Ferdinand Verdasco129 in the world ranking, will debut against the Australian Thanasi Kokkinakisin one of the most attractive duels of the first day of the Los Cabos Tennis Open.
At the age of 38, Verdasco, a semifinalist at the 2009 Australian Open, is struggling to stay current on the ATP circuit, where he came in seventh. In his debut in Los Cabos he will have to show his best game against the talented Kokkinakis, finalist of the tournament in 2017, when he lost to the American Sam Querrey.
The draw held this Saturday confirmed that the four favorites of the tournament, category 250 of the ATP, will pass ‘bye’ the initial round, the Russian Daniil Medvedevone of the world, the Canadian Happy Auger-Also (9), the British Cameron Norrie (13) and Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (33).
The Spanish Feliciano Lopeza 40-year-old veteran who, like Verdasco, insists on scoring points on the circuit, will debut against the Moldovan Radu Albot, racket number 114 in the world, in another Hispanic duel at the start of the tournament, with a prize pool of $873,000.
The Los Cabos Open is one of the favorite 250 tournaments for players prior to the US Open tour because it takes place on a fast court, near the United States, one week before the Masters 1,000 in Montreal, Canada, and two prior to Cincinnati. .
Medvedev comes to the competition as the US Open champion, designated to be one of the protagonists of the fourth Grand Slam of the year.
The tournament was previously won by Ivo Karlovic (CRO-2016), Sam Querry (USA-2017), Fabio Fognini (ITA-2028), Diego Schwartzman (ARG-2019), and Cameron Norrie (GBR-2021).
