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.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

Los Cabos August 6, 2022.- After claiming his first title of this year and his first as World No. 1, Daniil Medvedev is confident and motivated heading into the rest of the hard court season.

“You come here and the jet lag is a bit complicated the first few days, it’s not easy to adapt and the heat but now I’m happy about the great tennis displayed all week and the tough matches won. I’m happy. My goal still remains, I played good tennis that’s the reason nobody beat me, or course they were difficult rivals” he stated during the press conference at the end of the game. He also assured that at time what generates more pressure are the social networks, not necessarily tennis itself.

“Tennis is not an easy sport because even if you win and lose the following week, you tend to forget a little bit. But the good thing is that the next week you can change your season around and your life too. Like Cameron did in Indian Wells. I had lost four finals in a row and I needed to be better and you never know when it’s going to happen,” he added.

To the question that the world No. 1 has been asked all week about whether he´s in love with Mexico, he said that now he absolutely is “This year has given me more experience and when I look back everything has been positive because you can always be better. My job is to play tennis and that’s what matters to me the most”

Los Cabos, August 6, 2022.- The 6th edition of the Mifel Tennis Open, which was won for the first time by world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev, reported some important data for the tournament, among them, an attendance record with more than 25,000 people during the week.

It was the first title of the season for Medvedev, who thus assured to finish the season in that place, while the finalist, the British Cameron Norrie will appear on Monday inside the Top-10.

The tournament premiered at the Cabo Sports Complex, whose main stadium showed its first full house during Saturday’s final with 3,500 people.

With Medvedev the tournament has had 6 different champions and Norrie is the only one who has repeated in the final after his title in 2021.

With the result the Briton added his second lost final in Mexico this year, after losing in February to Rafael Nadal at the Abierto de Tenis Telcel in Acapulco.

Los Cabos, August 6, 2022.- Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic and American Williams Bulmber defeated Brazil’s Marcelo Melo and South Africa’s Raven Klaasen 6-, 6-0 to win the doubles title at the Mifel Tennis Open 2022 held this week in Los Cabos.

With the win, Kecmanovic and Blumberg became the sixth pair to win the doubles title.

In the opening match of the sixth and final day of the tournament held at the Cabo Sport Complex, Kecmanovic and Blumberg were solid and convincing in a match that took less than an hour to complete.
In the first set, the Serbian, semifinalist in singles, and the American defended their serve three times, breaking their rivals to sign a relentless 6-0.

In the second set, they seemed to crush their rivals, who rescued a game for a 6-1 win.
The six pairs that have lifted the title in Los Cabos are:

2016 Purav Raja and Divij Sharan, from India.
2017 Juan Sebastian Cabal of Colombia and Treat Huey of the Philippines.
2018 Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador and Miguel Angel Reyes Varela of Mexico.
2019 Monaco’s Romain Arneodo and Hugo Nys.
2021 Mexico’s Hans Hach Verdugo and John Isner of the United States.

• The Los Cabos ATP 250 stands out confirming its position as the best in its category.
• Surpassing 25,000 atendees during the week of the tournament.

Los Cabos, August 6th, 2022.- José Antonio Fernández, Director of the Mifel Tennis Open, in Los Cabos, highlighted the outstanding achievement that the tournament broke in regards to the new attendance record, exceeding 25,000 attendees surpassing the 2019 edition.

“The extraordinary news is that as of this Thursday the tournament surpassed the 2019 attendance record, which was 22,300 people and that is something to be proud of because we are talking about exceeding 25,000 people,” Fernandez said at a press conference.

He explained that it was a goal that was set by the organization for this year, “we are positively going to exceed the record by far”.

In addition, stated that although these are preliminary results, in the coming weeks his team will work to know the exact figures in attendance and economic revenue.

The tournament director, thanked the media for their outstanding coverage, and highlighted events such as; the Kids Day and other social responsibility events that were held reinforcing the presence of the tournament in the city of Los Cabos, like the announcement of the aid for the Becar Foundation alongside the Mexican golfer Lorena Ochoa.

In addition, he added that as an organization they are happy to have brand new headquarters in the newest Cabo Sports Complex and said that all the comments he has from players, media and fans have been more than positive.

“Without a doubt it´s the best tournament in the history of this great young event,” said Fernández, whom also highlighted that the top four seeds qualified for the semifinals and that world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev and defending champion Cameron Norrie of Great Britain will play in the final.

Recalling that if the former wins, he will close this year as number 1 and whether Norrie wins or loses on Monday, he will surely appear in the Top-10 of the ATP.

He pointed out the presence of the Mexican players in the singles and doubles matches and the performance of Alex Hernández, who advanced to the second round. Fernández acknowledged that the tournament has grown thru the past editions and is cementing a path that enables all to expect better things to come in the long term.

The tournament unfortunately was left without any Mexican representatives.

Los Cabos, August 5th, 2022.– The duo of American (USA) William Blumberg and Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic defeated the pair composed of Mexican Santiago González and Argentinian Andrés
Molteni to qualify to the final of the doubles tournament of the Mifel Tennis Open 2022.

Blumberg and Kecmanovic defeated González and Molteni, 3-6, 7-5, 13-11 in a very disputed
match that was decided with a super tie break.

It seemed that the Mexican and the Argentinian were on their way to victory with a first set lead
and a 4-2 advantage in the second, but they lost their serve twice and the set and eventually the
match.

For the final, Blumberg and Kecmanovicen will face South African Raven Klaasen and Brazilian
Marcelo Melo, who defeated Argentinian, Martin Etcheverry and Chun-Hsin Tseng, from Chinese
Taipei, 6-3, 6-3

• Daniil Medvedev (No. 1) defeats Miomir Kecmanovic (No. 38) to reach his fourth 2022 final.
• Defending champion Cameron Norrie (No.12) plays the best match of the tournament so far and advances to the final.

Los Cabos, August 5th, 2022.- The final of this year`s edition has been defined, after world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev defeated Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic (No. 38) in 1 hour and 26 minutes, meanwhile Cameron Norrie (No. 12) did the same in three sets against Felix Auger-Aliassime (No. 9).

The top seeded in Los Cabos lived up to every expectation and will play his fourth final of the year in search of his first title of the season. Medvedev defeated the Serbian, 7-6(0), 6- 1, who had to take the first set to a tie break after breaking the Russian’s serve on one occasion. The only previous meeting between these two had taken place in the last edition of Roland Garros, where the 22-year-old had already lost in straight sets.

As for the second set, the favorite only needed 28 minutes to settle the match, where he scored 12 aces “The most important factor is that I like these balls, I like the hard court. I think today’s match was of a high level. Tomorrow will be key to continue with this level. I have to improve regarding important points”. Felix was more aggressive with Norrie, “I had great preparation in France before coming here. I came here to see what is my real level, I’m happy to be in this position, to be in the final, I want to fight for the title, just positive feelings.”

“Since I came to Acapulco, Mexico has welcomed me, there are only positive things to say, it’s been great. I fell in love with Mexico right away. If I win tomorrow, I will fall in love more than a 100%” concluded in his press conference. The last US Open champion will face the defending champion of Los Cabos, Cameron Norrie, after the Briton defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime in three sets 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Despite six aces from the Canadian, in just 44 minutes Norrie won the first set and took advantage of the break he made to Auger-Aliassime with an impressive 94% effectiveness on his first service. For the second set he lost his serve in the second game and immediately broke the No. 9, but it was not enough against the Top 10’s best moment. In the third set Norrie showed that he is going through a much better moment this year and did not give in. The duel ended in 2 hrs. 20 minutes.

“Today he wanted to win more than usual. In the third set he had chances to break me but I managed to hold on. I’m proud of how I handled myself today, especially after losing the second set. I really enjoyed the atmosphere, very similar to the level in Acapulco. The crowd supported me at the end and helped me win the match. My progression this year has been constant, my level has improved,” said the British after his match, who continues to enjoy the great performance he´s been showing in Mexico, where he will be playing his third final