ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Flavio Cobolli and Mattia Bellucci have passed the first round of the “Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentsdo por HSBC”, the Atp 500 tournament on the hard stage at the Arena GNP Seguros in Acapulco, Mexico (with total prize pool equal to 2.469.450 dollars).
The Roman Cobolli, number 20 of the world and fifth strength of the board, defeated for 7-6 (3) 7-6 (3) the 20-year-old Mexican Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez, 218 of the international ranking, in tabellone thanks to a wild card, able to reach the quarterfinals last year in Acapulco. He will now face the Czech Dalibor Svrcina (123 Atp).
The Lombard Bellucci, 110 of the world, scored the first victory in the international circuit of 2026, beating for 7-6 (5) 6-3 the Australian lucky loser Rinky Hijikata, number 115 of the Atp ranking, entered the tabellone instead of the American Sebastian Korda, fresh winner of the Delray Beach tournament. In the eighth final will address the Spanish Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, 14 of the international ranking and serial number 4 of seeding
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