• The Greek enters the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo in Los Cabos as a big favorite to win the ATP 250

Mexico City, July 25, 2023.- Since 2018, Stefanos Tsitsipas has won at least one tournament every year, but in 2023 titles have eluded him and at the Mifel Open by Telcel Oppo in Los Cabos he hopes to end that drought. The 25-year-old Greek is coming to the Mexican tournament with the goal of lifting his first title of the year in a tournament in which he will be playing for the first time and in a country whose fans support him.

Tsitsipas will arrive at the tournament as the world No. 5. Since his jump to professionalism in 2016, the Greek has done nothing but become one of the most media-friendly names within the ATP circuit not only thanks to his talent and his nine titles, but also thanks to his openness on social networks and charismatic personality.

So far he has contested two Grand Slam finals, at the Australian Open 2023 and at Roland Garros in 2021, however his most outstanding titles so far are the two conquests at the Monte Carlo Masters 1000, in addition to the Nitto ATP Finals in 2019, when he was only 21 years old.

While his strength shines on clay, Tsitsipas has evolved his game to be a protagonist in hard court tournaments and even on grass. In the last edition of Wimbledon he defeated in an epic five-set match a legend of the grass as Andy Murray and despite leaving in the fourth round, he managed to maintain his ranking in the Top 5 of the ATP, which he has not left since October 2022.

Stefanos has not even been out of the world Top 10 since February 2019, which reflects his consistency and discipline as a player. His best rung was first reached in August 2019 when he reached No. 3 and once again after the Australian Open last January. His goal is to close the last period of the season with at least one title and the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo could be his big chance as he is the top seed in a draw that boasts five Top 20 players.

The 250 points offered by the Los Cabos tournament are also of utmost importance in the race to the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin in November, a tournament to which eight players qualify.

There is no doubt that the presence of Tsitsipas for the first time in Los Cabos, after his successful visits to Acapulco, will give something to talk about on and off the court, as the Greek has also shown to be in one of the happiest stages of his life at the moment due to his relationship with fellow tennis player Paula Badosa.

• With three finals in Mexico, two in Los Cabos and one in Acapulco, Norrie has become a fan favorite.

Mexico City, July 21, 2023. – The 10 finals that British Cameron Norrie reached on the ATP Tour between May 2021 and August 2022, a period in which he won the ATP 250 Los Cabos and Indian Wells Masters 1000 titles, the first two of his career, left a mark on Norrie and the Mexican fans who saw him win first in Baja California and later in California.

Because of those achievements, Cameron has a tattoo of a desert scene with two cactus on his left leg in honor of his two ATP Tour titles in Los Cabos and Indian Wells.

That great level installed Norrie in the elite of the sport and now he will seek to confirm his talent in the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo to be played from July 31 to August 5 at the Cabo Sports Complex (CSC).

A few months later, at the start of 2022, the British player extended his good momentum to the Acapulco Open 500, where he played the final against the Spaniard Rafael Nadal, who won the title. In his second foray in Los Cabos, he also reached the final, where he lost to Daniil Medvedev.

Now, back in Los Cabos, Norrie, 27, will try to reach his third consecutive final in a tournament he is very good at. As No. 13 in the ATP rankings, he will be looking for his second title in Los Cabos and his second in 2023 after the one he won against Carlos Alcaraz at the Rio de Janeiro Open 500 last February.

Although he entered the Top 10 in April 2022, he reached his best position, number 8 in September 2022, and with that he joined Tim Henman, Andy Murray and Greg Rusedski as the four Top 10s in the history of British tennis.

In a career that began in 2017 with his jump to the professional level, Norrie already has five titles, the Indian Wells Masters 1000 and the Los Cabos ATP 250 in 2021; he conquered Lyon and Delray Beach in 2022 and the Rio de Janeiro Open 500 in 2023.

• He is the second highest ranked Latin American tennis player in the ATP ranking as No. 26 in the world.

Mexico City, July 17, 2023. – Chilean Nicolás Jarry will reach the main draw of the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo de Los Cabos to be played from July 31 to August 5 at the Cabo Sports Complex (CSC) thanks to one of the three wild cards given by the tournament.

Jarry is one of the Latin American players who has been a sensation in this part of the season along with Argentine Franciso Cerúndolo (No. 20). It usually happens that players from the region almost automatically become favorites of the Mexican fans.

The Chilean started the year at number 152 and at the end of February and beginning of March he climbed 100 places after reaching the semifinals of the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro, where he lost to Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, and later won the ATP 250 in Chile to reach number 52 in the world ranking.

His rapid ascent in just a few months is due to his solid tennis on clay that has translated into titles, in addition to the fact that he managed to advance over his best results in the last three Grand Slams. At the French Open he reached the round of 16 and at Wimbledon he reached the third round, which has taken him to a career-best ranking of No. 26.

This will be the first foray of Jarry, 27 years old, in a tournament of this category in Mexico. His goal will be to challenge the six star players announced two weeks ago.

Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (No.5), Russian Karen Khachanov (No.11), British Cameron Norrie (No.13), champion in 2021 and finalist in 2022; American Tommy Paul (No. 14), Croatian Borna Coric (No.15) and Acapulco 2023 champion, Australian Alex de Miñaur (No.18).

Jarry, a professional since 2014, has three titles in his career, all on clay, in Bastad 2019 and Geneva and Santiago de Chile this 2023.

• World No. 15 seeks to return to U.S. tennis prominence

Mexico City, July 10, 2023.- Tommy Paul along with Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe and Sebastian Korda, are the four U.S. tennis players ranked in the Top 25 of the ATP and who have fought in recent years to return prominence to tennis in their country.

With a high-level performance on hard court, the surface of Los Cabos and his favorite, Paul (No. 15) will arrive at the ATP 250 Los Cabos with great chances to stand out in a tournament in which he will make his debut and that in 2019 and 2021 saw his compatriots Taylor Fritz and Brandon Nakashima, respectively, reach the final.

Paul, 26, will face the Mifel Tennis Open by Oppo Telcel in Los Cabos, to be played from July 31 to August 5, with the slogan of raising his hand for American tennis, which for the seventh edition only called to the main draw three players from that nation: Paul himself, veteran John Isner (No.103) and Aleksandar Kovacevic (No.120).

The geographic location of the Los Cabos tournament usually draws the attention of more tennis players from the United States every year, but in its seventh edition representatives from Europe and Latin America have occupied the 19 direct places offered by the tournament.

Tommy Paul, a finalist at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC in early March, said at that tournament that his main goal for the current season was to break into the Top 10 and win titles and that is what he will try to do at the ATP 250 in Los Cabos.

For Paul and the rest of the tennis players who are close to the Top 10, moving up one position represents an extraordinary achievement, that is why reaching the Top 10 is a goal that few achieve in their career and Tommy is very close to it.

If he reaches the top 10, where his compatriots Taylor Fritz (No. 9) and Frances Tiafoe (No. 10) are already ranked, Paul would help his country’s tennis to make a coup with three Americans in the Top 10, the most by any country in recent years.

In terms of titles won, Paul has won only one so far, in Stockholm in 2021, while in 2023 he has reached the finals in Eastbourne (grass) and Acapulco (hard court), which he lost to Australian Alex de Miñaur.

• The Australian is looking for more points in the second ATP tournament in Mexico.

Mexico City, July 10, 2023.- Australian Alex de Miñaur (No. 17) began 2023 ranked 24th in the rankings and although in seven months he has climbed 7 positions, his path to the Top-10 has been like trying to reach the top of Everest, with constant challenges.

In that journey, De Miñaur went through the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC. On March 4, he lifted the Acapulco ATP 500 title by defeating American Tommy Paul in three sets.

With the 500 points from the Mexican tournament, on March 6 he was ranked 18th in the ATP rankings, the best position in his career up to that moment, and since then he has not left his place within the top 20 in the world.

As recently as June 26, De Miñaur appeared at No. 16, the best ranking in a career that began in 2015.

Now, in the second half of the year, the 24-year-old Australian has the chance to return to Mexico to play the Mifel Tennis Open by Oppo Telcel in Los Cabos to be held from July 31 to August 5.

By attending the Los Cabos ATP 250, De Miñaur has the chance to attempt an accomplishment that so far only American Sam Querrey has achieved in 2017: winning both Mexican tournaments in the same season.

That year, Querrey claimed two of the 10 titles he won in singles during his career by winning the Acapulco ATP 500 and the second edition of the Los Cabos ATP 250 by beating Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis in the final.

In this 2023, de Miñaur, whose mother is Spanish and father is Uruguayan, has accumulated good performances, being one of his best achievements the title of the Acapulco Open 500 and the final in the traditional London / Queen’s Club tournament played on grass.

After the final in Acapulco, the Australian assured the media that he has the level to be one of the 10 best tennis players in the world and he only needs to prove it and sustain it.

“I always thought I had this level and I had not been able to show it. This is my third ATP 500 final and I was finally able to win it; now I will try to go up and improve day by day (…) I must play well in the Masters 1000, the Grand Slams and beat the best in the world”, he said after lifting his first title of the year.

• Tsitsipas, Khachanov, Norrie, Paul and de Miñaur are joined by Coric and Isner to play in Los Cabos.
• The seventh edition of the ATP 250 Los Cabos will take place from July 31 to August 5.
• Mexican junior Rodrigo Pachecho will receive a wildcard to play in the main draw.

Mexico City, July 4, 2023.- The Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo 2023 has designed, for its seventh edition, its best roster of players by summoning six of the top 20 tennis players in the world, who will play from July 31 to August 5 at the Cabo Sports Complex (CSC).

Previously five players had already been confirmed, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (No.5), the Russian Karen Khachanov (No.11), the British Cameron Norrie (No.13), champion in 2021 and finalist in 2022; in addition to the champion of Acapulco 2023, the Australian Alex de Miñaur (No.16), and the American Tommy Paul (No. 17).

Now added are Croatian world No.14 Borna Coric and 2021 doubles champion, veteran John Isner. In addition to Portugal’s Nuno Borges (No.69) and Germany’s Dominik Koepker “We have a very complete draw for a tournament that has been growing and consolidating every year,” explained tournament director José Antonio Fernández.

“Undoubtedly these players, who have stood out and climbed positions in recent months at the top of the ATP ranking, give a great boost to the tournament and shape what we consider, so far, the best draw of the tournament. We have had a great acceptance in the northern part of Mexico and also in the southern part of the United States,” he added.

This year there are several debutants in the ATP 250, including Tsitsipas, a favorite of the Mexican fans, as well as Khachanov and Paul. Norrie will be looking for his second title in Los Cabos, after winning the fifth edition, and de Miñaur will be looking for the Mexican double after winning the title in Acapulco at the beginning of the year against Tommy Paul. Borna Coric boasts three titles on three different surfaces and as for Mexican players, the outstanding junior Rodrigo Pachecho will receive a wildcard to play in the main draw.

The Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo 2023, the best tournament of the category in Latin America, will have a main singles draw of 28 players and 16 doubles pairs. The seventh edition will be the last time the tournament will be held in the summer, as by 2024, it will be held in the eighth week of the calendar, prior to the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC in Acapulco.

Mexico will have two ATP tournaments, a 250 and a 500 in consecutive weeks, thanks to the work, organization and experience of Mextenis. The organizers highlighted that the tournament and the incredible facilities are ready to receive more than 30,000 fans during the week of the tournament.

The Cabo Sports Complex (CSC) welcomed the public for the first time in 2022. The multifunctional sports complex boasts magnificent facilities and exquisite architectural design, built jointly by Mextenis and Olarena. It has a stadium with a capacity for 3,500 fans, a Grandstand for 1,500 people and three courts that can be adapted to receive up to 800 spectators. In addition to a special area for players.

The Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo is an annual men’s tennis sporting event that boasts ATP 250 status. The tournament is organized by Mextenis and takes place in Los Cabos, located in the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Since its first edition in 2016, the tournament has been acclaimed for its stunning natural setting on the Baja California peninsula, which combines the beauty of the Sea of Cortez.

For one week in August, the world’s top tennis players compete in the Los Cabos Tennis Open, attracting a large number of fans from around the world. In addition to providing a world-class sporting spectacle, the tournament also offers a variety of social events, parties and charitable activities for all attendees.

• Facundo Lugones, coach of the British tennis player, says that his player is working to stay in the top positions.
• Norrie has good chemistry with the Mexican public and that is why he prioritizes playing in Los Cabos and Acapulco.

Mexico City, June 26, 2023.- For Argentine Facundo Lugones, coach of British Cameron Norrie (No.13), there are two main characteristics that a high-level player must possess: hunger and the desire to work. Cameron fulfills both.

“It’s very difficult to make it into the top 10. Then there’s the hunger and the will to work. They always have to be there and then you have to have a solid team in which you can surround yourself with people you can trust and keep setting new goals, setting the bar a little higher each time,” said Lugones.

For the Argentine coach, if a player aspires to enter the tennis elite, they can’t think about anything other than their sport and so he works with Norrie, one of the five star players who will be at the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo 2023 in Los Cabos to be played from July 31 to August 5 at the Cabo Sports Complex (CSC).

Between the last weeks of August, September and the first week of October 2022, Norrie entered the Top-10 where he occupied the 9th and 8th places, a ranking zone to which he seeks to return.

In addition to the Briton, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (No. 5), the Russian Karen Khachanov (No. 11), the American Tommy Paul (No. 15), as well as the champion of Acapulco 2023, the Australian Alex de Miñaur (No. 18) are confirmed for the seventh edition of the ATP 250 of Los Cabos.

Precisely in Los Cabos, Norrie was champion in 2021, his first title as a professional, and was also a finalist in 2022, and for those achievements he is widely followed by Mexican fans. “Cameron has achieved a great identification with the Mexican public. He likes to play in Mexico and has always relied on the two tournaments Acapulco and Los Cabos and has always had good matches and good results,” exposed the coach.

“So that has generated a very good chemistry with the Mexican public, Cameron is a player who always leaves everything on the court and very friendly with the fans either signing autographs and taking pictures, he always has time for them and in Mexico people like those players with that humility and who leave everything in every match,” explained Lugones.

The coach said that the Briton chooses tournaments in Mexico because “he likes to play at night” and his adaptation to the heat and humidity conditions has always been good and “in Mexico he is always OK, especially in Los Cabos, a place that has a special place in Cameron’s head and heart.“

Norrie, a professional since 2017, accumulates five titles in his career. In 2021 the ATP 250 Los Cabos and the ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells and in 2022 he was credited with the Lyon and Delray Beach tournaments and in 2023 he won in Rio de Janeiro.

Mexico City, June 8. Mexican Rodrigo Pacheco, number 1 in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior world ranking, won this Saturday the junior doubles tournament title at the second Grand Slam of the season, Roland Garros.

Pacheco, a player supported by Mextenis, lifted the title along with his Russian partner Yaroslav Denim, who defeated Italians Lorenzo Sciahbasi and Gabriele Vulpitta 6-2, 6-3, to win the title in Paris.

This achievement represented the first Grand Slam for the Mexican, who just turned 18 years old in April. In this way, Pacheco gave Mexico an achievement at world level that is historic in Mexican sport.

Although he had a difficult start, being eliminated in the first round of singles at Roland Garros, Pacheco had a better performance in doubles until he reached the championship.

Two weeks ago, Pacheco, a great promise of Mexican tennis, was installed as number 1 in the junior world ranking of the International Tennis Federation (ITF), an achievement never before reached by a Mexican player.

With his first Grand Slam title, Pacheco added his name to those of other Mexicans who have won a Grand Slam doubles title at the junior level. Previous winners include Leonardo Lavalle at the 1984 US Open, Agustin Moreno at Wimbledon in 1985 and Enrique Abaroa at Roland Garros in 1992.

For the 18-year-old, it was his third Grand Slam tournament, having previously played Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2022, as well as the Australian Open in 2023.

Two weeks ago Pacheco, who was born on April 25, 2005, reached the top spot in world junior tennis after a brilliant performance at the Bonfiglio Trophy in Milan, Italy, where he won the tournament in singles and doubles.

For the Mexican junior, whom the Mextenis Group has supported in the last two years with invitations to its tournaments in Acapulco and Los Cabos, 2023 has brought him great experience that will serve him well in the professional world.

In February, after the Australian Junior Open, Pacheco played his first professional tournament, the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC, ATP 500 category. In the first round, Pacheco showed his good tennis against the Australian Alex De Miñaur.

In 2022 Pacheco was invited by Mextenis to play the qualy at the Acapulco Open 500 and also received a wilcard to play at the ATP 250 in Los Cabos, which this year became the Mifel Tenis Open by Telcel Oppo and where he is likely to attend.

In addition, at the beginning of April, Pacheco played in singles and doubles in the first edition of the Leon Open presented by Mifel, an ATP 75 Challenger Tour tournament, new property of Mextenis.

Mexico City, May 29 – Mexican Rodrigo Pacheco, who recently turned 18 years old, became the No. 1 in the International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) junior world ranking on Monday, an achievement never before reached by a Mexican player.

Pacheco, who was born on April 25, 2005, reached the top spot in the world junior tennis ranking after a brilliant performance at the Bonfiglio Trophy in Milan, Italy, where he won the tournament in singles and doubles.

For the Mexican junior, whom Grupo Mextenis has supported in the last two years with invitations to its tournaments in Acapulco and Los Cabos, 2023 will be unforgettable and transcendental.

After the junior Australian Open, Pacheco Mendez reached fourth place in the ITF junior ranking and almost a month later he made his debut in a professional ATP 500 tournament at the age of 17 when he played the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC.

In this event, despite being eliminated in the first round by Australian Alex De Miñaur, the eventual champion, Pacheco showed his good tennis. In 2022 Pacheco was invited by Mextenis to play the qualy at the Acapulco Open 500 and also received a wilcard to play at the ATP 250 in Los Cabos, which this year became the Mifel Tenis Open by Telcel Oppo and where it is possible that he will attend.

In addition, at the beginning of April, Pacheco played in singles and doubles in the first edition of the Leon Open presented by Mifel, an ATP 75 Challenger Tour tournament, new property of Mextenis.

THE DOUBLE IN MILAN

In his time in Milan, the Mexican defeated on Sunday the American Cooper Williams by 6-4, 7-5 in the singles final, while on Saturday in doubles, together with the Russian Yaroslav Demin, they defeated the Italian Federico Cina and the Japanese Rei Sakamoto by 6-3, 6-3.

Sunday’s win in singles brought 500 points awarded by the Grade A tournament to the champion and with that figure on Monday Pacheco appeared with a total of 2,334.5 points, ahead of Alexander Blockx, current Australian Open champion, with 2,087 points and Gilles Arnaud, with 1,900 points, both from Belgium.

This performance gives him confidence to face the junior Roland Garros, which, he has said, will be his last tournament as a junior to give way to his stage as a professional tennis player.

Pacheco reached the pinnacle of junior tennis for Mexico, although there were players who came close before. In 1986 Eduardo Velez became number two in the world after winning the Wimbledon Junior Tournament, while other players such as Cesar Ramirez and Oliver Fernandez, reached as high as number 3 in the ITF.

The Bonfiglio Trophy is considered one of the five most important tournaments within the ITF junior circuit. According to its official website, it is on the same level as the Australian Open (Melbourne), Roland Garros (Paris), Wimbledon (London), US Open (New York) and Orange Bowl (Miami).