Nadal, six times champion Barcelona will be the top seed in the 60 th anniversary of the Barcelona Open, which will celebrate the anniversary with a tribute to Manolo Santana.
The 60th edition of the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell-Trofeo Conde de Godo, which takes place from 21 to 29 April in the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona 1899, has already now with the presence of four Top Ten World: Rafael Nadal ( number 2) David Ferrer (5), Czech Tomas Berdych (7) and Janko Tipsarevic (9), in an edition which also will debut a redesigned center court.
The tournament was presented yesterday at the Barcelona Council in a ceremony presided by the mayor, Xavier Trias and was also attended by the president of Banc Sabadell, Josep Oliu, and Albert Agustí, president of the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona , along with Ivan Tibau, General secretari L `Esport of the Generalitat, José Luis Escañuela, president of the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation and Albert Costa, director of the tournament.
The premiere of the new center court design will increase the capacity of spectators, from 7,200 to 8,400.
The tournament is considered the world´s best in its class, ATP 500 with 1,627,500 euros in prize money and Albert Costa, director of the event said that "we are still accepting entries, and may have some more Top Ten, though the entry list suggests one of the best quality in recent years. "
The tennis player David Ferrer Alicante has been in the act, saying "I have started the season well and this is important because you take confidence. My intention is to continue climbing the ladder in world ranking, the worse it is also true that the first four are a very high level. "
Ferrer, a finalist in three of the last four editions, losing to Rafael Nadal in all, this year will fight for his seventh title in Barcelona, believes that "the Barcelona Open is a tournament that, for its prestige, players aim to win every Spanish and for me, do remains an unmet challenge. "
This year will pay tribute to Manuel Santana for the fiftieth anniversary of his first tournament victory in 1962.