For the second consecutive year, Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares captured their first tour-level title of the season at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC in Acapulco. But this year, they have a couple of other milestones to celebrate as well. The third-seeded Murray/Soares overcame fourth-seeded Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan for the second time in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series (2-2), securing a late break to win the ATP World Tour 500-level title 7-6(4), 7-5. “The tournament is so difficult. A lot of great teams again coming this year... Just really happy to win, to be successful again,” Murray said. For the 32-year-old Murray, the win marks his 350th doubles match win and his 20th tour-level doubles title. He...
Kevin Anderson was playing some of the best tennis of his life. In only his fourth tournament of the year, the South African had already reached his third final of the season at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC in Acapulco. But none of that mattered to Juan Martin del Potro in Mexico on Saturday night. The 6'6” Argentine outplayed Anderson for the seventh time in a row in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series (7-0), beating Anderson 6-4, 6-4 to win the ATP World Tour 500 title, his biggest trophy since 2013 Swiss Indoors Basel (d. Federer). It's Del Potro's first title of 2018, and he had to fight through a wicked draw, including three Top 10 players, for...
Juan Martin del Potro shows off his hands against Kevin Anderson during the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC in Acapulco. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Watch as Juan Martin del Potro plays a tremendous drop shot in the middle of a rally against second seed Alexander Zverev at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC. Photo Credit: Mextenis. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Juan Martin del Potro notched his 10th win of the season to reach his second ATP World Tour final of 2018 at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC, defeating second seed Alexander Zverev 6-4, 6-2. The World No. 9 produced an impressive performance throughout the one-hour, 31-minute clash, breaking the German on three occasions to move one win away from his first ATP 500 title since the 2013 Swiss Indoors (d. Federer) and 21st ATP World Tour crown. In his past three matches, Del Potro has beaten four-time Acapulco champion David Ferrer, World No. 6 Dominic Thiem and now World No. 5 Zverev. "It is amazing for me," Del Potro said. "I have been playing good tennis this week,...
