• The fourth seed and the 2019 champion, accompanied by Mexicans Reyes-Varela and Hans Hach, graced a new edition of Tennis Talks.

Los Cabos, February 19, 2024.- A new edition of Tennis Talks took place prior to the start of the main draw activities of the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo. In-depth talks with the protagonists of the eighth edition delighted everyone present as the players shared details about their lives, reflected on the sport and professionalism, in addition to answering questions from the audience.

Mexican doubles players Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela and Hans Hach were the ones who started the talks at sunset at the Cabo Sports Complex and gave a lesson on the Mexican system to promote national talent in tennis. 

“The ITF junior stage is an important step, but they are individual efforts of private clubs. We have to see how to generate a follow-up structure, a transition and entry path to professional, more or less exists, we must strengthen it if we want tennis to grow in Mexico,” said Hach. 

“I can’t give a number from 1 to 10 of where Mexican tennis is, but I can say that the chips are well placed and we have to continue, we have something very, very good. They tell us that the best events in the world are being held, the players tell us so on the tour, that is celebrated. Don’t forget that you have a Top 10 player in doubles and a woman in the Top 100,” he added.

When a mother in the audience asked them about how to support their children who want to be tennis players, their answer was: “my advice is that now you have it to win with your children, you have a 500 and a 250, with players side by side that in other countries does not exist. I played all stages of tennis and it’s a marathon, not a sprint. It took me 10 years after college to play a Grand Slam. Short goals. Like school, stages.”

Then it was the turn of the 2019 Cabo Tennis Open champion, Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman, who shared details of his early career and how lucky he was with the support of his parents and the talent Argentina had at the time. 

“I always had the ability to listen a lot to those around me and not to have the posture that it was only one way.”

Remembering that he reached the top eight in the world and those years of constant victories, the Argentine confessed, “the numbers frustrate me today, it was something very nice that happened to me many years but it did not prepare me for this downturn. What matters are the manners, the feeling, the sensations. When tennis flows it is easier to find solutions. I want to come back little by little to feel competitive and enjoy this last stretch, I’m not a player who thinks about having a long career.”

He also delved into the topic of mental health today and the influence of social networks. 

“It’s very difficult for the younger ones, I finished school without smartphones, networks today are part of everyone and it puts a lot of pressure, good and bad. It doesn’t affect me so much, I have everything blocked, maybe more my family,” said Diego. 

At the end there was a fun dynamic with El Peque in which he had to choose only one option between the Arthur Ashe or the Bombonera or how would he name his son Diego or Leo? His answers were the Argentinean stadium and Diego Jr.

Finally, World No. 12 Casper Ruud was the closing guest and shared how his tennis player father influenced his career development. 

“I don’t think he pushed me but I did play a lot of sports and I was always a little bit better at tennis, from there he pushed me. To be a professional athlete you need also to be serious and someone who is there, to have a good structure.”

He also revealed his dynamic to combine personal and professional sports life. 

“It’s hard to balance, there are several sacrifices and I’ve had to say no to invitations, but I try to also focus on things outside of tennis. I have a dog and it takes time. I’m not going to play forever, and I’ll have time for those other things,” shared the three-time Grand Slam finalist who has up to 70 flights a year and claims he won’t travel much in retirement.

“Tennis takes a lot of every day’s time, on the priority list it’s at 1 and the last thing is personal life. Of course I try to enjoy those hours, fortunately my circle is patient” concluded the 25 year old Norwegian.

At the end of each interview led by host Carolina Guillén, some of the audience asked the players different questions, among them teenagers and families who have members involved in the sport.

• The joy of children with a passion for tennis lit up the first night of the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo with color.

Los Cabos, February 17, 2024 – After the success of the first neon-themed Kids Nite in 2023, the brightness of the colors in jerseys, balls and giant rackets, under a stage with black and ultraviolet light, returned to the main stadium of the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo.

There was no one like the kids to add a huge dose of fun to the first night of tennis activity at the Cabo Sports Complex. The new Kids Nite tradition brought together for its second edition more than 100 children between the ages of 3 and 12 who were divided into groups that participated and enjoyed, according to their ages and abilities, playing tennis side by side with star professionals such as Alexander Zverev, Miomir Kecmanovic and Mexican doubles player Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela.

The activity was divided into four 20-minute periods with different players. First, Japan’s Taro Daniel took the court, along with Aleksander Vukic, Max Purcell and Alex Michelsen. They performed skill challenges with huge rackets and mini-tennis.

Players such as Nedovyesov, Escobar, Arnaldi and Borges were also invited, but to close, Zverev and Kecmanovic starred in the most difficult exercises for the young players of the future. This is how, year after year, great tennis players help fulfill the dream of dozens of children to play on a professional court.

The fun activity promotes the integration of boys and girls with the sport, it is an opportunity for the children who attend the tournament to get closer to the stars who come to Los Cabos, who give them advice, gifts and share their best training secrets.

With an agenda of activities planned for children and their parents, Mextenis and the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo seek to integrate the community in sports initiation programs.

• Eight matches will be played this Saturday with Mexican Alan Rubio Fierros among the 16 contenders.

Los Cabos, February 17, 2024.- The eighth edition of the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo, which is being played this week in Los Cabos, opens its activity this Saturday with the start of the qualifying tournament, which will award four tickets to the main draw.

Among the players who will be looking for one of the tickets to the main draw will be Italian Flavio Cobolli (1), American Alekasandar Kovacevic (2) and Japanese Yosuke Watanuki (3) and Shintaro Mochizuki (4), the four top seeds for the qualy.

In his first match, Cobolli will face Japan’s Sho Shimabukuro; Kovacevic will face Steve Johnson, both from the United States; Watanuki will face the only Mexican in the qualy, Alan Rubio Fierros and Mochizuki will face American Aidan Mayo.

The four remaining matches are Frenchman Terence Atmane against American Brandon Holt; another American Emilio Nava against Colombian Nicolas Mejia, Argentine Guido Andreozzi against American Zachary Svajda and Australian Marc Polmans will face American Nicolas Moreno de Alboran.

The Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo 2024 boasts in its eighth edition a main draw with stellar 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.

• Top four seeds await opponent 
• Mexico’s Rodrigo Pacheco to face Aleksander Vukic

Los Cabos, February 17, 2024.- The main draw for the eighth edition of the ATP 250 tournament was drawn at a ceremony headed by Geoffrey Fernandez, director of the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo, with Jack Draper as a guest. 

The top seeds already know their possible path to the title in Los Cabos.

World No. 6 Alexander Zverev will make his debut as the top seed from the top of the draw and, like Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, defending champion and current No. 10 in the ranking, awaits his opponent for the second round. The two could meet should they advance to the final.

One of the most striking first round matches is precisely that of young Briton Jack Draper (No. 51), who will face Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis (No. 79), who continues his quest to recover his best level and does not fail in his visits to Los Cabos.

Also Australian Alex de Miñaur (No. 11), third seed and finalist in 2023, has the goal of repeating his success in Mexican tournaments after winning Acapulco, but first he must wait for the winner of the duel between young 

American Alex Michelsen (No. 75) and Frenchman Constant Lestienne (No. 104). 

In the lower part of the draw, Norwegian Casper Ruud (No. 12) is the fourth seed of the Cabo Tennis Open and could meet in the third round with Japanese Taro Daniel (No. 63) or American Marcos Giron (No. 52), recent finalist at the Dallas Open. A match against Stefanos Tsitsipas is on the horizon.

Another Australian representative is Rinky Hijikata (No. 84), who will star in a complicated challenge against Miomir Kecmanovic (No. 40). Meanwhile, 2019 champion Diego Schwartzmann (No. 116), who received one of the invitations to the tournament, is waiting  for a first-round qualifying opponent. If he advances he could face Mexican Ernesto Escobedo, who also received a wild card and will be facing Australian Jordan Thompson (No. 42) to stay in the tournament.

Mexican junior Rodrigo Pacheco (No. 693), was drawn in the lower part of the draw and will have to face Australian Aleksander Vukic (No.69). Should he advance, he will face a tough challenge against Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Geoffrey Fernandez, director of the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo, was excited about the novelty of the date, highlighted the new match schedules that the weather allows and confessed his interest in the first round matches “Having a back to back has been a challenge, but everything is going very well and we are very happy. We have a great draw, very competitive with three Top 10 and very even duels in the first round. Also remember that we have new things at the venue. We are looking forward to this edition and we are grateful to the media present,” said Geoffrey Fernandez, director of the Mifel Tennis Open by telcel Oppo.

The main draw activity starts on Monday, February 19 at 4:00 p.m. local time. On the Saturday and Sunday prior to that, the qualifying tournament will be held, which will distribute four tickets to the main draw.

• The 2023 finalist Alex de Miñaur joins Zverev, Tsitsipas and Rune
• The eighth edition of the ATP 250 will be played for the first time a week before the Acapulco Open 500

Mexico City, January 23, 2024.- The Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo 2024 boasts for its eighth edition a more than complete player roster with four players in the Top 10 of the ATP ranking and one more ranked at number 11. Previously, Alexander Zverev (No.6 ), Stefanos Tsitsipas (No.7), Holger Rune (No.8), and Casper Ruud (No.11) had been announced and they were joined by 2023 finalist, Australian Alex de Miñaur (No. 10) to form one of the best draws in the tournament’s history.

The protagonists will meet from February 19 to 24 at the Cabo Sports Complex (CSC), where the Greek Tsitsipas will seek to defend his title, one of the 10 he boasts at the age of 25.

In addition, the Los Cabos ATP 250 will feature three star players. Dane Holger Rune, who at 20 years old is one of the young talents to follow in the circuit, Norwegian Casper Ruud, who has already played three Grand Slam finals, and German Alexander Zverev, who returned to the Top 10 and continues to climb positions.

For his part, Australian Alex de Miñaur, champion of Acapulco in 2023 and finalist in the last edition in Los Cabos, has started the season with a jump to the best ranking of his career. At 24 years old and with even titles, he makes his debut among the top ten of the circuit.

Another notable visitor is American Christopher Eubenaks (No.35), who had a surprising participation during Wimbledon 2023 by reaching the quarterfinals. He will be joined by his compatriots Mackenzie McDonald (No. 42) and J.J. Wolf (No. 57).

Also arriving in Los Cabos will be Australians Max Purcell (No. 42) and Jordan Thompson (No. 47), as well as British players Daniel Evans (No. 38) and Jack Draper (No. 55). Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic (No.60), who advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open, will also be present, as well as Germany’s Dominik Koepker (No.62). The tournament has the best cut in 8 years of history.

“What I’m most excited about the eighth edition is having so much talent in players and the new date. The weather is wonderful and that will give a plus to the tournament, in addition to boasting four Top 10 players, not many 250 tournaments have that,” said tournament director Jose Antonio Fernandez.

“It is a huge challenge to organize the two tournaments for the first time in consecutive weeks”, he added.

The three invitations from the tournament are for Mexicans Rodrigo Pacheco, Ernesto Escobedo, and Argentine Diego Schwartzman, who with their wild cards will participate in the main draw of the tournament.

The Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo 2024, the best tournament of the category in Latin America, will have a 28-player singles main draw and 16 doubles pairs. The eighth edition of its position in the summer and is now played a week before the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC in Acapulco.

Mextenis organization and staff at both venues are ready to host the ATP 250 and 500 tournaments.

Mextenis expects more than 30,000 fans during the week of activities in Los Cabos. The multifunctional Cabo Sports Complex (CSC) boasts magnificent facilities and an exquisite architectural design with a 3,500-seat stadium, a 1,500-seat Grandstand, and three courts that can be adapted to accommodate up
to 800 spectators. It also has a special area for players.

• The young Dane is looking forward to Boris Becker as his coach for 2024.

Mexico City, November 22, 2023.- If a tennis legend like Boris Becker is interested in working with you in your 20s, you’re doing something right in your professional career. Holger Rune is one of the youngsters who overcame the status of tennis promise when he beat Novak Djokovic (Paris 2022) at the age of 19 in a Masters 1000 final and went from being outside the Top 100 to making his debut in the ATP Top 10 in less than a year. Three titles and two finals were key.

Now while he closes 2023 with a level recovery after sneaking into the Nitto ATP Finals, the reality is that with only one title there were signs that Rune was missing something in his development and teamwork. The answer could be six-time Grand Slam winner Boris Becker of Germany, who has known success since he was a teenager after he became the youngest Wimbledon winner at the age of 17 in 1985.

The two began a trial period in October and have now confirmed their coach-player alliance for the 2024 season. Previously Rune was the pupil of Patrick Mouratoglou since 2016, former coach of Serena Williams, but they ended their relationship in September. Intense on court and with infinite potential, his entourage agrees, the Dane’s personality and mentality can take him far, not for nothing Becker has stated that they will look for his best version. The 55-year-old German coached Djokovic between 2013 and 2016, when he conquered six of his 24 Grand Slams.

On his own style, Rune stated “If everyone was the same, it would be a bit boring.” His rapid rise was perhaps somewhat overshadowed by the precocious success of Carlos Alcaraz, with whom he has an age difference of just six days, but Rune is motivated by such a rivalry in the making “I hope to be like Roger and Rafa. That’s what we’re looking for, to be the best players of all time and the best players we can be.” Holger Rune will debut at the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo with a great chance.

Technical Details

Name: Holger Rune

Age: 20 years old

Date and place of birth: April 29, 2003 in Gentofte, Denmark

Current ATP Ranking: 8th (as of November 22, 2023)

Best ATP ranking: 4th

Coach: Boris Becker

ATP titles: 4