Nadal debuts against Andújar and would not see Kyrgios until the final

The draw for the males's workforce of the Mexican Open Telcel, which takes place between tomorrow and subsequent Sunday in Acapulco, led to a Spanish duel between Rafa Nadal and Pablo Andújar, which is able to play on Tuesday. The Balearic returns to the competitors and is aware of that he’ll not must see Nick Kyrgios, his executioner final yr, until a hypothetical final. On their method to that final sport would be, by rating, De Miñaur, Lajovic and Wawrinka.

In the ATP 500 that Nadal received twice (2009 and 2013) there may very well be a brand new turnaround in the classification, however the Spanish does not depend upon itself, because it must raise the title and that Novak Djokovic, present primary, does not advance a lot in Dubai. Rafa and Andújar have met 3 times, all with victory of the winner of 19 Grand Slams, and they’ve not been seen since the semifinals of Rio de Janeiro in 2014. Will probably be their first exhausting observe duel.

Two different Spaniards will likely be in the Acapulco field: Pedro Martínez, quarterfinalist in Rio to be measured with Moldovan Radu Albot on the aspect of Nadal, and Feliciano Lopez, who will face the recovered British, current winner in New York, Kyle Edmund.