Carlos Alcarazsecond in the world ranking, praised the facilities of Mexican Open tennis and expressed his desire to play it next yearaccording to tournament director, Álvaro Falla.
“We talked here with Carlitos Alcaraz, he came, got to know the facilities and He said he wanted to go next year“, Falla announced in response to a question from EFE at the closing press conference of the fair based in Acapulco, in the Mexican Pacific.
Falla took the reins of the Open in December, replacing Raúl Zurutuza, who gave the tournament the stamp of a family-friendly event, which the new director confirmed will continue to be a way of working.
“We want to continue as a family, feeling that we are building something that has put the country on a high level. The good thing about these years is that there is nothing else to improve and I am the first to hear what we can do for that,” he explained.
In celebration of his 30 years, the Open counted three withdrawals due to injury, that of Alcarazthat of the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and the British Cameron Norrie, twelfth; however, they play norwegian Casper Ruudfourth racket in the world, the American taylor fritzfifth, and the danish Holger Runetenth.
“We have a record number of more than 90,000 attendees; we are committed to being the best tournament in Latin America and that is what we are doing,” explained the manager.
This week the players like the Spanish Feliciano Lopez They assured that the Acapulco Open, with the ATP 500 category, has the conditions to become a Masters 1,000 if a date appears on the tour calendar, ratified this Saturday by Falla.
“It’s not in our hands to be a 1,000 tournament, but, of course, we want to; It depends on the calendar, but we must be ready for the day when the opportunity is given. We are ready, we have the muscles of a 1,000″, he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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