Tennis, ATP 500 Acapulco: Cobolli and Bellucci into the quarterfinals

Acapulco (Mexico), Feb. 26 (LaPresse) – The run of Flavio Cobolli and Mattia Bellucci continues, still in contention in the quarterfinals at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC, the ATP 500 played on hard courts at the Arena GNP Seguros in Acapulco, Mexico (prize money $2,469,450). Cobolli (world No. 20 ATP) and semifinalist at the ATP 250 in Delray Beach, defeated Czech Dalibor Svercina (123) 6-4 6-4. Bellucci (110), at his first appearance at the Mexican ATP 500, beat even more convincingly, 6-3 6-3, Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (14), the No. 4 seed, who had defeated him right here a year ago in their only previous head-to-head meeting, after saving four match points. For Cobolli, who will face China’s Wu Yibing (142) for the first time, it will be his first quarterfinal in a tournament above the 250 category since Wimbledon 2025, when he reached the last eight of a Slam for the first time. Bellucci, meanwhile, will take on American Frances Tiafoe, the No. 8 seed. The left-hander from Busto Arsizio, according to the live ATP rankings projections, thanks to the result already achieved is currently back in the Top 100.