Norrie, defending champion in Los Cabos, met his best Grand Slam at Wimbledon

-The British, top 11th of the world, reached the semifinals falling to Novak Djokovic, (champion).

Mexico City, July 11th, 2022.– The attendance of the British Cameron Norrie (No. 11 ATP) in this seasons third Grand Slam, (Wimbledon Open), ended on a high note by advancing to the semifinals at the All England Tennis Club.

During the 2 weeks of the open, Norrie delivered his best performance yet.

In the first and second rounds, the British eliminated the Spaniards Pablo Andujar and Jaume Munar, respectively. Then on the third and fourth rounds he defeated the Americans Steve Johnson and Tommy Paul.

During the quarterfinals, he beat the Belgian David Goffin, but in the semifinals, the Serbian Novak Djokovic was waiting for him. The Briton managed to snatch the first set, but the former No. 1 overcame the odds to reach the finals, raising his 21st Grand Slam trophy.

With this label, Norrie will arrive at Los Cabos, for the 6th edition of the Mifel Tennis Open 2022, very motivated and fan favorite to defend his last years title (2021).

Norrie, will attend the tournament along with the Russia’s Daniil Medvedev (No. 1) and Canada’s Félix Auger-Aliassime (No. 9), as well as Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman (No.14) and Italy’s Fabio Fognini (No. 64).

Precisely with this list of top notch players, the sixth edition of the tournament, which will celebrate the return of an audience on the stands, will feature the attendance of tournaments last three champions; the Italian Fognini 2018, Schwartzman in 2019 and Norrie in 2021. 2020`s edition was cancelled due to the pandemic.

The Los Cabos Mifel Tennis Open will be held for the second time at the Cabo Sports Complex (CSC).

Norrie, with 26, is the No. 1 representative of the United Kingdom, being finalist at Auckland in 2019, Estoril 2021, Lyon 2021 and London / Queen’s Club 2021. Escalating the ATP rankings thanks to his outstading tennis.

Achieving the first of the four titles, precisely in Los Cabos last year.

For this years edition, he`ll try to maintain momentum from last years performance, winning the Indian Wells Masters 1000 final. So far the most important victory of his career. Meanwhile winning titles this year at Delray Beach and Lyons.

• Outstanding Top 20 players such as Daniil Medvedev (No. 1), Félix Auger-Aliasime (No. 9), Cameron Norrie (No. 12) and Diego Schwartzman (No. 15) have confirmed their participation at Los Cabo Open.

• The Cabo Sports Complex (CSC) will open its doors for the first time to the public for it´s 6th edition, the Mifel Tennis Open.

• The ATP 250 will take place from August 1st thru the 6th, tickets already on sale.

Mexico City, July 5th, 2022.-The Mifel Tennis Open 2022 announces the official list of players for its 6th edition  (ATP 250),  taking place for the second time at the Cabo Sports Complex (CSC) from August 1st thru the 6th.

Current No.1 Daniil Medvedev and No. 9 Félix Auger-Aliasime will do the honors in a historic edition celebrating the return of a live audience.  Also highlighting the visit of the past three champions. Britain’s Cameron Norrie (No.12) who´ll  be looking to defend his title after showing of his best Grand Slam performance so far on this years Wimbledon edition.

In addition to the three previously announced players, the open will be delighted to recieve the 29 year old Argentine; Diego Schwartzman (No.15), whom after winning in the 2019 edition of the Mifel Tennis Open, added a fourth title to his fifth collection of ATP titles.

On the other hand, veteran John Isner (No. 24), men’s doubles champion along with the Mexican Hans Hach in last years edition, returns for a second time in a row to Los Cabos, while the Italian Fabio Fognini (No. 63), champion in 2018, will also be back with 35 years of age, looking to surprise the Mexican fans once again.

With 22 years of age, Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (No. 30), who is coached by former Argentine player, David Nalbandian, arrives at the Mifel Tennis Open while enjoying the best ranking of his career. He`s also joined by the American (US) Brandon Nakashima (No. 56), who`s received praises for reaching the 16th round at Wimbledon and was a finalist at Los Cabos last year. Both represent the young talents to be highlighted.

Another of the US players that also will be present is Steve Johnson current (No. 93), although the Australian nation will be the one to shine with four players in the Open; Thanasi Kokkinakis (No. 79) finalist in 2017 and also won the Australian Open in men’s doubles. The other 3 Aussies are, Jordan Thompson (No. 76), John Millman (No. 85) and Jason Kubler (No. 99).

To complete the list of high level performance players to the tournament, are the Argentineans Tomas Martin Etcheverry and Facundo Bagnis, Portuguese Joao Sousa, Frenchman Quentin Halys and 20-year-old Chun-hsin Tseng from Chinese Taipei.

It is also worth mentioning that the 17-year old Mexican, Rodrigo Pacheco, received an invitation to participate in the qualifying round and be able to win a ticket to the main draw of the Mifel Tennis Open.

The young national sensation, who`s in full development stage, already can presume having reached the quarterfinals in the junior category of the Australian Open and Roland Garros.

The Mexican Alejandro Hernández also received a wild card to participate in the qualifiers.

The Mifel Tennis Open, through its ATC Safety program, will be in charge of all the planning and operations ,not forgeting all safety and health protocols to guarantee the well being of the all the staff, players and guests within the tournament.

The new venue, Cabo Sports Complex (CSC), is strategically located behind the “Solaz Resort Los Cabos” (just 250 meters away from main playing grounds) allowing time savings during transfers.

Among The Cabo Sports Complex (CSC) facilities are: a main stadium with capacity for 3,500 spectators; a Grandstand for 1,500 atendees; three courts that can accommodate more than 800 spectators; two practice courts with a capacity for 200 fans and an overall floor area of 9,000 square meters. Looking to host exclusive events and position it as a top notch spot for any sports event or the entertainment industry. Built by the renowed architectural firm; Olerena & Mextenis.

The social platforms, @abiertoloscabos, as well as the website, www.abiertoloscabos.com, will publish all the results, content and  any information regarding the Mifel Tennis Open, guaranteeing a complete coverage for fans.

Likewise, fans will be able to closely follow the event on television through ESPN. The press accreditation process is now open. For more information please visit the web site; abiertoloscabos.com/prensa/

Re openning his trophy case in 2021 with his title at Los Cabos

Achieved his highest rank (No. 10) on April 2022

Mexico City, June the 27th, 2022.- The main goal of the British (current no. 12 ATP) in the next Mifel Tennis Open will be to show his best game ever by, trying to defend last year´s title.

Not an easy task for Norrie, due to the fact that he`ll probably be facing the Russian Daniil Medvedev (No.1) and the Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime (No. 9).

With only 26, he is the main (No. 1) representative of the United Kingdom and in recent years has been climbing the ATP rankings, reaching the Top 10 thanks to his great tennis.

Achieving the first of the four titles, precisely in Los Cabos last year. Previously, he was finalist at Auckland in 2019, Estoril 2021, Lyon 2021 and London / Queen’s Club 2021.

This year, he`ll try to maintain momentum from last years performance where he also won the Indian Wells Masters 1000 final. So far the most important victory of his career. Meanwhile winning titles this year at Delray Beach and Lyons.

On the other hand, Norrie will seek to stand out at Wimbledon, this seasons 3rd Grand Slam, aiming to get through the 3rd round and improve his record (26 wins and 14 losses)

Mexico City, June 21st, 2022.- Starting July 11th and until the end of the season (November), the ATP has announced that they will allow coaching “off court” during qualifying and main draw matches as a trial, following the example that the WTA already implemented in 2020.

Over the years, different players have been warned during games for this practice, with Stefanos Tsitsipas being the most recient player accused of receiving advice from his father and coach Apostolos Tsitsipas in some matches.

Now coaches and their players will be able to interact whenever they consider necessary during different tournaments, as a trial, of course always respecting the rules.

The Mifel Tennis Open, takes part on the second half of the ATP tour calendar, so attendees will be able to closely watch how the coaching practice works. This could mean the end of an era if after the trial period it`s decided to leave this practice permanently.

The ATP has been very clear in the conditions that it will authorize:

• Coaches must be seated in their designated área only.
• Coaching (verbal and non-verbal) is only allowed if it does not interrupt the game and does not create a distraction during the opponent’s point or turn.
• Verbal coaching is only allowed when the player is on the same side of his serve/court
• Non-verbal coaching (signs) are allowed at any given moment.
• Verbal coaching will consist of a few words and/or short phrases, full conversations or indications are not allowed at any moment.
• Coaches must not speak to their players when they abandono or leave the court for any reason.
• Sanctions or fines will be applied in case of misuse or negligence to respect.

The goal is to create some sort of intriguing moments or “on court” analysis that may fuel the fans curiosity or entertainment experience, as well as to provide players with some playing consistency.

It is worth mentioning that in previous years the tour had launched these sort of trials while coaching “on court” thru the use of headphones. Mainly on the NextGen finals, where this modality received some criticism, or non acceptance.

Mexico City, June 17th 2022.-

Today he is part of the Top 10 in the world rank and he is only 21, however, Félix Auger-Aliassime`s rise to fame among many began when he became the first player since Rafael Nadal in December of 2002 to enter the Top 200 and in May of 2019 with only 18 years became the youngest player to break into the Top 25 since Lleyton Hewitt in 1999.

Currently No. 9 in the world, it`s confirmed that his rapid success is not solely due to a streak of luck while sorting points, rather much more on his playing skills and consistency, leading him to play 10 finals on the ATP tour.

Three in 2019, three in 2020, two in 2021 and two thus far this year (2022), at age 21 he finally managed to lift his first title on the singles circuit in Rotterdam, beating other Top 10 players such as Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev just to name a few.

Although losing at such young age a high number of tour finals, making it a bit difficult to swallow for any other player, Felix has sought to learn from each one. His greatest achievement, in addition to winning his first ATP title, was having been instrumental in Canada`s ATP Cup finals win, in January, where he managed to beat the No. 3 seed at the time; Alexander Zverev in the 2021 US Open, becoming the first Canadian semifinalist in Grand Slam history (1881).

Part of his success is due not only to the years he`s been putting a hard sweat, but also having Frenchman Frédéric Fontang alongside and begining to train with Toni Nadal for the 2021 season, who later formally joined his team as a coach/advisor. The Canadian states that Rafa Nadal’s uncle has helped him gain more self-confidence.

On a personal level, Felix, or FA2 as he is better knowned, has stated that his generation grew up looking up to the so called “Big Three”, but his child idol was Roger Federer, with whom he shares his birthday.

He also found some similarities in his game with recently retired Frenchman Jo Wilfried Tsonga, whom he admires and hopes to one day have his same serve style like when he was at the peak of his game.

He describes himself as an honest, loyal and resilient person. He will be attending for the very first time in his career the Mifel Tennis Open in Los Cabos, which celebrates its sixth edition from August 1st thru the 6th

Mexico City, June 13th 2022.-

Almost four months after reaching the No. 1 spot in the world ranking for the first time at the ending of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC in February. Daniil Medvedev returns to lead the tour after Novak Djokovic lost points at Roland Garros. This is the first time since November of 2003 that none of the players from the so-called Big 4 (Nadal, Djokovic, Federer, Murray) are seeded on the top 2 of the ranking.

The current leader of the ATP ranking, will make his debut at the Mifel Tennis Open during its 6th edition from August 1st thru 6th.

To better understand his rise, we can take into account that when the tournament was held at Los Cabos in 2016, the Russian ranked at NO. 171. A large part of his evolution is thanks to his talent and consistency that he´s showed on hard court surfaces, in the last year, being the player who has gained the most points.

He´s once again the favorite and candidate to the titles that are played during the hard court season, begining with the celebration of the Mifel Tennis Open, with it´s newest sports venue, the Cabo Sports Complex (CSC).

Here are some career highlights, (mostly on hard court surfaces), hoping to stay at No. 1 for more than three weeks like he did on his first try:

• With only 26 years of age and 8 from making the leap to professional, he adds 13 ATP titles to his resume. Twelve of them on hard court.

• Ended 2021 with a 54-9 record. The only one to exceed 50 victories on such surfaces, with 11 more victories than the 2nd runner up, Alexander Zverev.

• His winning percentage stands at 74.6% (194-66).

• His monetary prizes add up to $23,829,470 USD taking part not only in singles, but also doubles matches.

• He is the tallest No. 1 ranked player in history with a height of 1.98 meters.

• In 2020 he became the first player ever to beat the Top 3 ranked players at the ATP Finals and in any tournament in the tour since 2007.

• His team partners include a female psychoanalyst and performance coach to work with his mental strength on and off the court, the French Francisca Dauzet.