ATP 500 Dubai, Acapulco 2/27 - 3/4 2023

[Ainsley]

The little boy who did the coin toss and photo with John Isner and Taylor Fritz barely came up to John Isner's waist.

[Deuce]

The little boy who did the coin toss and photo with John Isner and Taylor Fritz barely came up to John Isner's waist.

I thought Diego was playing in Chile this week...

[Ainsley]

The little boy who did the coin toss and photo with John Isner and Taylor Fritz barely came up to John Isner's waist.

I thought Diego was playing in Chile this week...

LMAO

[ti-amie]

Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Day 4 Acapulco

Estadio Starts At 6:00 Pm

Matteo Berrettini VS Alex Molcan
Followed By
(1) Carlos Alcaraz VS Mackenzie McDonald
Not Before 9:00 Pm
(8) Alex de Minaur VS (WC) Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

Grandstand Starts At 6:00 Pm

(5) Cameron Norrie VS Adrian Mannarino
Followed By
Daniel Altmaier VS Brandon Nakashima
Followed By
(1) Wesley Koolhof/Neal Skupski VS (WC) Hans Hach Verdugo/Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela

Cancha 1 Starts At 6:00 Pm

Nuno Borges VS (Q) Nick Chappell
Followed By
(Q) Jacopo Berrettini VS Oscar Otte
Not Before 9:00 Pm / After Suitable Rest
(WC) Jacopo Berrettini/Matteo Berrettini VS Sadio Doumbia/Fabien Reboul

Cancha 2 Starts At 6:00 Pm

(3) Jamie Murray/Michael Venus VS Alexander Erler/Lucas Miedler
Followed By
Andre Goransson/Ben McLachlan VS (Q) Guido Andreozzi/Guillermo Duran
Followed By
Rafael Matos/David Vega Hernandez VS (2) Marcelo Arevalo/Jean-Julien Rojer

[ti-amie]

Shelton took a very tight first set from Rune 7-6(7) in Acapulco. He was down a break at one point but it didn't seem to faze him.

[Deuce]

Shapovalov got off to a very quick start over Kecmanovic - 3-0 and 4-1 - he was hitting everything... then he blew the set, as he often does, losing it in a tiebreak.
Then he won the 2nd set at love.
The 3rd set was pretty even until Denis got a very late break to win it 7-5.

[Ainsley]

Taylor Fritz battles in a 3 setter with John Isner and pulls it out. He was also battling a knee injury which in the post match on court interview he said he has been dealing with it since he was 18 years old.

[ti-amie]

There were so many props being given to Machac by Tennis Twitterers I thought he won the match.

[ti-amie]

[ti-amie]

I haven't seen a definite post about who the LL's are.

[Ainsley]

They sure did wait til the last minute for that.

[ponchi101]

Got to the beach, sat under a coconut tree, got the first Margarita. Looked at each other:
"Not playing tonight. You?"

[ti-amie]

[Deuce]

They sure did wait til the last minute for that.

Yeah - and, as a result, the tournament sold 8000 more tickets.
It is very, very likely that both Alcaraz and Norrie had decided WEEKS ago that if they reach the Semis or the Final of Rio, they would not be going to Acapulco.
Chances are that the Acapulco tournament organizers also knew this.
But, for the sake of deliberate deception and more money, everyone kept quiet about it.

[ti-amie]