The 2023 Mallorca Championships field got a significant boost with a sudden influx of players as Stefanos Tsitsipas, Felix Auger-Aliassime, and Feliciano Lopez got wild cards.
The 2023 Mallorca Championships already had a pretty decent field with the likes of Nick Kyrgios and Ben Shelton taking part but the field has now been enhanced with the addition of several players. Defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas wasn't initially on the entry list but the Greek will be there thanks to a wild card.
His only grass trophy came last year in Mallorca and he'll need a few more matches to finetune his grass tennis, especially after parting ways with a coach who was largely credited with improving his level on the surface.
He'll be joined by Felix Auger-Aliassime who is yet to play a match on grass after consecutive pull-outs recently. He was initially scheduled to play at the Libema Open in Den Bosch but withdrew before the event. Halle was the next stop on the calendar for the Canadian but he withdrew from that event too.
Lopez these days is more known for a few recent controversies, especially at the Madrid Open this year. The Spaniard has been the tournament director of the event for a few years and this year saw him oversee a very controversial edition.
The event was accused of helping Alcaraz with its questionable scheduling. Then he had to deal with the uniform controversy, and then the speech controversy which saw female players denied a chance to speak. He then caught fire for being appointed as Davis Cup director with many fans protesting the move in light of recent events.
Luckily for the Spaniard, Mallorca is in Spain so fans should be more sympathetic to a player who announced his retirement earlier this year. These are some of the last matches he will play as a professional player on the ATP Tour.
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