Scouting report: Alcaraz & Zverev Lead Madrid Field, Djokovic returns to Caja Magica | ATP tour

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Scouting report: Alcaraz & Zverev Lead Madrid Field, Djokovic returns to Caja Magica

A summary of the executive of what every fan should know about the coming week

April 21, 2025

The Clay Court season continues in the Mutua Madrid Open, where the best players in the world will fight around ATP Masters 1000 Glory. The two best seeds Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz are both in shape. Novak Djokovic won three of his 40 Masters 1000 trophies at the event.

What should you keep in mind in the Caja Magica? Atptour.com examines 10 things you can see in Madrid.

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1) Alcaraz at home: The second seed won two consecutive titles in 2022 and 2023 in Madrid and it also brings a good shape into the Spanish tone. Alcaraz is fresh from a title victory at Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters and a trip to the Barcelona final. The 21-year-old has won 29 of his 31 Clay Court games in Spain since the beginning of the 2022 season. He will compete in the second round of Zizou Berg or Yoshihito Nishioka.

2) Zverev wears momentum: After his victory, the German will bring trust on the ground in Munich, where he defeated Ben Shelton on Sunday. A two-time champion in Madrid (2018 and 2021), Zverev, the top seeds that is opened against Roberto Bautista Agut or Jaume Munar

3) Fight for No. 2: Zverev and Alcaraz have exchanged the world No. 2 in the PIF ATP ranking in the PIF ATP ranking. Alcaraz conquered the point after Monte-Carlo and Zverev took him back by raising the Munich trophy. However, No. 2 can be won in Madrid and during the rest of the clay court season when the stars in Roland Garros fight for the coveted top twoams.

4) Djokovic Returns: The former world No. 1 came in a victory of his 100th tour level title in Miami. Are the Serbian Jimmy Connors (109) and Roger Federer (103) performed as the winner in the 100-title Club in Spain? Djokovic returned to the Madrid Masters 1000 event for the first time since 2022 when he fell to Alcaraz in a final tie break in her first Lexus ATP Head2head meeting. The Serbianin is in the same half of the draw as Alcaraz.

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5) Rublev’s happy hunting place: Andrey Rublev will feel good on his return to the Mutua Madrid Open, where he earned his second Masters 1000 crown last year. The 27-year-old has an 11: 3 record in Madrid in accordance with the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index, in which he achieved at least 16 years of 16 years in all four of his appearances. The seventh seed is located in Zverev’s district of the draw.

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6) Draper, Mensik follow more ATP Masters 1000 fame: This season there were two first Masters 1000 champions. Jack Draper was involved with Indian Wells and Jakub Mensik, Djokovic for the Miami crown. This victory was also the aspiring Czech Maiden ATP Tour title.

7) Rune Renaissance: Holger Rune arrived in Barcelona with a defeat of three games, but came back on the track to a large extent by raising the trophy at the Spanish ATP 500. Will he maintain it in Madrid? The Danish star, who reached a Master 1000 final in Indian Wells last month, is 2-2 at the tournament and will play Flavio Cobolli or Fabian Marozsan at his start.

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8) Search Panier Davidovich Fokina: A lot of attention was paid to Alcaraz, but he is not the only Spaniard this season. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is in the PIF ATP Live race to Turin 10th place thanks to a consistent season. The next ATP final of the next generation of the PIF-Alumnus achieved the ATP Tour Finale in Acapulco and Delray Beach and also entered a semi-finals from Masters 1000 in Monte-Carlo. He was able to face the upper seed in the third round with Zverev.

9) Wild cards to try to repeat Miami’s success: Among the game cards are Coleman Wong and Federico Cina, both of which achieved breakthroughs in Miami. Wong defeated Daniel Altmaier and Ben Shelton to reach the third round, and 18-year-old Cina displaced Francisco, who comes to the tour level in Florida. You will face each other in the first round in the Madrid. The other wild cards are former top 10 stars Marin Cilic and Pablo Carreno Busta and Martin Landaluce.

10) Fight for the top double team: The two best double teams in the PIF ATP Live -Doppel team ranking are Harri Heliovaara/Henry Patten and Marcelo AREVALO/MATE PAVIC. Will one couple triumph for the first time in Madrid? In third place are the British Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool, which made the Monte Carlo final.