Tough draw for Alcaraz in Vienna, with big ‘prize’ for Landaluce and Mérida

ByDavid Mitchell

Carlos Alcaraz returns to the slopes next week in ViennaATP 500 tournament where you will have a path full of obstacles. The draw held this Saturday gave him a tough debut, on Tuesday, against the Russian Karen Khachanov, while in the second round he would face the Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili or the Austrian Jurij Rodionov.

Already in the quarterfinals, his rival could be the American Tommy Paul (7), the Russian Andrey Rublev or the Italians Luciano Darderi and Matteo Arnaldi. Daniil Medvedev (3) and Jakub Mensik (8) emerge as the most dangerous players facing a hypothetical semifinals in the lower part of the painting.

At the top of the table, the top favorite is Alexander Zverev (1), who will face Martín Landaluce in his first matchbenefited by an invitation from the tournament.

If Landaluce has not had a bit of luck, the same can be said of the other Spaniard present in the Austrian tournament. And it is that Dani Mérida will face Daniil Medvedev in first round match.

In short, tough rivals for the Spanish in a tournament that has historically been unfavorable, with Feliciano López (2004) and David Ferrer (2015) as the only champions.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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