The clay season expands this week. After keeping our attention focused on Monte Carlo for the past seven days, we’ll spread it around to Barcelona, Munich, and Stuttgart over the next seven.
There are no 1000-level events among them, but there’s still a lot to watch. In Stuttgart, the women slide into their clay swing in proper style, with the world’s Top 4 players—Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula—in the field. In Barcelona, Carlos Alcaraz tries to follow the old path of his countryman Rafael Nadal by backing up his Monte Carlo title on home soil. In Munch, Alexander Zverev will look to finally get back on track at home.
Here are three storylines to follow as we make our second stop on the road to Roland Garros.
