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The favorites to be crowned at the Mexican Tennis Open

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the situation in Mexico, the ATP 500 in Acapulco will take place and the participants will not be just anyone, since the tennis players in the Mexican Tennis Open have a decent curriculum to be amazed.

The current champion in Rafael Nadal.

Many wanted the Spanish to be able to defend his crown, but a few days ago he confirmed that he will not be part of this event. That means that there will be a new champion in the 28th edition of the Mexican Tennis Open, which will only have activity in the men’s branch.

The capacity will depend on the health situation in the state of Guerrero, but even so it is expected that the stadiums can be open at 30% of their capacity. All this with the intention that there is public for the players who will attend the 2021 edition of the event.

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There will be 3 Top Ten in the fight for this trophy.

Two of them had activity in the recently played Australian Open and in fact, one of them played the final against Novak Djokovic, but fell in this instance. They are Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev, six and seven in the ranking respectively.

Zverev, at his short 23 years old, has been a 13-time winner on the ATP Tour, was a finalist in Acapulco in 2019 and after playing “The Greatest Match” against Roger Federer in the Plaza México, he is one of the favorites of the Aztec fans. He has experience playing in Mexico and in case there is an audience, it will be something in his favor.

The second is the Greek tennis player.

It will be the first time that Tsitsipas is part of the ATP 500 in Acapulco, this because the last three years it has participated in the ATP 500 in Dubai, an event that coincides in dates and where it was a finalist in the last two editions. Will it achieve the same in Mexico?

The third is the Argentine Diego Schwartzman, ninth in the world. That means that the six, seven and nine of the ranking are of some of the tennis players in the Mexican Tennis Open, but only one can be the winner, who will get it?

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