• This will be Kecmanovic’s first semifinal in an ATP 500 tournament, while Cobolli will be playing in his third semifinal in a tournament of this category.
• On the ATP tour, they have only faced each other once,  with the Serbian winning three years ago. 

Acapulco, February 26, 2026.- Italy’s Flavio Cobolli, ranked 20th in the world and fifth seed, will face Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic (No. 84) in one of the semifinals of the Mexican Open Telcel presented by HSBC on Friday. 

This will be Kecmanovic’s first semifinal in an ATP 500 tournament, unlike Cobolli, who on paper has more experience, as this will be his third semifinal in a tournament of this category, having previously reached the semifinals in Washington and Hamburg. 

Against Yibing Wu, the Italian tennis player took the lead from the first set, taking advantage of the Chinese player’s unforced errors, who made 23 mistakes. In addition, Cobolli was consistent with his powerful serve, scoring four aces in the first set. 

Cobolli sealed the set by dominating in the tiebreak.

In the second set, Wu tried to come back, but Cobolli broke his serve twice and saved eight break points to cruise to victory, reaching the semifinals in Acapulco for the first time, with a score of 7-6(4), 6-1. 

This will be Cobolli’s second semifinal in consecutive weeks, after reaching the same stage a few days ago in Delray Beach.

“I feel very good, a little tired, but we know it’s difficult to play here, it’s very hot and humid, and the balls are very slow and so is the court, but I feel good, I played an epic match today. I think I’m enjoying the moment here, I’m playing very well and that’s why I hope to play another extraordinary match,” he said. 

For his part, Kecmanovic defeated France’s Terense Atmane (No. 63) 6-3, 6-3 in a 90-minute match, with the Serbian being far superior and taking advantage of the Frenchman’s mistakes, who committed 37 unforced errors and a couple of double faults. With this result, the Balkan secured his best performance of his career in the Mexican tournament and is now one win away from advancing to the final.