The sports director of Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell-Tropheo Conde de Godó, David Ferrer, has maintained on Tuesday that Carlos Alcaraz is “The Favorite” to win the Catalan tournament, which celebrates its 72nd edition until this Sunday at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona-1899.
“I believe that Carlos is the favorite,” Ferrer said in statements to the media in a meeting organized by the Japanese Lexus car brand, official vehicle and official sponsor of the trophy. More cautious has shown the former champion of the Barcelona Tommy Robredo Tournament (he won in 2004), who continues to be a sports advisor of the Barcelona club, stating that “it is complicated” to make pools.
“Tommy thinks just like me,” Ferrer joked. Both have agreed that Alcaraz arrives at the Catalan event after winning the Master 1,000 of Montecarlo “tired” and that their game can be affected by that situation.
“If everything goes well, we would have the chips there,” they have both settled that, if the game that plays Monday against the American Ethan Quinn, he will rest on Wednesday and will already be “adapted to the tournament.”
The two extenders have also valued very positively that the Murcian tennis player “has come directly from Montecarlo” to dispute the trophy of the city because, after the withdrawal of Rafa Nadal, the figure of Alcaraz is “a special fate for the tournament.” “It’s fresh air,” Ferrer said.
In his talk with the journalists, the sports manager of the Godó has had words of thanks for the logistics and transport of players and guests, who is in charge of Lexus. “It is something that matters a lot, like the clues, food or accommodation, and transportation, last year and this has worked very well and we are delighted to collaborate,” Ferrer said before the director of Lexus Spain, Mar Skintain, and the marketing director, Sergio Bispo.
“The special” of the Godó
In general terms, Ferrer has pointed out that the direction of the tournament is “very happy” to be part of the sports picture to 5 of the current ‘Top 10’ of the ATP ranking, and has also had a few words for what the tournament for the city of Barcelona is and for the tennis club in which it is celebrated, in the Pedralbes neighborhood.
“The special thing is that it is in the Tennis Club, in which the partner buys tickets on a day -to -day basis; they push us to have the best possible picture since every year the tournament grows,” both extendists have said.
Presence of Lexus
Lexus has an outstanding presence in the trophy, with an interactive exhibition of models, including his latest model, the LBX, on the central track, which bears the name of Rafa Nadal track. Throughout the enclosure, Lexus presents other models such as the plug -in hybrid and 100% electric RZ.
This last model is the protagonist of a space in which the public that these days approaches the Real Tennis Barcelona Club can “enjoy the Lexus universe”, experiencing and discovering activities related to the new steer Steer By Wire of the Japanese brand.