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Playing a masterful game with his intractable left foot, the Spanish tennis player, Rafael Nadal, was proclaimed champion of the Mexican Open for the fourth time in his career after beating the inspired British, Cameron Norrie, by double 6-4 in just under two hours. The Iberian racket, stepped firmly during his stay in the port and was crowned without giving up a partial in the entire contest.
The embarrassment, the shouting, the atmosphere that existed in Acapulco were one of the important ingredients in the match, and with just over 10,000 people in the GNP Seguros Arena, Rafa showed one of his best games in the 2022 season, having almost 95 percent of the points won on his first serve.
The Acapulqueño title, better known as the “silver guaje” becomes the third cup in the windows of the Majorcan of the current campaign, after winning the Melbourne 250 and the Australian Open in just under two months, an achievement that has only got Andre Agassi and Roger Federer.
The wide repertoire of the Iberian, deprived the current Indian Wells champion of having an immediate response and without having opportunities to deploy his two-handed backhand, it was difficult for him throughout the match to find a certain parity.
Nadal, the top winner of Grand Slam tournaments, won his 91st ATP title and extended his enviable streak on hard courts; his win against Norrie was his 506th career glory on that surface. The five in the world began to write his magical story in Acapulco in 2005, when he defeated Álbert Montañés, later in 2013 he defeated his compatriot, David Ferrer, so that in 2020 he would get rid of Taylor Fritz in an exciting final.
It should be noted that of the last 24 finals played by Rafael Nadal, he won 24 with 11 in a row. The only ones in which he failed to lift the trophy in that period were the Australian Open and the 2017 Shanghai Masters 1000.
Finally, the man from Manaco recognized that he values the finals won at 35 years of age much more than when he was young and stressed that he is physically 100 percent.
“Victories are valued much more now than when you are an 18-year-old boy. It has not been one of my best games but I have played professionally. Finals are for winning. I haven’t lost a set in the entire tournament and the two more or less long matches have made me feel good physically. Now, I have two weeks before Indian Wells.”
-Said the reigning champion of the Acapulco Mexican Open.
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