Everyone who comes here finds something special in the city of Madrid. Its people, its history, its gastronomy, its hospitality… They all make the Spanish capital a unique place in the world. Likewise, the Mutua Madrid Open has managed to utilise these strengths to make it a unique tournament on tour. Thus, year after year, it hosts the best players on the world tour, none of whom are willing to miss their date with the Caja M\u00e1gica.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a very special event for me\u201d, says the current world number 4 and defending champion of the tournament, Alexander Zverev, and with good reason. As last year\u2019s winner, the German already knows what it is to lift the Ion Tiriac Trophy. \u201cI\u2019ve won the title here so I love it, I like everything. The fans here are always good to me. The playing conditions are always good and playing on centre court is always very special\u201d.<\/p>\n
And he\u2019s not the only one full of praise for the Spanish fans. \u201cIt\u2019s very nice to receive the warmth of the people in this city. It\u2019s something that makes the tournament spectacular\u201d notes Del Potro, who is hoping to turn a page in Madrid and leave behind the injuries that have barely allowed him to compete this season.<\/p>\n
The geographic peculiarities of Madrid are also very well received on tour. \u201cI love the conditions in Madrid, the altitude, the low humidity\u2026 It\u2019s a clay tournament with very fast courts. I feel great when I come here and I\u2019m happy to be back\u201d. And why wouldn\u2019t he be? Dominic Thiem has played in the last two finals in the Caja M\u00e1gica and, having won his \u201cbiggest title on clay\u201d in Barcelona, he is hoping it will be third time lucky in Madrid.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a spectacular tournament. I like the playing conditions and I\u2019ve always have good results in Madrid\u201d, reiterates \u2018Delpo\u2019, aware that the ball flies much faster in the Spanish capital than at your regular clay tournament.<\/p>\n
But if there\u2019s one thing that every player agrees with, it\u2019s that Madrid and the Mutua Madrid Open have the best food of all. \u201cSomething that\u2019s really special here for me is, without a doubt, the food!\u201d states Thiem, boasting of how well he eats when he comes to Madrid. And it sounds like Nishikori does too: \u201cI\u2019m always very happy to come to Madrid. I love Spain. I really enjoy the restaurants in Madrid because I love Spanish food\u201d. But it\u2019s \u2018Delpo\u2019 who manages to sum it up perfectly: \u201cIt\u2019s one of the best tournaments in the world, where we are at ease with the city, the food\u2026 All of this makes it a very classy tournament\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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