Carlos Alcaraz Garfia will be the main asset of Spanish tennis at the start of the American tour and, in the absence of Rafa Nadal due to injury, the young player from Murcia, 19 years old and fourth in the world, will carry the national flag at the Masters 1000 in Montreal (Canada), in which he will try again to be with the best and, if he can, to get rid of the thorn of the last lost finals during the month of July at the ATP 500 in Hamburg (Germany ) and at the ATP 150 in Umag (Croatia).

Alcaraz will face the Canadian championship while second seed and he will only have ahead of him the Russian Daniil Medvedev, number 1 in the ranking. The 2 and 3, which are the Germans Alexander Zverev and Nadal, are missing due to injuries and the loss of the Serbian Novak Djokovic, separated by the organization because of his refusal to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, is also significant.

Before his debut in Montreal, the player of El Palmar, who will start directly in the second round, He takes the opportunity to play golf with his coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Pablo Carreño from Gijón, who will also participate in the tournament. He will change turf and stick for court and racquet on Wednesday or Thursday since his debut at the Uniprix stadium is yet to be finalized, as well as his rival, who will emerge victorious from the duel between American Tommy Paul, 25 and number 34 in the world; and Canadian Vasek Pospisil, 32 and ranked 147.

Some hobbies adapt but without losing sight of training and Alcaraz shared index with the last player who beat him in the ATP 250 final in Umag, Croatia, Italian Jannik Sinner, current twelfth player in the world. The Spaniard and the Italian, longtime friends, will participate in the Montreal tournament, in which they could meet again, and they are among the favorites to win the title.

In the final table of this championship are, in addition to Medvedev, Alcaraz and Sinner, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, Norwegian Casper Ruud, Russian Andrey Rublev and the Canadian Felix Auger Aliassime, who appear at positions 5, 7, 8 and 9 of the international ranking.

From this cast will emerge a priori the champion in Montreal, the first of the hard-court American Tour tournaments. Then will come the Cincinatti Masters 1000 and the US Open, which is the fourth and last Grand Slam of the season.