Acapulco, Gro., February 23, 2020. – To speak of Stan Wawrinka is to refer to a man with a huge talent, possessor of an excellent backhand and one of the few privileged players that has managed to conquer three Grand Slam titles at the era of the “Big Four”.

The swiss crowned his effort and perseverance when in 2014 he raised his first trophy, at the Australian Open. With this achievement Wawrinka broke the hegemony that Roger Federer (2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2017, 2018), Novak Djokovic (2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020) and Rafael Nadal (2009) maintained in the Australian contest since 2004. The other was Marat Safin in 2005.
In 2015 he conquered Rafael Nadal’s kingdom when he became the champion in Roland Garros, and the following year owned the title at the US Open.
Altogether he accumulated 16 trophies from the ATP circuit, the most recent in Genoa, in 2017, the year in which he had to undergo a knee surgery, after which his results were not the same, that led him to drop to 263 of the world ranking in 2018.
But after 2 years, he’s back in the top 20, ready to play like he did at his heyday.
“I feel good, I came to this tournament ahead of time and I think this might be a good year. I was already in Doha and Australia, this is going to be a long year and I have to be in a lot of tournaments, but overall, I feel good about this”, Stan commented, prior to his participation in the Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Telcel, presentado por HSBC.
From his point of view, one of the reasons why he gradually returns to his level is because he still enjoys a lot what he does. “To maintain yourself you need the right team, focus on the right things, on what you are doing. It’s been several years now on this, the tour trips, but I’m happy to keep playing at this level and keep pushing it forward”.
From afar, Stan The Man values what he has achieved so far, “I have achieved more than I would have thought when I was young; I already have some achievements, but I want to do so much more”, he says.
As of right now, his greatest desire is to win a tournament again, at any level, “because the feeling of raising a trophy is something special”.
It is fundamental do not loose motivation, so if today’s Stan could say something to kid Stan it would be “always love what you do, keep dreaming”.
Wawrinka describes himself as a nice guy; his favorite social network is Instagram and his favorite song is Where the Streets Have No Name, from U2.
As for his debut in the tournament in Acapulco, against Frances Tiafoe, he expects a complicated match “he is a player with great potential, I played against him in Basel (2019) and it was difficult. Now the conditions are different, but it’ll be important to know how I’m doing”.
Until that time comes, he is preparing himself and enjoys what might be a perfect day for him: sun, sea, sand and one of his favorite tournaments.

Acapulco, Gro., 22th of february 2020.- Luis David Martínez and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela
took the first step in the search for a ticket for the main draw of the doubles tournament at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, presentado por HSBC. The mexican duo stood their ground and in three sets surpassed Radu Albot and Austin Krajicek. Micky and Luis David gave hope to the national cause, which did not run with luck in the singles classification contest. The mexicans seized the first set 6-4, but Albot and Krajicek matched them by taking the second 6-2 and in the super tie break the mexicans had to come from behind to win the super tie break by 15-13.
It was an hour and a half of hard-fought encounter. Reyes-Varela and Martínez never lost faith. Because although in the super tie break they were down 5-1, they managed to match the score and turn the adversity around. The locals won 76 percent of the points played with the first service.
Regardless that it was already early Sunday morning, fans remained on the stands of court 2 to support their players. That energy help them to stay alive and now they will have to fight for the pass to the main draw before the couple composed of the american Nicholas Monroe and Jackson Withrow, who in the other duel left out the mexican Hans Hach Verdugo and his partner Robert Galloway , with partials of 3-6, 6-4 and 10-7.
Monroe and Withrow secure their pass when they achieved a 7-2 lead in the super tie break, which proved unattainable for Hach and Galloway.

Lucas Gomez, Alejandro Hernandez, Fernanda Contreras and Maria Portillo say
good bye to the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC

Acapulco, Gro., 22th of february 2020.-
Despite coming from behind to win the first set, the Mexican Lucas Gomez was eliminated from the qualifying phase of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC, after falling in three sets against the Colombian Daniel Elahi Galán, eighth seed, in the match played in the Grand Stand Caliente.
A very even match in the first set that was defined with three games won consecutively by the Mexican who was down 4-5, including a break in the service of the South American. During the break, Lucas requested medical assistance for some physical problems. Despite the discomforts, Gomez began breaking the second set, but could not keep up and the rest of the game and was overcome; the second went to Galan 6-1.
With considerable problems, Lucas Gomez remained on the court to play the third set, but the Colombian took advantage of the circumstances and was clearly better to prevail 6-2 in the final.
The second mexican who went into action was Alejandro Hernandez, who fought well in the first set, but in the end he was defeated by Marcos Giron of the United States, 113 of the ATP, who imposed his greatest hierarchy with partials of 7-5 and 6- 1, in two hours of play, leaving the men’s qualification draw without national presence.
In the women’s draw there was also no luck for the two mexican representatives who participated via wild card. Experienced american Nicole Gibbs, had no trouble defeating Fernanda Contreras, player of the mexican team in the Federation Cup, which she defeated by a categorical 6-2 and 6-3.
Meanwhile, Maria Portillo Ramirez, could not offer much resistance against the Italian Francesca Di Lorenzo, who took the victory and the pass to the second round of the tournament, with a 6-3 and 6-1 victory.
RESULTS
Men, Round 1 Singles Qualy
Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 6-1, 6-4 Joao Menezes (BRA)
Alex Bolt (AUS) 7-6 (2), 4-6, 7-6 (7) Sebastian Ofner (AUT)
Daniel Haltmaier (ALE) 6-3, 6-2 Ryan Harrison (USA)
Tommy Paul (USA) 7-6 (7), 1-0, Ret. Danilo Petrovic (SRB)
Jason Jung (TPE) 6-2, 6-2 Steven Diez (CAN)
Taro Daniel (JAP) 6-3, 4-3, ret. Max Purcell (AUS)

Women, Round 1 Singles Qualy
Kaja Juvan (SLO) 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2) Nadia Podoroska (ARG)
Giulia Gatto-Monticone (ITA) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 Astra Sharma (AUS)
Caroline Dolehide (USA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 Martina Trevisan (ITA)
Leylah Fernández (CAN) 6-3, 6-1 Lizette Cabrera (AUS)
Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 7-5, 6-4 Allie Kiick (USA)
Verónica Cepede Royg (PAR) 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-1 Laura Arruabarrena (ESP)
Sara Errani (ITA) 6-1, 6-2 Stefanie Voegele (SUI)
Anhelina Kalinina (UCR) 6-3, 6-1 Kristina Kucova (SVK)
Xiyu Wang (CHIN) 6-3, 6-4 Mayo Hibi (JAP)