The German Alexander Zverevfirst favorite, will make his debut against his compatriot Daniel Altmaier within Mexican Tennis Openthe 500th ATP tournament, which begins this Monday in the Mexican resort of Acapulco.
Zverev, sixth in the world rankinghas two wins in two matches against Altmaier, ATP racket 55, but In both duels ‘Sascha’ has to show his best tennis to win; At the 2022 Australian Open he won 7-6(1), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 and at the 2023 US Open he won 7-6(3), 6-1, 7-6( 1).
In the recovery phase from a terrible hurricane that destroyed the port in October, Acapulco will host the tournament that will take place on a fast court with a prize pool of $2,377,565.
Besides Zverevwill be among the favorites, five more of the 12 best players in the worldthe Danish Holger Rune (7), the Australian Alex De Minaur (9), the defending champion, the American Taylor Fritz (10), the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (11) and the Norwegian Casper Ruud (12).
runes will debut against an opponent from the qualifying tournament, De Minaur against the Japanese Taro Daniel, 62nd racket in the world; Fritz against Italian Matteo Arnaldi (41); Chillies with Russian Roman Safiullin (38) and Ruud against American Christopher Eubanks, 34th in the world ranking.
In the first round, Americans Tommy Paul, seeded seventh, and Frances Tiafoe, seeded eighth, will have demanding matches. Paul, fourteenth in the ranking, will debut against the British Jack Draper (69), and Tiafoe, fifteenth in the ranking, along with the Australian Max Purcell (51).
One of the next figures is the Australian Jordan Thompson, who won Saturday’s Los Cabos Tennis Open after Zverev was eliminated in the semifinals and in the final with Rudd. He arrived in Acapulco in good shape and with confidence.
In the first round Thompson will play against a figure from ‘quality’ and, if he wins, he will have a wonderful and unpredictable Rune in the second round, should the Dane advance.
He Open is the main tournament in Latin Americawhich had the presence of the best players of the 21st century, with the exception of the Swiss Roger Federer.
The Spaniards Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer They have won four times, as has the Austrian Thomas Musterso they are the highest holders of titles.
Spain, the country with the most championships, there are three more champions: Francisco Clavetin 1997; Carlos Moya (2002 and 2004); Nicolas Almagro (2008 and 2009).
Source: La Verdad
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