• Harrison and King became the fourth U.S. pair to win the Acapulco ATP 500 title. The last to win the tournament were brothers Bob and Mike Bryan in 2002 and 2004.
  

Americans Christian Harrison and Evan King defeated Frenchmen Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul 6-4, 6-0 in the final of the doubles tournament of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC 2025.

In the first set, the two pairs defended their serve until 5-4 and in the tenth game, Harrison and King broke their rivals’ serve for a 6-4 win, while in the second set the Americans defended their serve and broke their rivals’ serve three times for a 6-0 win to seal their victory in 57 minutes.

It was the second doubles title for both players. Earlier, they were champions of the Dallas Open 2025, also ATP 500, which is played on hard court and was played in Dallas last February 3-9. 

Harrison and King became the fourth U.S. pair to reach the Acapulco ATP 500 title. The last to win the tournament were brothers Bob and Mike Bryan who won in 2002 and 2004.

• Only once have Davidovich-Fokina and Machac faced each other, with a positive balance for the Czech, who defeated him last year at the Shanghai Masters.
  

Acapulco, February 28, 2025 – In his first participation in Acapulco, Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina, world number 48, will seek the first title of his career by advancing to the final of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC after defeating Canadian Denis Shapovalov (No.38) 7-6 (3), 7-6 (1).

His opponent in the final will be Tomas Machac, with whom he has only met once, with a positive balance for the Czech, who defeated the Iberian in the first round of the Shanghai Masters in 2024. 

In the first set, ‘Shapo’ started dominating the Spaniard until he had it at 4-1, however, Davidovich broke the Canadian’s serve and from there the Spaniard came from behind to take the set in a tie break taking advantage of his opponent’s mistakes.

With this result, Foki -as he is known in his country- will be looking for his first ATP Tour title, he has never won a championship before. In his career he has reached two finals, the most recent one he lost a few days ago in Delray Beach and the first one was the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 in 2022. 

On his way to the final, the Spaniard eliminated Italian Mattia Bellucci in the first round, later left out of the tournament American Frances Tiafoe and in the quarterfinals he beat Mexican Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez. 

“I am very happy for this week in which the [Mexican] public has supported me a lot, I am excited for the final and the key has been the constancy to be. I was able to recover in the second set to be able to get this victory,” he said. 

The AMT doubles final is ready

The doubles final of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC will be contested by the American duo of Evan King and Christian Harrison against the French duo of Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul. 

Evan King and Christian Harrison advanced to the final after Austrian Alexander Earler and German Constantin Frantzen withdrew from the tournament, while the French duo of Doumbia and Reboul defeated Mexican Miguel Reyes Varela and Indian Sriram Balaji 7-6 (4), 6-3.

• Brandon Nakashima was eliminated by the Czech in a three-set match that lasted just over two hours.
• Tomas Machac will play his second ATP Tour final and first at ATP 500

Acapulco, February 28, 2025.- The Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC already knows its first finalist of the XXXII edition: Czech Tomas Machac, current No. 25 of the PIF ATP Rankings, who will enter the Top 20 if he wins the final on Saturday. It is his second chance for a tour-level title and first ATP 500 final.

The tournament had not had a Czech finalist since 1998, but after a little more than two hours of play, the 24-year-old managed to beat American Nakashima 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 in what was the first meeting between the two.

In the first semifinal that opened the activity at the Arena GNP Seguros stadium, Nakashima lost his serve at 4-3 in the first set and could not recover in what was the longest set with 51 minutes. In the second set, he completely dominated his opponent in half an hour and took advantage of the break twice. 

The world No. 42 was also more consistent in his first serve throughout the match, with 7 aces and 64% of effectiveness, in addition to 74% of points won with his first serve, however Machac was slightly better with his second serve and also saved five of eight breaks.

Finally, the third set was more level, both broke each other’s serve to reach 4-4 and after 44 minutes Machac was on his way to the victory and eliminated his 23 year old rival. He is the fourth player with the most wins (24) since the 2024 US Open, behind only the Top 3 players.

“The key was to try to play my usual tennis. I just want to be on the court as much as possible because I feel great, you have to focus and believe in yourself and your game. That’s the key for any player, to always fight for every ball. I’m excited to be in the final tomorrow,” he assured. 

Machac revealed that he arrived in Acapulco early, as he has been in the port of Acapulco for 12 days, which helped him feel more comfortable in the tournament.

Nakashima went through one of the best weeks of his career by playing his first ATP 500 quarterfinals and semifinals, but the finalist’s solidity has been one of the highlights of the tournament. On his way to the final, Machac defeated compatriot Jakub Mensik in the first round, Daniel Altmaier in the round of 16 and young sensation Learner Tien in the quarterfinals.

• It was announced that two Top 20 players will head the draw of the ninth edition of the ATP 250. 
• Tickets will be 100% digital to ensure the comfort and safety of the fans and are already on sale.

Acapulco, Guerrero, February 28, 2025.- Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev, No. 9 of the PIF ATP Rankings, Italian Lorenzo Musetti (No. 17) and Canadian Denis Shapovalov (No. 32), headline the ninth edition of the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo 2025 of Los Cabos to be held from July 14 to 19, 2025 at the Cabo Sport Complex, located in the tourist destination of Los Cabos.

Tournament director Jose Antonio Fernandez, along with ESPN anchor Carolina Guillen, announced the details of the tournament. 

“We are going back to summer, we will have better weather and that is going to favor us. The prize is one of the four most important ATP Tour 250 tournaments, with a purse close to one million dollars”, acknowledged Fernandez.  

The tournament will feature ELC live technology, implemented by the ATP in 2025. The live electronic review system optimizes accuracy and offers an unprecedented amount of data on players and balls, so line judges are no longer necessary.

“We will have new features, including screens that favor communication with the public. One of the most important innovations is the construction of a sixth court and we will be having a more complete complex. The need to have an additional court is on behalf of the ATP,” said Fernandez. 

Mexican Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez will be another of the tennis players invited to the main draw of the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo 2025.

Another activity that cannot be missed during the week of the tournament is the Kids Nite after its success in recent years. Some of the tennis players in the draw live together on the stadium court with boys and girls through tennis clinics. 

“It has to have elements for the whole family. While the anchor is sport, we always have to have innovations. We expect an entry that exceeds the attendance we had last year,” he said. 

The last edition in 2024 had an attendance of 34,746 people, with an economic revenue of 129.7 million pesos.

The Family Day, a concept that was born in Los Cabos and has become a pillar of the company’s social responsibility program, will also be held. The Tennis Talk, Players Party and Tennis Golf concept will be back for another year. 

Tickets will be 100% digital to ensure the comfort and safety of fans attending the Cabo Sports Complex.

• Semifinals at the AMT 2025 are set; Tomas Machac-Brandon Nakashima and Denis Shapovalov-Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina will face each other.
  

Acapulco, February 27, 2025.- Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina, World No. 48, defeated Mexico’s Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez in the quarterfinals and eliminated him from the XXXII edition of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC.

The Spaniard, with more experience in matches against strong opponents in the ATP Tour, defeated the Mexican, who was reaching the quarterfinals of a circuit tournament for the first time, 6-2, 6-2. 

In the first set, Davidovich-Fokina, 25 years old, broke Pacheco, 19 years old, three times, in the first, fifth and seventh games, defending his serve three times, although the Mexican broke him once, for the 6-2.

The court of the Arena GNP Seguros had a good entrance to support Pachecco, but the poise and the good tennis of the Spaniard was extinguishing the euphoria of the Mexican fans. The Spaniard closed the match in 68 minutes.

In the second set, both defended their serve to reach 2-2 and in the fifth game the Spaniard broke the Mexican and kept his serve for 4-2 in his favor and was on his way to win by adding another break to serve for the match and 6-2 against the Mexican.  

Pacheco will have to take the positives out of the defeat, while Davidovich-Fokina will face Canadian Denis Shapovalov, who beat American Marcos Giron, in the semifinals. 

“For me it was a very good week. It has been the best week of my whole life, there were many emotions, yes I enjoyed it, I feel like I’m dreaming, but I think I lacked to believe it a little bit more, but this helps me to keep growing,” said Pacheco.

• Shapo’ had never beaten American Marcos Giron and had never advanced past the second round at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC.
  

Acapulco, February 27, 2025.- Canadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov (No. 32), the ninth seed of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC, advanced to the semifinals of the tournament after defeating American Marcos Giron (No. 52) by 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, reaching for the first time the round of the best four in Acapulco.

In his two previous participations in Mexico -2023 and 2018-, “Shapo”, as he is known by the public, reached the second round; however, now he settled in the prelude to the final and tomorrow he will seek to reach his second final of the year. 

Denis came from behind and turned the match around after losing the first set, where Giron had no forced errors and took advantage of his game at the net. However, the Californian could not maintain his advantage in the second and third sets and ended up falling to the powerful service of the Canadian. 

With this result, Shapovalov achieved his first victory against Marcos Giron, since in two previous matches between these two players, the American had dominated the Canadian in Adelaide and Houston.  

Meanwhile, Mexican tennis player Santiago Gonzalez, together with his doubles partner Lucas Miedler from Austria, lost 3-6, 4-6 to Austrians Constantin Frantzen and Alexander Erler.

Frantzen and Erler had a very good precision with their serve, serving three ace serves, despite committing four double faults, thus dismissing Santi Gonzalez from the Mexican tournament, where he had already been finalist in the 2024 edition. 

“The truth is that I am sad for not being able to advance today, they were better than us, they surpassed us in power, they served very strong, but we will come back, there is still Santiago for many more years. We have to turn the page, this tournament left me a lot of joy and the matches I played the people always supported me. I am happy for the support and I will come back next year”, assured the player from Veracruz. 

In another result, Americans Christian Harrison and Evan King defeated Hugo Nys, from Monaco, and Edouard Roger Vasselin, from France, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

• Brandon Nakashima made it into the top four of the tournament after knocking out David Goffin.
• In the Grandstand, fellow American Learner Tien could not continue his dream week after being eliminated by Czech Tomas Machac.

Acapulco, February 27, 2025.- Two Americans opened the fourth day of activities at the GNP Seguros Arena, but only one managed to place among the top four players of the XXXII edition of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC.

In the stadium, Brandon Nakashima required two hours and two minutes of match to eliminate the Belgian David Goffin, who in Acapulco found again his best version in months. In two sets 7-6(4), 6-2, the seventh representative of the United States showed his solid serve with 12 aces to advance against the world No. 63. Although he started the match losing his serve, both broke on three occasions, so it was decided in a tiebreak where Nakashima had four mini breaks.

It was his first ATP 500 quarterfinal match and now he will face a tough challenge against one of the most outstanding players of the week, Tomas Machac.

In the Grandstand, Machac ended in one hour 38 minutes the dream of Learner Tien, who surprised Alexander Zverev in the round of 16 for the biggest victory of his career. Despite having a lower percentage of effectiveness (57%) in his first serve, the Czech defeated the 19-year-old American tennis revelation 6-3, 7-5. It was the first meeting between the current No. 25 in the PIF ATP Rankings and the junior from the qualifiers.

He lost his serve four times during the 43-minute first set and for the second set he was only able to break his opponent once to extend the match to 5-5. Learner Tien arrived in Acapulco as No. 83 in the world, but with his performance through to the quarterfinals he will move into the Top 70 ranking. While Machac is looking for his second ATP Tour final after Geneva in 2024.