Mexican Rubio Fierros says goodbye to Los Cabos in Qualy
- The Mexican took a set from Japanese Yosuke Watanuki but it was not enough.
Los Cabos, February 17, 2024.- The only Mexican in the qualy of the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo 2024, Alan Rubio Fierros said goodbye this Saturday in the opening day of the qualifying tournament in Los Cabos after losing in three sets to Japan’s Yosuke Watanuki.
The match between Rubio Fierro and Watanuki was the second longest of the day with 2:16 hours after they went to three sets with a score of 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 in favor of Watanuki.
Meanwhile, Italian Flavio Cobolli beat Japan’s Sho Shimabukuro 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; American Alekasandar Kovacevic defeated compatriot Steve Johnson 7-5, 6-3 and American Aidan Mayo beat Japan’s Shintaro Mochizuki 7-5, 7-5.
In other results, Frenchman Terence Atmane lost 6-4, 6-4 to American Brandon Holt; another American Emilio Nava won 6-3, 1-6, 7-5 against Colombian Nicolas Mejia in 2:31 hours.
Argentine Guido Andreozzi lost 6-0, 6-1 to American Zachary Svajda and American Nicolas Moreno de Alboran fell 6-3, 6-2 to Australian Marc Polmans.
The winners of Saturday’s qualifying tournament in Los Cabos play this Sunday. The duels are Watanuki-Holt, Mayo-Nava, Kovacevic-Svajda and Cobolli-Polmans and the winners will get the four tickets to the main draw, which starts on Monday.
The Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo 2024 boasts in its eighth edition a draw with star players such as German Alexander Zverev (No.6), Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (No.10), 2023 finalist, Australian Alex de Miñaur (No.11) and Norwegian Casper Ruud (No.12).
The best ATP 250 tournament in Latin America will have a main singles draw of 28 players and 16 doubles pairs. The eighth edition is played a week before the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC in Acapulco.
Since its first edition in 2016, the tournament’s champions include Ivo Karlovic, Sam Querrey, Fabio Fognini, Diego Schwartzman, Cameron Norrie, Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas.