Mexico City, January 30, 2024.- The Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC in its XXXI edition, to be played from February 26 to March 2 in Acapulco, will feature eleven players ranked in the Top 20 of the Pepperstone ATP Rankings and four of them are in the Top 10.
Germany's Alexander Zverev (No.6), Denmark's Holger Rune (No.7), American Taylor Fritz (No.9) and Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas (No.10) headline a list of top players who will be present at the Acapulco ATP 500.
This list is joined by Australian Alex de Miñaur (No. 11), current champion of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC, Norwegian Casper Ruud (No. 12), Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (No. 13) and Americans Frances Tiafoe (No. 14), Tommy Paul (No. 15) -finalist in the previous edition- and Ben Shelton (No. 16), as well as British Cameron Norrie (No. 19).
"We are very happy to have eleven tennis players in the tournament who are among the top 20 players in the world. It will be a great show and a challenge that we take on with great pleasure at Mextenis, having two competitions in consecutive weeks. Acapulco is the best stop players can make before the Indian Wells Masters 1000 and we thank all those who will visit our home in this year of solidarity to put on a great show," said Alvaro Falla, CEO of Mextenis.
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime (No. 30), winner of five titles on the ATP circuit (Florence, Rotterdam, Antwerp and twice in Basel) will also be part of the tournament's main draw.
Other players completing the list are American Christopher Eubanks (No. 32), Serbian Laslo Djere (No. 34), Italian Matteo Arnaldi (No. 38), Austrian Sebastian Ofner (No. 40) and Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (No. 41).
The cut off list of players closed at 48th in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, including Britain's Daniel Evans (No.42), Australians Max Purcell (No.43) and Jordan Thompson (No.44), Portugal's Nuno Borges (No.47) and American Mackenzie McDonald (No.48).
MEXTENIS
Mextenis, a Grupo Pegaso company, is the main promoter of the white sport in Mexico, supporting and promoting tennis from different perspectives, including the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC and the Abierto Mexicano Mifel, with the objective of raising the level of this sport, as well as positioning our country and its young talents in the performance of this discipline worldwide.
HSBC
Grupo Financiero HSBC is one of Mexico's leading financial and banking groups, with 974 branches, 5,610 ATMs and more than 16,000 employees. For more information, please visit our website at www.hsbc.com.mx.
TELCEL
Telcel is a Mexican company with more than 31 years of experience in wireless telecommunications in Mexico. Since 1989 it has been working with high standards of quality, attention and innovation, providing a complete and competitive experience in service, entertainment and productivity. Always at the forefront, it provides wireless voice and data connectivity in 2G (GSM/GPRS/EDGE), 3G (UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+), 4G (LTE) and 4.5G technologies. www.telcel.com
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