Today, Friday 21 April, the quarter finals of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell will be played. The day will take place entirely on the Rafa Nadal court and will start at 12 noon. Carlos Alcaraz is back in action.
So, at 12 o'clock it will be the turn of one of the big favourites, the Italian Jannik Sinner, who will face his compatriot Lorenzo Musetti, whom he already destroyed in Monte Carlo last week (he won 6-2/6-2 and Musetti put him on a par with Nadal, Djokovic and Alcaraz).
After them, a great match, perhaps the most evenly matched of the quarters, between the Spanish-born Australian Alex de Miñaur and the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas. After his shock defeat in Monte Carlo, the Greek will have a tough test against a very tough opponent.
Not before four o'clock in the afternoon will come the most awaited duel of the day: Carlos Alcaraz vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. We will see if the player from Malaga is capable of hurting the player from Murcia, who so far has been unbeatable at the Godó. Francisco Cerundolo and Daniel Evans will close the day.
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