Acapulco, Gro., 1 de marzo.- Yafan Wang defeated Donna Vekic, and got the first ticket of the night to the final of Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC. The Chinese player, no. 65 the world, won in three sets (2-3, 6-3, 6-1).

This was the fifth semifinal Wang has played, and tomorrow she will seek the first title in her professional career.

Vekic and Wang played the first turn in Estadio Pegaso, this being the first time they played each other. Both players had a hard start, but Vekic won the first set.
In the second set after losing her serve in the seventh game, Vekic lashed out the racket and bursted in tears. Her coach, Torben Beltz, came in to try to reassure her, but Vekic’s disappointment was evident.

The Chinese was the first to keep her serve, and once again she broke Donna’s serve and took the match to a third set.

Vekic could not find the focus and gave the serve again. In this set she was only able to win a game, and Wang won one hour and 50 minutes.

Acapulco, Gro, 28 de febrero.- In the early hours of Friday morning, moments after beating John Millman 7-6(2), 6-7(4), 7-6(4), John Isner took the last ticket to the semifinals of Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC.

Isner had a tough start with many unforced errors, which allowed Millman to take a 5-3 advantage, but with his powerfull service Isner made the score even and forced the set to tie break.

During the second set, no one was willing to give up their service, again the players had to play tie break, this time Millman won.

The third set also ended in the tie break, and Isner finally took the spot in the semifinals, the match lasted a little more htan three hours.

Isner fired down 38 aces in the final match of the day, saving two set points at 3-5, 15/40 in the first set of his victory over eighth seed Millman in three hours and six minutes in Estadio Pegaso.

The third-seeded Isner will now play Nick Kyrgios on Friday. The head2head is even at 2-2. “We’ve played a handful of times, I’ve seen his matches this week,” said Isner. “I’ve won a couple, he’s won a couple. He’s an incredible talent, everyone knows that. So it will be a fun match.”

The las time the faced, was in the 2017 Davis Cup, were Kyrgios won the match.

Acapulco, Gro, 28 de febrero.- Mexico has a representative in the semifinals of Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC, Giuliana Olmos and her teammate Desirae Krawczyk advanced to the next round of the tournament.

The Mexican- American team eliminated Laura Pigossi and Yafan Wang, in two sets (6-3, 6-0).

For a ticket in the final, Olmos and Krawczyk, will face Cornelia Lister and Renata Voracova, that in turn, eliminated Tatjana Maria and Christina McHale, with a double 6-4.

In the men doubles, Santi Gonzalez and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi fought until the end, at some point it seemed that Santi and his teammate were getting the ticket to the semifinals, but they were defeated by Marc and Feliciano Lopez.

Gonzalez and Qureshi won the first set, the second set had to be define in tie break, this time Marc and Feli won the set. The final set showed the Spainards quality and skills and they turned around the score.
Marc and Feli, will now face the Zverev brothers, that in turn, eliminated the Brian twins (5-7, 6-4, 10-7)

In other results, Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal were eliminated by Austin Krajicek and Artem sitak, the score was 7-6(5), 6-4.

Marcel Granollers and Nikola Mektić eliminated Frances Tiafoe and Robert Lindstedt with a doble 6-4.

Acapulco, Gro, 28 de febrero.- The German Alexander Zverev, second seed of the tournament, defeated the Australian Alex de Minaur, advancing to the semifinals of Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC, matching his performance last year.

He didn’t have any problems with his service, being consistent always, the 21-year-old player show dominance, and the match lasted only one hour and 15 minutes. A break in the first set and were enough for him to get one step closer to the final.

His service is his main weapon. During this match Sascha scored a total of 13 aces and 91% effectiveness with his first service, leaving Alex with not many choices, he also left Brisbane in the quarterfinals.

Alexander, no. 3 in the ATP ranking, has a record of 7 wins this season, only losing to Milos Raonic in Australian Open.

He has won 4 consecutive matches against De Minaur since last year (Davis Cup, Washington and Shanghai Masters 1000). Zverev will face in the semifinals, Cameron Norrie, no. 64 of the ATP ranking.

Acapulco, Gro, 28 de febrero.- The first WTA semifinal is set, Donna Vekic and Yafang Wang will dispute the semifinal tomorrow at Caliente Grand Stand.
Vekic, no. 28 of the WTA ranking, defeated in two sets Johanna Konta, no. 45 of the WTA ranking.

Two break son the first set, were enough for Vekic to win the first set. During the second set the score was tied 5-5, but Vekic broke Konta’s service and took the advantage to close the match.

This is the sex time the players have face each other, and the record is 3-3. This is the third semifinal Vekic plays this season, after Brisbane and Saint Petersburg.

Now Donna will face Yafan Wang, no.65 in the WTA ranking, who defeated Beatriz Haddad Maia, in two sets (6-3, 6-4).

Both players showed some inconsistencies, but Yafan Wang took advantage of her rival’s weakness and took the first set. In the second set she broke twice and finally ended the match one hour and 42 minutes later.

In the previous round, Haddad Maia, surprised the audience after she left out Sloane Stephens.

Donna Vekic and Yafan Wang, will face each other for the first time in the professional circuit.

Acapulco, Gro., 28 de febrero.- Cameron Norrie is the first semifinalist of the tournament after defeating Mackenzie McDonald in two sets, the final score of the match was 6-3, 6-2.

One hour and 23 minutes were enough to finish the match and securing him a spot in the next round.

It was the first time the players faced each other in the ATP circuit, but Norrie defeated McDonald couple of times in challenger tournaments.

“It is amazing, it’s going to be my first semifinals of an ATP 500, I’m excited”, said Norrie.

At the beginning of the match both players showed inconsistency, they struggled to keep their service.

Norrie saved a break point and only 15 minutes later the score was tied.
McDonald kept struggling until he showed some consistency with his service, having a 0-40

The second set was similar, none of them were consistent enough, but Norrie took the opportunity and broke his rival’s service in the sixth game and close the match in the first match point he had.