not played with Menshik, while he faced Hanfman once. This happened at this year’s tournament in Miami, where our first racket defeated the German 6:0, 6:1. For his part, the 18-year-old Menschik had a strong start to the season, playing for the title in his first tournament of the season in Canberra and then playing for the trophy in Doha in his first ATP final, but lost both bouts. If he reaches the third round, Dimitrov will face someone from Yoshihito Nishioka, Félix Auger-Aliassime and Adrian Mannarino. The most likely opponent for the potential round of 16 is Casper Ruud, who won the title in Barcelona a few days ago.
Circuit leader Yannick Siner begins his run in the Spanish capital with a match against Lorenzo Sonego or a qualifier. Second seed Carlos Alcaraz starts against Alexander Shevchenko or Artur Rinderknes. The third in the scheme Daniil Medvedev is waiting for Christopher O’Connell or Matteo Arnaldi.
Rafael Nadal will return to Madrid with a match against world #1028 Darwin Blanch. In reaching the second round, Matadora will once again face Alex de Minor, who he lost to in Barcelona.
