Alcaraz Family Ready To Take Over Tennis, Naomi Osaka Learns New Tricks On Clay

Carlos Alcaraz won the Barcelona Open beating Pablo Carreño Busta in the final. Alcaraz beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarterfinals and Alex de Minaur in the semifinals. King Alcaraz has arrived and is here to stay. (ATP)

Jaime Alcaraz Garfia, the 10-year old brother of Carlos Alcaraz is also an excellent tennis player.

Andrey Rublev won the Barcelona Open beating Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-7 (4) 6-0 in the final. Djokovic ran out of energy in the third set and couldn’t keep up with Rublev. (ESPN)

Iga Switaek will skip the Madrid Open due to a shoulder injury. She has won four titles this year and is on an incredible winning streak. (Yahoo Sports)

Naomi Osaka knows that clay is not her best surface. She is learning new skills to improve her clay court game. (NBC)

After a string of poor results, Emma Raducanu has fired her coach Torben Beltz (ESPN)

Rafael Nadal will return at the Madrid Open. He is a five-time champion Madrid Open champion.He will be competing at the event for the 19th time in his career. (ATP)

Roger Federer confirms his participation at the Swiss Indoors in Basel. He plans to return to the tour sooner than that. (ESPN)

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Andrey Rublev Says Barcelona Open Treats Players Badly

Andy Rublev decided to skip the Barcelona Open despite being a member of the club where the tournament takes place. Rublev played at the Serbia Open which is held the same week. This raised some eyebrows. Not surprisingly, Rublev was asked why he chose to go to Belgrade.

Rublev revealed that the tournament did not treat players well last year. He said:

I do not want to reveal the details, but these were really significant nuances, surprising that some well-known names were missing from the list of participants at Barcelona Tournament. As a result, I accepted the invitation to play at the Serbia Open and not lose. In Belgrade, I was treated ten times better than I could have expected.

Andrey Rublev went on to win the tournament, beating Novak Djokovic in the final in three sets. Rublev won the third set 6-0 as Djokovic ran out of energy.

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