Mexican Open Final Recap
The Mexican Open, one of three ATP Tour tennis events last week, concluded on Saturday with the final between Alex de Minaur and Casper Ruud. The ATP 500 tournament had a relatively deep field with eight of the top-15 players in the world, including tennis picks such as Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, and Frances Tiafoe.
While the draw didn’t go exactly as expected, tennis fans were left with a quality final match-up between de Minaur, the defending champion, and Ruud, who was in search of his first ATP Tour title of the season. Let’s take a look back at the Mexican Open final recap, which leaves us with some surprises around the tournament scores and odds.
De Minaur Defends Title
De Minaur, the third seed in the tournament, became the first player to successfully defend his title at the Mexican Open since David Ferrer in 2012. Alex De Minaur beat Tommy Paul in three sets in the 2023 final and had a dominant showing this year. The 25-year-old Aussie began the tournament with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Taro Daniel before beating Sebastian Ofner 6-1, 6-3 in the second round. He had tougher matches in the quarter- and semi-finals, respectively, beating Tsitsipas and Jack Draper in three sets.
He overcame a one-set deficit to beat Tsitsipas 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 and followed that up with a 6-3, 6-2, 4-0 victory over Draper, who was forced to retire from the match. De Minaur beat Ruud 6-4, 6-4 in the final. His tennis for the Mexican Open final recap included three aces, winning 67 percent of points on first serve and 74 percent of points on second serve. He won 3-of-4 breakpoint opportunities.
De Minaur came into the Mexican Open final recap as the ninth-ranked player in the world and won his eighth career ATP Tour title. He reached the final of the ABN AMRO Open earlier in February and is having one of the best starts to his career in 2024.
Strong Showing from Jack Draper
Before his retirement in the semi-final match against de Minaur, Draper was demonstrating the best tennis of his career.Draper has never won on the ATP Tour and was within one set of reaching his first ATP 500 final. The world No. 50 didn’t lose a set in his first three matches, beating Tommy Paul 6-0, 6-4, Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3, 6-0, and Miomir Kecmanovic 6-2, 6-2.
“Even though I dropped that second set, I knew he was hurting from then and I just told myself to bring up the intensity, try and get a head start in the third set, and make it a little bit harder for him”, De Minaur said after the match of Draper’s injury.
Rune Reunited with Former Coach
Holger Rune had a disappointing showing in the Australian Open but has been playing much better since reuniting with his former coach Patrick Mouratoglou. Despite losing to Ruud in the semi-finals of the Mexican Tennis Open results, he won his first three matches without dropping a set, beating Michael Mmoh, Aleksander Kovacevic, and Dominik Koepfer.
Early Upsets
Several players, including many top seeds, had a disappointing week at the Arena GNP Seguros for the Mexican Open. Zverev, the top seed in the tournament, lost in the first round to fellow German Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Taylor Fritz, the fourth seed, also lost in the first round. Italian Matteo Arnaldi beat Fritz 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Americans Tommy Paul and Tiafoe lost in the first and second rounds, respectively.
Tsitsipas, the fifth seed, reached the quarterfinals. Ben Shelton, who was unseeded, had another decent showing, reaching the quarter-finals before losing to Ruud in three sets.
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