the moments that made the tournament historic

Karen Moran

The Mexican Tennis Open one more edition concluded, but like every year, it left us unforgettable moments that will go down in the history of the tournament and also of the ATP. In six days of intense activity we went through the inauguration of the stadium, the longest day in the history of the ATP and even an expulsion.

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NEW AND SPECTACULAR HOUSE

The largest tennis stadium in Latin America finally received its first guests. The Arena GNP opened its doors every day to more than 10,000 fans eager to enjoy the best tennis in the world.

The new venue showed that it is functional, accessible and although the first day it was chaotic to be able to access it for the Covid-19 tests, as the days went by the protocols were improved. Neither tennis players nor fans had any complaints about the new property.

MARATHON DAY

The first day of activities was marked by more than nine hours of play that took place in the Arena GNP. All matches lasted more than three hours and the record for the longest match in Open history was also broken twice.

The first to play were John Isner and Fernando Verdasco, the duel was for the North American after 3 hours and 13 minutes of play. then they came Stefan Koslov and Grigor Dimitrov to rally on the track for 3 hours and 21 minutes and finally Zverev vs Brooksby, it took the German 3 hours and 20 to advance to the next round. That day the fans left just a few minutes before 5 am on Tuesday.

THE EXPULSION OF ZVEREV

In their doubles duel, Alexander Zverev he lost his head in a marking that he considered was unfair, when he lost, his anger was so great that he threw himself with rackets against the chair umpire. The action earned him expulsion from the tournament and also a fine of 40 thousand dollars by the ATP.

TWO JUDGES IN THE FINAL

For the first time in the history of the ATP, two judges were in charge of refereeing the games of the finals, both in singles and doubles.

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NEW TOP WINNER

Rafael Nadal He added his fourth title in Acapulco by defeating Cameron Norrie, making him one of the top winners along with David Ferrer and Thomas Muster.

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