Main Draw of the XXX edition of the TELCEL Mexican Open presented by HSBC 2023 is held

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  • Carlos Alcaráz and Casper Ruud, top seeds, will face American (US) Mackenzie McDonald and a qualifier.
  • Taylor Fritz and Holger Rune will face Americans (US) John Isner and Ben Shelton.
  • Mexican Rodrigo Pacheco will play against Australian Alex de Miñaur.

Acapulco, February 25th, 2023.- In a ceremony held by Alvaro Falla, director of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC, the main draw of the XXX edition of the ATP 500 in Acapulco took place.

Top seeds Carlos Alcaráz, Casper Ruud, Taylor Fritz and Holger Rune have already defined their opponents, whom they´ll face in the first round.

Spain’s Alcaráz (No. 2 ATP and first qualifier of the tournament) will start against American (US) Mackenzie McDonald.

Norwegian Casper Ruud (No. 4 and second seed) will play his first match against a player from the rankings. 

Meanwhile, Fritz (No. 8) will play against his compatriot John Isner and Holger Rune (No. 9) will face American (US) Ben Shelton, who entered the main draw by wildcard.

British 2022 finalist Cameron Norrie (No. 11) will face Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, American (US) Frances Tiafoe (No. 15) will face Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (No. 33) and Italian Matteo Berrettini (No. 22) will open his participation in Acapulco against Slovakian Alex Molcan.

Other promising duels will be the ones played by Canadian Denis Shapovalov (No. 27) against Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic and Ecuadorian Emilio Gómez against American (US) Tommy Paul.

Mexican junior Rodrigo Pacheco, 17, was drawn at the top and will face Australian Alex de Minaur (No. 25) in the first round,

Pacheco will try to become the first Mexican to reach the second round of the tournament since Santiago González in 2011.

During the draw ceremony, Álvaro Falla, director of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC, highlighted that the draw promises good duels for “the top seeds that could perhaps allow them to advance, this in favor of the tournament.”

“It’s a very good approach to what the tournament will be like,” added Falla.

Americans (US) Marcos Giron, J.J. Wolf and Brandon Nakashima will have first round opponents, respectively, Michale Mmoh, a qualifier and German Daniel Altamier.

A special clash in the draw will be the one between Spaniard Feliciano López and American (US) Christopher Eubanks. López confessed that he´s about to retire and that it´s his last participation as a player in Mexico.

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