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Main draw action starts on Monday at the ATP Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell with nine first-round matches on the slate in the Catalan capital. As always, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the schedule, including Lorenzo Musetti vs Sebastian Baez. But who will book their place in the […] READ MORE
After a week of brilliant clay-court tennis, the top two seeds are set to battle it out for the ATP Barcelona Open title. This is a rematch of the 2018 final, when Rafael Nadal comprehensively beat Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6-2 6-1, in the Greek’s first ATP 500 final. Tsitsipas will be aiming to win his first […] READ MORE
After a week of world class clay court tennis, the ATP Barcelona Open is nearing its climax with the semifinal round. Saturday’s action sees two exciting semifinals taking center stage on Pista Rafa Nadal. We’ll see a mouthwatering clash between Jannik Sinner and Stefanos Tsitsipas, and an all-Spanish clash between Pablo Carreno Busta and Rafael […] READ MORE
The ATP Barcelona Open approaches the business end of the tournament on Friday, with four fascinating quarterfinal matches taking center stage on Pista Rafa Nadal. Amongst the day’s most intriguing matches is the second meeting between Jannik Sinner and Andrey Rublev. With both players in good form, this has the potential to be one of […] READ MORE
Day 3 at the ATP Barcelona Open sees Monte Carlo Champion Stefanos Tsitsipas begin his campaign, as well as an intriguing match between Cristian Garin and Kei Nishikori. We predict all of Wednesday’s matches. Three of them are in this article, and we have two more articles. One features Ilya Ivashka vs Rafael Nadal and […] READ MORE
Day 3 of the ATP Barcelona Open sees 11-time champion Rafael Nadal begin his campaign. After a shock defeat at the hands of Andrey Rublev in Monte Carlo, the Spaniard will come in to Barcelona determined to get back to his usual winning ways on clay. In this article I predict four of the matches […] READ MORE
Another day of the European court season, and this time it’s the ATP Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. Tuesday led to both exciting 17-year-olds Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune losing tight matches. Wednesday features fellow youngsters Felix Auger-Aliassime and Lorenzo Musetti going at it in what could be a blockbuster match. We predict all of Wednesday’s […] READ MORE
Day 2 at the ATP Barcelona Open sees the beginning of the second round, with Denis Shapovalov beginning his clay court season, having chosen not to play in Monte Carlo. With the likes of Jannik Sinner and Roberto Bautista Agut also in action, it promises to be another day of exciting tennis. Here are my predictions […] READ MORE
Amongst the first round matches to be played on Day 2 of the ATP Barcelona Open is the battle between two of the games most entertaining players, Carlos Alcaraz and Frances Tiafoe. There is also another chance to see exciting prospect Holger Rune at Tour level, but he faces a tricky first round encounter with […] READ MORE
Day 2 of the ATP Barcelona Open sees the conclusion of the opening round matches. With a combination of youth and experience on display, it promises to be another day of intriguing clay court tennis. I predict three of Tuesday’s matches in this article. We also predict the day’s other matches in two other articles. […] READ MORE
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