“In the first term we will have Carlos Alcaraz, whom we already had in 2021 when we gave him a wild cardthen he was 17 years old, today he is number 1 in the world,” announced Raúl Zurutuza, general director of the tournament, on Tuesday at a press conference.
“The second player is Casper Ruud, just a few days ago he played the US Open final against Alcaraz, and we closed with a friend from home who is Stefanos Tsitsipas. We have three very important players and others will be added“, added Zurutuza.
The full 2023 Mexican Open player roster is scheduled to be released in January.
The first edition of Mexican Tennis Open It was held in 1993 in Mexico City and since 2001 it has been held in Acapulco.
Of the 29 previous editions (the one in 1999 was not held), 13 have been won by Spanish tennis players: Francisco Clavet (1997), Carlos Moyá (2002, 2004), Rafael Nadal (2005, 2013, 2020, 2002), Nicolás Almagro (2008, 2009) and David Ferrer (2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015).
about the possible presence in 2023 of Rafa Nadal (2), defending champion and one of the top winners of the contest, Zurutuza commented that negotiations are under way: “we are there, walking, we are going to see what happens”.