ABIERTO MEXICANO TELCEL presented by HSBC: PREVIEW & DAY 1 MEDIA NOTES Monday, February 22, 2016 The Fairmont Acapulco Princess, Acapulco, Mexico | February 22 – February 27, 2016 Draw: S-32, D-16 | Prize Money: $1,551,830 | Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.abiertomexicanodetenis.com Edward La Cava:
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[email protected] facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/AbiertoMexicanoDeTenis Press Room: + 52 744 466 3899 ACAPULCO TALKING POINTS SPOTLIGHT ON MEXICO: One of the favourite destinations on the ATP World Tour is the Acapulco Princess Mundo Imperial, site of the 500 level Abierto Mexicano Telcel. The tournament made the switch from red clay to blue hard courts in 2014 and this year’s field features five Top 25 players, led by World No. 8 and reigning champion David Ferrer. The Spaniard’s title points from Rio last year dropped off. The others include: No. 6 Kei Nishikori, No. 12 Marin Cilic, No. 15 Dominic Thiem and No. 21 Bernard Tomic. Rounding out the seeds are: Ivo Karlovic, Jeremy Chardy and Steve Johnson. Ferrer is eyeing a fifth Acapulco title after earning a three-peat from 2010-'12. The other former winner in the field is Grigor Dimitrov (2014). DAY 1 PREVIEW: There are six singles matches scheduled on Monday: Mexican wild card Tigre Hank vs. Adrian Mannarino of France, Japanese / No. 2 seed Kei Nishikori vs. Dutch qualifier Thiemo de Bakker, Mexican wild card Lucas Gomez vs. Victor Estrella Burgos, Mexican wild card Luis Patino vs. Dutchman Robin Haase, American Donald Young vs.