Spaniard

Rafael Nadal

, fourth seed, needed just 1 hour 16 minutes to defeat American

Denis Kudla

6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday in his debut at the Mexican Tennis Open in Acapulco.

Nadal

had a quiet start to the tournament;

he broke in the fourth game of the first set and in the third of the second, from which he kept at bay a rival who entered the main draw as a 'lucky loser' to replace his compatriot Rallue Opelka, and did not even have opportunities to break against

Rafa

won 96% of the points with the first service and took advantage of

Kudla

's unforced errors

to access the round of 16, a phase in which he will face the American Stefan Kozlov on Wednesday, who eliminated the Bulgarian

Grigor Dimitrov

, by 7-6, 5-7, 6-3.

The ATP 500 in Acapulco has been won by

Nadal

in 2005, 2013 and 2020;

If he conquers it this year, he will reach his compatriot David Ferrer and the Austrian Thomas Muster as the top winners of titles, with four each.

Shortly before the triumph of the manacorí, the Russian

Daniil Medvedev

, top seed, defeated the Frenchman

Benoit Paire

6-3, 6-4 and the Italian

Matteo Berrettini

left before the American Tommy Paul.

Medvedev

will face Spaniard Pablo Andújar in the round of 16, who won 6-0, 6-1 over Mexican

Alejandro Hernández

.

Berrettini

won the first set 6-4 against American Tommy Paul, but felt discomfort and retired trailing 1-5 in the second set.

In other results this Wednesday, the Japanese

Yoshihito Nishioka

beat the Spanish Feliciano López, 2-6, 6-0, 6-4, and the American Marcos Girón, 7-6, 2-0 against the Australian John Millman, retired .

This Wednesday, in the closing match on the central court, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas will face the Serbian Laslo Djere.

The Mexican Open, the 500th ATP tournament, takes place on a hard court, with a prize pool of 1,617,168 euros (1,832,890 dollars).

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