Zverev Gets #NextGenATP Alcaraz In Acapulco Opener
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev are the top two seeds at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC, and they’ve both been handed big challenges straight out of the gate at the ATP 500 event.
#NextGenATP player Carlos Alcaraz will be Alexander Zverev’s first-round opponent. The 17-year-old Spaniard, who qualified for the Australian Open and reached the second round, is the youngest player in the Top 200 of the FedEx ATP Rankings. Fourth seed Milos Raonic and sixth seed Fabio Fognini have also landed in Zverev’s half of the draw.
Top seed Tsitsipas arrives in Acapulco looking for his first title of the year, but he’ll have to go through a section full of firepower if he hopes to advance. In addition to playing Benoit Paire in the first round, should Tsitsipas advance he could be facing big-servers John Isner and seventh seed Felix Auger-Aliassime quarter-finals, respectively.
Third seed Diego Schwartzman and fifth seed Grigor Dimitrov, who won here in 2014, also anchors Tsitsipas’ half of the draw. Wild card Sebastian Korda, who takes on Marin Cilic in the opening round, is another #NextGenATP player in the mix in Acapulco.