Acapulco, Guerrero, February 25, 2018. Arantxa Rus, Amandine Hesse, Jasmine Paolini, Rebecca Peterson, Dayana Yastremska and Jana Fett achieved their goal. These six athletes will have the honor of to play main draw of Abierto Mexicano Telcel, presented by HSBC, after successfully passing the second round of the qualification.

Rus, won against Czech Marie Bouzkova in two 6-3 and 6-2 in 74 minutes match.

Amandine Hesse got her ticket main draw after the Czech, Tereza Martincova withdrew from the contest in the first minutes of the second set.

The Croatian Jana Fett, eliminated the local Ana Sofia Sanchez in the first round, during second round she claim he ticket after winning in three sets 6-3, 4 -6 and 6-3 against the American Jamie Loeb in 2h 21 minutes match, on court three.

Rebecca Peterson won her ticket after beating Australia’s Olivia Rogowska 6-2 6-1 in 65 minutes.

Finally, the Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska secured the last ticket, after defeating Carol Zhao in two, 6-0 and 6-2.

With this result, the tennis players will join the main draw of this tournament that will start on Monday and in which they will also be: the Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko, champion of Acapulco in 2017, in addition to the French Kristina Mladenovic and the American Sloane Stephens, first seed of the event.

Acapulco, Guerrero, February 25^th, 2018.- Kids Day of the XXV anniversary of Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Telcel, presented by HSBC was a real party in which tennis, fun and energy were the main ingredients.

The special guests, children from DIF Acapulco and from Sueños del Mar, were delighted with the exhibition matches.

Undoubtedly the highlight was when four champions from past editions in entered the court, Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Carlos Moya and Sam Querrey.

Pegaso stadium erupted in applause when the players appeared on the court to play a doubles match best of three sets to 10 points.

Carlos and Rafa made a partner to face Ferrer and Querrey.

The public supporting Nadal and Moya, who took the first set 10-6. David and Sam won the second 10-3 and in the decisive Ferrer and Querrey took the match 10-7.

“We had a very fun day and I hope the audience enjoyed it,” he said at the end of the Nadal match.

Kei Nishikori paired with Alizé Cornet and Juan Martín del Potro with Kristina Mladenovic.

The four players entered willing to have fun and infect the attendants.

Delpo-Kiki won the match, but the result was the least important. All of them played to please the public.

Twelve children starred the next activity alongside John Isner, Feliciano López and Santiago González, as well as Christina McHale, Lesia Tsurenko and Renata Zarazúa to play the King.

It was the turn of the Bryan Brothers Bob and Mike, with Andrey Rublev and Sloane Stephens and Tatjana Maria to play hit and run with the little ones.

The closing was unforgettable. The champions lived together in an atmosphere of camaraderie that left everyone with a good taste in their mouths.

Acapulco, Gro., February 24.- Abierto Mexicano de Telcel, presented by HSBC, will have a spectacular start. The draw ceremony, held at the Peninsula, led to great duels for the first round.

Rafael Nadal, rank 2 ATP, first seed of the tournament, will begin his participation against his compatriot Feliciano Lopez (37-ATP).

Sam Querrey, defending champion (12-ATP), will face in the first round Matthew Ebden, from Australia ( 88-ATP).

Nadal and Lopez have met 13 times, with a favorable balance for the first by 9-4.

first round will held great duels, such as David Ferrer (38-ATP) vs. Russian Andrey Rublev (31-ATP) and Kei Nishikori (26-ATP) vs Canadian sensation, Denis Shapovalov (46- ATP).

Also it promises the duel between Juan Martín del Potro (10-ATP) Mischa Zverev (53-ATP).

Diego Schwartzman and Fernando Verdasco will star another attractive encounter. The Argentine and the Spaniard will face on Rio at the finals.

Meanwhile, the Mexican Lucas Gomez will have as his first rival the German Peter Gojowczyk, 64th place in the world ranking.

In the women’s branch, Sloane Stephens, first seed, will debut against the French Pauline Parmentier and the Mexican Renata Zarazua will face Kristina Pliskova.

Kristina Mladenovic, second seed will face a qualifier.

Lesia Tsurenko, last year’s champion, will meet in her debut Lauren Davis.

Kristina Pliskova, Renata Zarazúa, Mischa Zverev and Santiago González were the players representatives during the draw ceremony.

Santiago Gonzalez applauded that there are such events, which are of great to help develop for national tennis.

Acapulco, Guerrero, February 25, 2018. The favorite, Rafael Nadal, returned to Abierto Mexicano Telcel, presented by HSBC.

He offered his first press conference in which he said he wasn’t focused on being the winner but focused on being competitive, as well as enjoying the celebration and the warmth of the public on the 25th anniversary of this event.

“I do not think or feel like a favorite to win the tournament, I do not have that inner pressure, I come to play, I have trained three hours daily. I’ll try my best, sometimes things go right or wrong and one must go prepared to accept both things, but at this point there is no pressure, but the personal demand to do things well, “he said.

The 31-year-old Spaniard is happy because he will play for the fourth time in Acapulco, he mentioned he has a special care for the 2005 and 2013 editions because he came from important injuries and even these situations were not an obstacle to win the crown of those competitions.

“In general I have good memories, the 2013 had a special value more than any other because they were many months without being able to compete, so I arrived with many physical problems, but winning that tournament was a starting point is in my heart and was very important in my career in general”.

Nadal pulled out from the Australian Open´s quarterfinal against Marin Cilin for a grade one injury in the iliopsoas of his right leg that forced him to be three weeks out of activity, now he is back to the first round of Acapulco´s tournament against Feliciano Lopez.

“We try to overcome adversity, if the body responds I am happy that at 31 years of age it is good and competitive enough,” he said.

Currently, Roger Federer is number one in the ranking of the ATP, after dethroning Nadal, but the Spaniard said he will play and be at its best in each tournament he plays.

“Neither he nor I fight for the number one, I never think if now he is number one, we have found ourselves once again because the results have been very good, but the important thing is to play and be at the level,” he said.

Acapulco, Guerrero,February 25th, 2018.

The players Belinda Bencic, Feliciano Lopez, Marc Lopez, Santiago Gonzalez lived an intense adventure, crossing 1800 meters of the Pacific Ocean in zip lines at a speed of 120 kilometers per hour.

In Xtasea, a viewpoint located 100 meters above sea level and next to Puerto Marqués was the ideal place for the four athletes to free themselves from the tension, prior to the start of Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Telcel, presented by HSBC.

Bencic, was the only brave woman who flew through the world’s largest zipline over the sea, which opened in April 2017 and has four lines to be simultaneously launched.

The tennis players were amused by the charms that this port has to offer, they could admire the beautiful view of Acapulco during the two minutes of travel although Santiago and Marc laughed at the end because they did not reach the tower because the weather and its Light weight did not help them to get to the end of the zipline.

Feliciano, Santiago, Belinda and Marc did not stop enjoying the tour, prior to the start of the first round of this tournament that celebrates its XXV anniversary.

The local Alejandro Hernandez fulfilled the dream of playing his first ATP tournament in his homeland and he did, in first round of the qualification at Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Telcel, presented by HSBC.
Hernandez, 18, knew how to take advantage of the public support of that gathered on court two of the tennis complex to watch him play against Ernesto Escobedo, 21, but could not overcome his opponent and he was defeated 6-0, 6-3.
Alejandro looked nervous in the first set, but minutes later he found the formula to respond to his opponent.
The young man from Acapulco made his compatriots vibrate during the 68 minutes match, in a match in which he persisted to achieve the victory that would allow him to be in the main draw of this tournament.
The also Mexican Alan Fernando Rubio gave though confrontation against the Japanese Daniel Taro, in 1 hour and 48 minutes, he was determined to get the victory that would allow him to advance to the second round and get a ticket for the main draw of the tournament.
Rubio didn’t gave his opponent that much of a chance, because at times his euphoria broke the Japanese and forced the meeting to be defined in three sets, 6-1, 4-6, 6-0.
In this first round, the American Michael Mmoh was also eliminated from the qualifying round, after falling to the Kazakh Alexander Bublik, by 4-6, 6-1 and 1-6. In other news the American Kevin King played against Ramkumar Ramanathan, 6-3, 6-0, in 73 minutes match.
In other results, the Lithuanian tennis player Ricardas Berankis defeated Marcelo Arévalo, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, while the British Cameron Norrie did the same against the Canadian Filip Peliwo, 6-0, 6-6(3)

Acapulco, Gro., 24 de febrero.- The Czech Marie Bouzkova ended Ana Sofia’s illusion, who was
seeking a place at Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Telcel, presented by HSBC.

Bouzkova, 19, 169 WTA defeated Sanchez in 2 sets 6-1 6-2, in 84 minutes match. Ana Sofía, had
already faced Bouzkova once, last year, in Stillwater. In that match the result was also in favor of
the European.
 In her next match, the Czech will face Dutch Arantxa Rus (124-WTA), who left out Ukrainian Olga
Ianchuk 6-2 6-1.
In other results, Tereza Martincova, Czech Republic, defeated the Spaniard Paula Badosa Gibert by
double 6-4. His next rival will be the French Amandine Hesse, winner in the duel against the
Slovenian Dalila Jakupovic, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (2), in one hour and 43 minutes match.

The American Jamie Loeb will be the rival Jana Fett, who eliminated in the first round the Mexican
Victoria Rodríguez. Loeb won 6-1 and 1-0 in the second set when Bibiane Schoofs of the
Netherlands withdrew.

The Italian Jasmine Paolini also advanced, after beating the Chilean Daniela Seguel by 3-6, 6-3 and
6-1. In the next phase will play against the Israeli Deniz Khazaniuk, who entered the contest as an
alternate to Jil Teichman, who won 6-1, 6-2 to the American Jacqueline Cako.

Acapulco, Guerrero, February 24, 2018. The Mexican Victoria Rodríguez had a complicated encounter that did not allow her to obtain a place for the main draw at Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Telcel, presented by HSBC, after falling in qualification against Jana Fett, 6 -1, 6-1 in a match played at Grand Stand Caliente.

Rodriguez, 22, did not have the chance to advance to the main draw, after the European ranked 115^th WTA defeated her in 51 minutes match.

Jana was 58 percent effective in her first serve, taking advantage of three double faults committed by the Mexican. The Croatian will be measured in qualys against American Jaime Loeb, after the Dutch Bibiana Schoofs, retired from the game in the second set.

Victoria had the dream of joining her compatriot Renata Zarazúa, 20, the only Mexican in main draw, that will see the action of the Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko, champion of Acapulco in 2017.

The Mexican Ana Sofía Sánchez and Giuliana Olmos are still waiting to get a place in main draw of the tournament, so they hope to win the games they have scheduled for this day and be located in the second round of qualification.

Acapulco, Gro., February 24th, 2018.- To celebrate its XXV years, Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Telcel, presented by HSBC, will offer an unforgettable Kids Day.
Pegaso stadium will shine with the presence of the racket masters.
The appointment is at 3:30 p.m., where dozens of children invited by the organization will be able to share the day with champions of past editions and players of the main draw.
The party will start with a mixed doubles match with Kristina Mladenovic and Alize Cornet, Juan Martin del Potro and Kei Nishikori.
Later, Feliciano López, Santiago González and John Isner, along with Christina McHale, Lesia Tsurenko, winner of last year; and Renata Zarazúa.
Followed by Sloane Stephens, 2016 acapulco’s champion and the US Open last year; Beatriz Haddad Maia and the Bryan Brothers, number 14 of the ranking with 114 doubles titles in their career.
To finish the day Carlos Moyá, 2002 an2004 champion; Rafael Nadal, 2005 champion in 2005 and 2013; David Ferrer, who was crowned in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015, and Sam Querrey, last year’s winner, will hold a meeting full of camaraderie to amuse the fans.
Ticket sales are available at the stadium ticket offices for 100 pesos.

Acapulco, Guerrero, February 23rd, 2018.- Rafael Nadal is in Acapulco. The Spanish finalist of last year’s edition arrived at the port in the morning, with by his coach, Carlos Moyá.

An hour later,Kei Nishikori landed in the port.

Rafa was received by Raul Zurutuza, director of Abierto mexicano de Tenis, presented by HSBC, who welcomed the tournament champion of 2005 and 2013. He will play his first tournament after retiring from the Australian Open, due to injury.

Nishikori arrived after New York Open semis, for him this was its first tournament of the circuit, since August 2017. This will be the fourth participation of the Japanese Acapulco. His best performance was in 2015, when he disputed the final against David Ferrer

Once installed, the players did not waste time and prepared to train in the main court of the Mextenis complex. For an hour and a half, they maintained a constant rally, showing that they are in good condition to face the event.

Nadal is the number two in the world and the first seed of the tournament, so his presence has generated great expectations. Nadal has lost only one match in this tournament, when he fell in 2017 final against the American Sam Querrey.