The two Spanish compatriots who have a deep relationship meet for the fourth time in three years

After the 2025 French Open, the grass court season begins. Last week's two ATP 250 grass court events were over, followed by the ATP 500 London Queen's Cup and Halle this week. World No. 1 and Italian newcomer Sinner Wang and world No. 2 Spanish all-rounder Alcaraz led the two tournaments to warm up for Wimbledon, which kicks off on June 30.

In the first round of the Queen's Cup in London last night, Alcaraz, who successfully defended his French Open title and returned to the court after nine days of recuperation, defeated Wharton, the lucky loser of the Australian qualifiers, in two sets 6:4 7:6, but the game was not easy, especially in the tenth game of the second set, which saved Wharton's two break points and set points. This shows that Alcaraz is still in the transition and run-in from clay to grass, and his condition is average, and his hand is not good, so he needs to adapt to the rhythm of the grass court as soon as possible through matching, improve his competitive state, and make final preparations for Wimbledon 2025.

Tomorrow night, in the second round of the Queen's Cup in London, Alcaraz will face the challenge of Munar, and the battle will not be easy. The fate of Alcaraz and Munar is unique on the ATP Tour. Both are Spanish compatriots, both were born on May 5, and even have the same height (1.83m), but Munar was born in 1997, six years older than Alcaraz.

As a teenager, Munar won the 2014 French Open men's singles runner-up and the 2015 French Open men's doubles title, ranking third in the world. However, after turning professional in 2015, Munar had a mediocre record, reaching a career-high No. 52 in the world rankings on May 20, 2019, and is currently ranked No. 59 in the world.

Munar has not won a single ATP Tour title in his career so far, reaching the final of the ATP 250 Marbella for the only time in 2021. The best result in a Grand Slam is 10 stops in the second round, and the best result in the Masters is two in the round of 16 (Madrid 2023 and Rome 2025). At the ATP 500, Munar reached the semi-finals in Dallas this year, missing out on his own serve in the semifinals and failing to defeat Norway's Light Ruud.

Ruud said of Munar: "He's a very difficult player. He moves and interprets the game well, and can hit quality cross-balls on counter-attacks. ”

Munar and Alcaraz have faced each other three times in their careers so far, all on clay. In the semifinals of the 2021 ATP 250 Marbella station, Munar defeated Alcaraz in two sets to achieve his first and only victory; In 2022, Alcaraz began to rise and his results improved by leaps and bounds. In the first round of the ATP500 Rio station and the second round of the ATP500 Barcelona station, Alcaraz defeated his compatriot Big Brother Munar in a row, which is just a routine operation; So far in the 2023 season, Alcaraz has been destroying the city and has been receiving many successes, and Munar has no chance to challenge this compatriot who has already carried the Spanish tennis flag.

Tomorrow night, the two well-connected Spaniards will meet for the fourth time in three years, and fans will see: Munar, who likes to play on clay, will he cause some problems for Alcaraz on grass? And how much will Alcaraz's form improve after making his grass-court debut in 2025?

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Colorful Bean Powder)