Barcelona Open tournament director David Ferrer has expressed his hope that Rafael Nadail will be ready for the tournament but added the tournament will feature an attractive player lineup even if Nadal is forced to skip the event. Nadal, a record 21-time Grand Slam champion, suffered a stress fracture in one of his ribs during the Indian Wells Masters. Last Monday, Nadal announced he would be out for four to six weeks. The Barcelona Open starts on April 18 and there is still a slight chance Nadal recovers in time for the event. ”There will surely be three ‘top 10’ (Stefanos Tsitsipas, Casper Ruud, and Hubert Hurkacz) and 11 of the top 20,” Ferrer said, per Marca. “A final between Tsitsipas and Carlos Alcaraz would be attractive.”Ferrer: Nadal is irreplaceable If Nadal misses the event, Carlos Alcaraz would be the one that wo …