Acapulco (Mexico) (AFP)

Eliminated in the first round of the tournament in Delray Beach, Florida, last week, Adrian Mannarino, 42nd at ATP, this time successfully entered the Acapulco tournament by dominating the Briton Cameron Norrie (58th) on Monday 2 -6, 6-3, 6-3.

Mannarino saved half the break points against him (6/12) and converted the majority of those he obtained (7/9). In the next round, he will challenge the winner of the match between the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (22nd), ex-world No. 3, and the Bosnian Damir Dzumhur (109th).

The only other French driver to join Acapulco, Ugo Humbert (43rd) will have a tough time facing Australian Nick Kyrgios (23rd), who holds the title.

The seeded N.3 seed, the Swiss Stan Wawrinka had to work to overcome the American Frances Tiafoe 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/1) in 2:45 of play.

"Part of the key to my victory was my service", analyzed the Swiss who passed 35 aces and saved the 9 break points against him.

Seed number 1 Rafael Nadal (2nd) will enter the tournament on Tuesday to give his first racket shots since being eliminated in the quarterfinals by Dominic Thiem at the Australian Open in late January.

He will open his Mexican campaign against his compatriot Pablo Andujar (54th).

"We know each other well, we have been playing together since the age of 13 or 14, he is a good friend," said Nadal, who says he is "impatient" to play but remains cautious - "the first games are always complicated ".

Early reunion with Nick Kyrgios, who had beaten him last year in the second round after a stormy match, is excluded since the two players were versed in different halves of the table. In 2019, at the end of their duel, Nadal had estimated that Kyrgios had "disrespected him".

"Last year, I lost a close match that I should have won, but it is part of our sport and I do not have a bad memory of it. I never had a feeling of revenge because it does not help you win games, on the contrary, it prevents you from thinking clearly, "he said on Monday.

In the lower part of the table, that of Kyrgios, the seeded N.2, the German Alexander Zverev (7th) begins his tournament against a qualified, the Taiwanese Jason Jung (119th).

Results of matches of the 1st day of the Acapulco tournament, played on Monday:

Men's singles (1st round):

Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) beats Alex De Minaur (AUS) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3

Stan Wawrinka (SUI / N.3) beats Frances Tiafoe (USA) 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/1)

Adrian Mannarino (FRA) defeats Cameron Norrie (GBR) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3

Marcos Giron (USA) beats Gerardo López (MEX) 6-4, 7-6 (7/3)

Tommy Paul (USA) defeats Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-4

Kyle Edmund (GBR) beats Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 6-4, 6-1

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