Acapulco, Gro february 26th.- After five participations in Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC, John Isner, third seed of the tournament and number 9 in the world, finally won a match after defeating in three sets Adrian Mannarino.

During the first game of the day, the 33-year-old player, ended the losing streak he had in Acapulco, and won the match in three sets (6-3, 4-6, 6-3).

Isner scored a total of 18 aces and had 80 percent of effectiveness with his first service; while Mannarino wasn’t consistent enough and committed six double faults during the match.

It is Isner’s the eighth victory against Mannarino (no. 51 in the ATP ranking). The most recent was last week in Delray Beach.

Isner lost the last four times he played in Acapulco (2010, 2014, 2017 and 2018, it is the first he passes to the second round of the tournament.

Diego Schwartzman, fourth favorite, faced Marius Copil and had to fight in three sets (6-3, 4-6, 6-1). Diego, no. 25 of the ATP ranking, qualified to the second round and is a strong candidate to get to the final of the tournament.

On the second round he will face Cameron Norrie, who on his part, defeated Yoshito Nishioka in three sets (6-2, 2-6 ,6-2).

This year, Norrie was a finalist in Auckland, were he lost against to Tennys Sandgren.

Acapulco, Gro., February 26th.- Sloane Stephens took a step closer to the title of Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC. The favorite left out Pauline Parmantier and the final score of the match was a double 6-2.

This way, Slone keeps a 4-1 record against Parmentier (3-0 in hard court). The only victory of Pauline was in 2016, in second round of Strasburg.

This is the first match Sloane plays since Australian Open, she seemed to have minor issues, but in the end, she solved them. Her effectivity percentage with the first service was 66, also she connected two aces and no double faults.

The 2017 US Open champion and Pauline Parmentier also played in last year’s edition of the tournament.

Parmentier, tried to resist, but she struggled with her first service and only won 13 out of 29 points.

“I kept my concentration at all times, it feels good to be back, it is the first win after Australia and I feel good about it”, said Sloane.

The second set didn’t start well for Pauline Parmentier, her rival broke her twice, in the first and third game. Though Parmentier had a chance to recover from one of the breaks on the eight game, with an inverted forehand to the sideline, the American saved the ball and then had the first match point. She had a second match point after crashing the ball into the net, but this time she didn’t lost it and ended the match after 1:09 hours.
Sloane will face next Beatriz Haddad Maia for the first time.

In other results, Daria Gavrilova faced Mihaela Buzărnescu for the first time in their careers, with a positive outcome for Mihaela, winning in two sets (6-4, 6-2).
Tatjana Maria defeated Martina Trevisan, in two sets (6-2 and 7-6 (1)). Maria played semifinals in Newport Beach.

Acapulco, Gro. February 25th.- Alexander and Mischa Zverev, had a spectacular presentation in the doubles tournament of Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC, defeating in the Caliente Grand Stand, the Mexican Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela and his doubles partner Nicholas Monroe.

In a one hour and fourteen minutes match, “Sascha” and Mischa, only needed to break once their opponents service, in each set, to win. It was a game full of emotions because the public was always supporting the Mexican Reyes-Varela and his teammate.

The final score was 6-3, 7-5, with this result, the Zverev could face the Bryan twins, in case they defeat John Millman and Neal Skupski.

In other results, the Colombians, Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah, defeated, in a not so easy match, the doubles team of Andreas Seppi and Nicolás Jarry.

Cabal and Farah, finalists in Australian Open, took the victory in two sets (7-6 (2) and 6-3), without planning it, they got their revenge after last’s week loss in Rio de Janeiro semifinals, where they lost to Jarry who, in that tournament played with Máximo González.

The Colombians, currently no. 10 of the world, will face the winners from the match between the Germans Peter Gojowczyk and Kevin Krawietz, against Austin Krajicek and Artem Sitak.

Acapulco, Gro., february 25th.- For Renata Zarazúa, the dream in the doubles tournament it is over. The Mexican and her partner, Maria Bouzkova, were defeated by Laura Pigossi and Yafan Wang in two sets (6-4 and 6-2) that lasted one hour and 11 minutes. On Tuesday the Mexican will be playing singles, against Chinese Saisai Zheng (seventh seed).
In the ladies, the Croatian Donna Vekic advanced to the second round, after defeating Misaki Doi, in two sets (6-0, 6-3).

The Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia won over Irina Bara with the score 6 -0 and 6-2, her rival will be the winner from the match between Sloane Stephens and Pauline Parmentier.

Acapulco, Gro. February 25th.- Although Wawrinka wasn’t among the main seeds of the tournament, he showed the public that he is a candidate to fight for the title of Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC, by defeating in two sets the American Ryan Harrison, who came from the qualification tournament.

From the beginning of the match, Wawrinka imposed himself by breaking his opponent’s service in the first game, which was enough to take the first set in 36 minutes, he scored 5 aces.

In the second set, he broke again, but Harrison reacted to tie the score 4-4, forcing the set to tiebreak. This time, the Swiss showed off his powerful service (with an impressive 92 percent of points earned with the first service), his spectacular forehand and his beautiful one-handed backhand. The match’s final score was 6-4, 7-6 (6).

Stan, was out of the courts for several months, due to injuries and surgical interventions, he is currently no. 42 of the ATP ranking, but has started to rise step by step to his prior level. A few weeks back he played the final in Rotterdam, where he was defeated by Gael Monfils.

“I feel wonderful after three months of problems, I return here this year and since I arrived I started to practice, people have received me very well, I love playing here”, said the Swiss.

The 33-year-old Swiss tennis player, winner of three grand slam titles, will face on the second round, Steve Johnson, who defeated Gerardo Lopez on his way to the second round.

Acapulco, Gro., february 25th.- John Millman, got his ticket to the second round of Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC, after defeating the Spaniard Marcel Granollers by 6-3 and 6-4, now he will face Peter Gojowczyk, who defeated Federico Gaio in three (5-7, 6-4, 6-4), who got to the main draw after the qualification tournament.
Millman, the man who defeated Roger Federer in the 2018 US Open, played his opponent form one side of the court to the other. In the fourth game of the first set, the changes paid off, he broke Granoller’s service and took the score to 3-1. That advantage was enough to keep the set.

The second set had a tough start for the Spaniard, who tried to change his game, some of the adjustments paid off. But Millman was paying attention to the adjustments his rival made and broke his service to take a 1-0 advantage, then he broke for the second time, but in this occasion, he had to work a little harder to accomplish it.

Millman looked confident and took Granoller’s service again (3-0), this shook him off and in the fourth game, with a break point against, the Australian crashed the ball into the net.
It seemed that this break would allow Millman to be calmer, but Granollers leveled up and in the eighth game got another break to tie the score (4-4). In the end Millman´s effectivity was better which allowed him to secure his ticket to the second round of the tournament.

Meanwhile, Gojowczyk had a very close match with the qualifier Gaio, who took the first set, in which he won 70 percent of the points played with the first service. The German leveled the match and after almost two hours he was able to turn the score to secure himself in the second round.

In the men doubles, the Spaniards Feliciano and Marc López defeated Marcus Daniell and Wesley Koolhof bye a double 6-4.

Acapulco, Gro., 25 de febrero .- Mischa Zverev may not have as much of attention as his younger brother, but he is without a question a key piece in Sascha’s life, the entire family is always traveling together around the world.

The Zverev will be playing at Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC in both categories, singles and doubles, they promise to give their best tennis.

Mischa points out this week as “special”, he likes to play in Acapulco, where he can taste different Mexican food, even if it is spicy. Although he will make his debut against the favorite, Rafael Nadal, his mind is set to enjoy the game as much as possible. “Nadal plays great tennis, it is certainly difficult to beat him, when he is in good shape, he is one of the most complicated rivals”, he said.

“For me it’s a beautiful week, I always travel with my family, but here we have this beautiful place that offers you the beach, which is very lovely and that makes it different.”

Regarding the possibility of staying as a partner with his brother throughout the season, he said that will depend on the results they get, “we enjoyed playing together, we did a couple of finals last year [Basel and Halle] and we will do our best in the match”. In 2017 they won Montpellier and played the final in Halle, in 2016 they were finalists in Montpellier and in 2015 they disputed the title in Munich.

In Abierto Mexicano Telcel, presented by HSBC, they will face in the first round the duo integrated by the Mexican Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela and the American Nicholas Monroe.

Hours before, the Zverev family enjoyed one of the most beautiful views in the port of Acapulco, from the Peninsula restaurant, where all of them took pictures together, including Lovik, the poodle dog owned by Alexander, and Olya Sharypova, Alexander’s girlfriend.