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Surprising De Miñaur seeks to sign the double in Mexico

  • Australian Alex de Miñaur, champion in the 2023 edition of Acapulco, is among the contenders for the title in Los Cabos.

Mexico City, May 25 – With a Uruguayan father and Spanish mother, Australian Alex De Miñaur, currently 19th in the world, has won the affection of the Mexican public with his perfect Spanish and now has the possibility this 2023 to achieve the double in the ATP tournaments held in Mexico.

At the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC held in Acapulco last March, de Miñaur emerged as the surprise champion and is now announced for the Mifel Tennis Open by Oppo Telcel in Los Cabos to be played from July 31 to August 5.

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

The Australian’s trajectory, a professional since 2015, has been on the rise in recent months and the Acapulco title was the boost he needed to break into the ATP Top 20. On his way to the title, Alex defeated Mexican Rodrigo Pacheco, Italian Jacopo Berrettini, Japanese Taro Daniel, Danish Holger Rune and American Tommy Paul.

At the age of 24, he is living the best moment of his career, in which he accumulates 7 ATP titles, among them the 250 of Sydney, Atlanta and Zhuhai that he added in 2019, the one of Antalya and Eastbourne in 2021 and Atlanta for 2022, added to the Open 500 of Acapulco. With this triumph in the XXX edition of the AMT, Demon, the nickname by which de Miñaur is known, joined other champions such as Thomas Muster, Juan Ignacio Chela, Gustavo Kuerten, Carlos Moyá, Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer,y Nicolás Almagro, Sam Querrey, his compatriot Nick Kyrgios or Alexander Zverev, among others.

Stefanos Tsitsipas: tennis, music and videoblogs

  • World No. 5 to make his debut at the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo
  • His father Apostolos has been his coach and on one occasion saved his life.

Mexico City, May 13, 2023.- Renowned for both his talent as a player and his charismatic personality, Stefanos Tsitsipas will make his debut at the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo as the top seed in the ATP 250 tournament. Known for his rapid rise in the rankings and for making history as the first Greek to win a tour-level title, he reached the No. 3 rung of the ATP rankings in 2021, a year in which he won two of the nine titles he boasts.

In 2015 he had an experience that marked him as a human being and as a tennis player. His father, Apostolos, who is also his coach, was the one who saved him from drowning when Stefanos was swept away by the current of the sea in the Island of Crete. He has acknowledged that after that episode he sees life from a different perspective and that it was something that changed him psychologically. After what he considers was a second chance, his leap to professional player came just a year later, in 2016.

It was his parents who introduced him to physical activity and sports from the age of three. Apostolos studied everything related to the white sport, was a chair umpire and coach, while his Moscow-born mother, Julia Apostoli, was a professional tennis player. He started with his tennis lessons at a summer resort where they both worked. With the passage of time came the move to Nice so he could train at the Academy of Patrick Mouratoglou, coach of Serena Williams and later as a junior he reached No. 1 in the world.

There is no doubt that the sacrifice of his father, Stefanos has paid for it with success. After the 2018 conquest of the NextGen ATP Finals, Apostolos confessed that he was still learning every day and hoped to be a good coach to work for his son’s dreams. Today Tsitsipas is the Greek tennis player who has come the farthest and at 25 he has made his goal clear: “I don’t want people to know me only for my tennis,” he said in an interview.

Among his passions are also producing music and recording video blogs. He also starred in the first season of the Netflix series Break Point.

On his favorite Big Three player, Stefanos, who has faced all three, went with Roger Federer.
“For me the GOAT is not about titles…Federer and then Nadal”, and trying to follow in his wake, in recent years he has continued to rise and has been confident that he will conquer a Grand Slam “it’s only a matter of time”.

Tommy Paul’s hard-fought climb up the ATP rankings

  • The American reached the best ranking of his career (No. 17) this 2023.
  • He was a finalist in Acapulco and will make his debut in Los Cabos.

Mexico City, May 12, 2023.- Born in New Jersey in May 1997, Tommy Paul began training at the age of seven and noticed that over time he had more fun than his peers on the court. Now 25 years old, his philosophy of having fun while competing is key to his development. That mentality has led him to beat rivals like Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz.

A professional since 2015, he shined in the Challenger category in 2019. In 2020 he reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time at the Australian Open and then won his first victory against a Top 10 player, Alexander Zverev in Acapulco. By 2021 he won his first ATP Tour title after a perfect week in Stockholm.

This 2023 he is going through the best year of his career after a silent evolution but based on work. In January he reached the semifinals at the Australian Open where he lost to Novak Djokovic. He was a finalist in Acapulco in March and that consistency led him to reach his best ranking, 17th in the world. He has become an awkward player and opponent because of his hard-working style of play, but not well known by the fans despite his talent on fast courts.

Paul will arrive this summer at the Mifel Tennis Open by Oppo Telcel in Los Cabos for the first time, a tournament that along with him will host 5 players in the Top 20.

His coach is Brad Stine and he has made it known that last year they focused on improving his volley and attacking style. He maintains a great friendship with fellow countryman Taylor Fritz, as they grew up together, he was even his best man at his wedding in 2016. While he grew up with Andy Roddick as his idol, his all-time favorite is Switzerland’s Roger Federer.

Karen Khachanov and his first doubles title

Mexico City, May 8.- For Karen Khachanov winning titles on the ATP Tour has not been easy.

His road to the top has had many hard days, but also happy days and last Saturday was one of them. Kachanov, one of the five Top 20 players confirmed for the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo to be played in Los Cabos from July 31 to August 5, won his first doubles title.

At 26, the 26-year-old, born in Moscow on May 21, 1996 and a professional since 2013, now accumulates five titles, four in singles and one in doubles, the latter won alongside compatriot Andrey Rublev last Saturday at the ATP Masters 1000 Mutua Madrid Open.

For Khachanov and Rublev it was third time lucky in the final of an ATP Masters 1000. The pair had already reached the final in Miami 2018 and Paris 2019 and so far conquered their first title together.

Khachanov and Rublev beat India’s Rohan Bopanna and Australia’s Matthew Ebden 6-3, 3-6, 10-3 in the final on Saturday, May 6. Bopanna and Ebden were tough opponents as they currently occupy the top position in the Pepperstone ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings.

With the win at the ATP Masters 1000 Madrid, Rublev reached his fourth doubles title and Khachanov his first.

In singles, Kachanov so far accumulates 4, one in 2016 in.
Chengdu and three in 2018, in Marseille, Moscow and Paris Masters 1000, his most important title in his career. He is currently ranked 11th in the ATP rankings.

Los Cabos Tennis Open News

1. Los Cabos Tennis Open News

The Mexican-French pair, Santiago González and Edouard Roger-Vasselin defeated Austin Krajicek and Nicolas Mahut 7-6(4), 7-5 to claim the trophy at the hard-court ATP Masters 1000 event in Florida.

“It was my dream, of course,” said Gonzalez. “Lifting this kind of title, a Masters 1000. I’m 40 years old, I didn’t have one, this is my first. I’m glad [it’s] today. Today is my son’s birthday, so I’m going to remember this day for the rest of my life and I’m very happy.”

2. His first Challenger title in León

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard beat Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-7(5), 7-6(6), 7-6(3) after 2h 40m of play in the final of Challenger 75 in León.

“I was really happy after the match. It was my goal to win my first Challenger this year as early as possible,” Mpetshi Perricard said. “I did everything great that week. I was nervous all day before the final, because the final was at six. I was really nervous in the morning and after my first training. During the match, it was very stressful. So much emotion. I was not in a good position in the second tie-break, losing 0/3 and 2/4. I was really proud to win.”

3. An unforgettable moment

Andrey Rublev clinched his first ATP Masters 1000 title when he overcame teenager Holger Rune 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 in the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters final.

“Finally I did it. I did it in Monaco with the really historic tournament. It’s a pleasure to be part of it,” Rublev said. “To win [a] match like this, losing 4-1, Love-30, break point for 5-1, and to be able to come back and to win [the] match is like a fairy tale today.”

“To have this support, it means that for sure I can be a better person and I can work on it and I can improve and to try to share it with others,” Rublev said. “To have this support, I feel really, really grateful, because, I don’t know, it’s not easy to get support in general. To get a good support is really tough.”

4. We confirmed 5 top 20

Stefanos Tsitsipas, Karen Kachanov, Cameron Norrie, Tommy Paul and Alex De Miñaur confirm their attendance for the seventh edition of Los Cabos Tennis Open.

Star players such as Cameron Norrie, 2021 champion and 2022 finalist, Karen Khachanov, Tommy Paul, as well as Acapulco 2023 champion, Alex de Miñaur, will be part of the talent roster of the tournament for the first time.

Tsitsipas, who played in the final of the Barcelona Open, will make his debut in Cabo.

“We are very proud to confirm these players who have shown great level at the beginning of the year. The facilities are improving every year and the venue is ready to receive more than 30,000 people during the week of the tournament and we will also have the host hotel up and running for the tournament, which is great news,” commented tournament director Jose Antonio Fernandez.

MIFEL Tenis Open by TELCEL OPPO 2023 confirms five top 20 for its seventh edition

  • Tsitsipas, Kachanov, Norrie, Paul and De Miñaur confirm their attendance for the seventhedition of the Mifel Tennis Open.
  • The ATP 250 will take place from July 31 to August 5 and tickets are on sale now

Mexico City, April 24, 2023 – The Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo 2023 has confirmed Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas (No. 5) and four other Top 20 players for the seventh edition of the ATP 250, which will be played from July 31 to August 5 at the Cabo Sports Complex (CSC).

Star players such as Cameron Norrie (No. 14), 2021 champion and 2022 finalist, Russian Karen Khachanov (No. 12), American Tommy Paul (No. 17), as well as Acapulco 2023 champion, Australian Alex de Miñaur (No.19), will be part of the talent roster of the tournament that will also celebrate the return of the Solaz Resort Los Cabos as its official host hotel.

Greek Tsitsipas (No. 5), who played in the final of the Barcelona Open, will make his debut on the courts of Baja California Sur where he hopes to achieve the same connection with the public that he achieved in his visits to Acapulco. The Greek has nine ATP tour titles at the age of 24.

On the other hand, British Cameron Norrie (No. 13) already boasts a trophy this 2023, which he won against Carlos Alcaraz in Rio de Janeiro in February. Norrie has said that the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo is one of his favorite tournaments, since in Los Cabos he won the first title of his career in July 2021. Acapulco finalist Tommy Paul also confirmed his attendance. The American is living his best year as a professional.

“We are very proud to confirm these players who have shown great level at the beginning of the year. The facilities are improving every year and the venue is ready to receive more than 30,000 people during the week of the tournament and we will also have the host hotel up and running for the tournament, which is great news,” commented tournament director Jose Antonio Fernandez.

The Cabo Sports Complex (CSC) welcomed the public for the first time in 2022. The multifunctional sports complex boasts magnificent facilities and an exquisite architectural design, built jointly by Mextenis and Olarena. It is strategically located behind Solaz Resort Los Cabos, just 250 meters away, which saves players’ travel time during the tournament. Built on more than 4 hectares of land, 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. There is also a special area for players.

The Los Cabos ATP 250 will have a main singles draw of 28 players and 16 players in doubles.

The seventh edition will be the last one in which the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo will be held in the summer, since, as announced by the ATP, by 2024 it will be held in the eighth week of the calendar, that is, in the week prior to the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC in Acapulco.

Tsitsipas and Norrie, confirmed for the 2023 MIFEL Tennis Open in Los Cabos

  • The seventh edition of the Mifel Tennis Open will take place between July 31 and August 5 in Los Cabos, BCS.
  • The Greek No. 3 and the Briton, finalist in 2022 and current No. 12, are the first confirmed players.
  • Tickets on sale now.

Acapulco, March 1st.- The Mifel Tennis Open announced that the 7th edition of the tournament, which will be held from July 31st to August 5th, 2023, will feature two star players, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (No. 3) and the British Cameron Norrie, champion in 2021 and finalist in 2022.

“With great enthusiasm we announce the return of Tsitsipas to Mexico, to Los Cabos, Stefanos is a player who has shown consistency and has remained within the Top-10 we are excited to have him back and also Cameron Norrie, who has had a brilliant performance in the last two editions,” informed José Antonio Fernández, tournament director.

“Every year we have been making the effort to bring better players as we seek to position the tournament as one of the best in the ATP 250 category,” he added.

The 24-year-old Greek has had a special connection with the Mexican fans that has received him well in Acapulco and so far having nine titles in his career that began in 2016. In 2022 he won the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 and the Mallorca tournament titles.

Norrie, meanwhile, remains close to the Top 10 and just last Sunday won the Rio de Janeiro ATP 500 against Spaniard Carlos Alcaráz (No. 2).

The Briton has a great connection with Mexico and the local public. Lifted his first title in Los Cabos in 2021 and later won the Indian Wells Masters 1000, the most important victory of his career, and in 2022 he reached the final of the Acapulco Open 500, which he lost to Spaniard Rafael Nadal.

This year, the Mifel Tennis Open will celebrate its third edition at the Cabo Sports Complex (CSC), inaugurated in 2021, a multifunctional venue to host sports and entertainment events in an open space.

“The facilities are improving every year and the venue is ready to receive more than 30,000 people during the week of the tournament and we will also have the host hotel up and running for the tournament,” said Fernández.

This year the players, will be staying at the Solaz Resort Los Cabos, which is only 250 meters away from the CSC, allowing them to save time in transfers and practically walk to the courts.

The CSC, is built on more than 4 hectares of land, 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. There is also a special area for players.

The ATP 250 Los Cabos will have a main singles draw of 28 players and 16 players in doubles, with winning prizes of up to $852,840 USD.

The Tournament, one of the most important of its category, was inaugurated in 2016 with Croatian Ivo Karlovic as the first champion, followed by American (US) Sam Querrey (2017), Italian Fabio Fognini (2018) and Argentine Diego Schwartzman (2019), while in 2020 it was not played due to the pandemic.

In 2021, it was won by Norrie and in 2022 won by the Russian Daniil Medvedev, who came to the tournament as ATP number 1. In doubles, the titles of the Mexicans Miguel Ángel Reyes Varela together with the Salvadoran Marcelo Arévalo in 2018 and Hans Hach Verdugo together with John Isner in 2021 stand out.

Tickets for the seventh edition are already on sale.

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