ACAPULCO (MEXICO) (ITALPRESS) – Mexico and clouds…gray for Italtennis. After Flavio Cobolli, two more Azzurri go straight out of the running at the “Abierto Mexicano Telcel,” an Atp 500 with a prize pool of $2,585,410 that is being played on the concrete in Acapulco, Mexico. Mattia Arnaldi, No. 33 Atp, played evenly with Alexander Zverev for two hours and 44 minutes but, despite a better performance on serve with the second and in response against the second, ended up surrendering 6-7(2) 6-3 6-4 to the German, world No. 2 and the top seed, who has won nine out of 10 matches on hard court this year, with the sole exception of the Australian Open final against Jannik Sinner. Mattia Bellucci was also beaten in three sets. The 23-year-old from Busto Arsizio, repechaged as a lucky loser, dominated the first partial but suffered a comeback by Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina who won 1-6 7-6(6) 6-2. More than a few regrets remain for the four match points not taken advantage of in the tie-break of the second set, in which Bellucci was ahead 6-2.Not a great start to the season for Elisabetta Cocciaretto, already eliminated in the “Merida Open Akron,” $1,064,510 Wta 500) being played on the concrete courts of the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan. The 24-year-old from Fermo, number 71 Wta, was defeated 6-4 6-0, in an hour and 23 minutes of play, by Poland’s Magda Linette, number 37 in the rankings. For the Marche player, it is the fourth first-round defeat in the five tournaments played in this early 2025. The only exception was Cluj-Napoca, where she surrendered in the quarters to Lucia Bronzetti.- photo Ipa Agency -(ITALPRESS).
