There are 2 PTA 500 tournaments this coming week - one in Dubai and the other in Acapulco and here are the seedings of the Acapulco Tournament:-
1 Daniel Medvedev
2 Alexander Zverev
3 Stefanos Tsitsipas
4 Rafael Nadal
5 Matteo Berrettini
6 Cameron Norrie
7 Taylor Fritz
8 Pablo Carrero-Busta
ROUND 1
Upper Half of the Draw
1 Danill Medvedev vs Benoit Paire
Pablo Andujar-Alba vs Alex Hernandez
Feliciano Lopez vs Yoshihito Nishioka
7 Taylor Fritz vs Adrian Mannarino
4 Rafael Nadal vs Denis Kudla
Grigor Dimitrov vs Stefan Kozlov
Sebastian Korda vs Dusan Lajovic
Mateo Berrettini vs Tommy Paul
Bottom Half of the Draw
8 Pablo Carrero-Busta vs Oscar Otte
John Millman vs Marcos Giron
Lorenzo Sonego vs Jeffrey Wolf
3 Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Laslo Djere
6 Cameron Norrie vs Daniel Altmaier
John Isner vs Fernando Verdasco
Brandon Nakashima vs Peter Gojowczyk
2 Alexander Zverev vs Jenson Brooksby
Both Zverev and Tsitsipas is not the same players they were last year and they will have to pull up their socks if they want to survive in this series.
Please note that although Alcaraz was nominated to play in Acapulco he was withdrawn after his victory in Rio.
ROUND 2
Upper Half of the Draw
1 Danill Medvedev vs Pablo Andujar-Alba
7 Taylor Fritz vs Yoshihito Nishioka
4 Rafael Nadal vs Stefan Kozlov
Tommy Paul vs Dusan Lajovic
Bottom Half of the Draw
8 Pablo Carrero-Busta vs Marcos Giron
3 Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Jeffrey Wolf
6 Cameron Norrie vs John Isner
2 Alexander Zverev vs Peter Gojowczyk
Both Matteo Berrettini and John Millman retired because of injury and did not complete their matches. Ot looks like Berretini's injury is quite serious and he may be out of the nect three series,
Both Zverev and Tstsipas struggled in their Round 1 matches and one has to see how they go further. Nadal was very lucky, His first round opponent was supposed to be Opelka - but the latter wotdrew at the last minute and his first round was a lucky loser from the qualifications round and his second round opponent is a qualifier, His third Round opponent was supposed to be Berrettini - but the latter withdrew as a result of injury and now he is likely to face Tommy Paul.
QUARTERFINALS
Upper Half of the Draw
1 Danill Medvedev vs Yoshihito Nishioka
4 Rafael Nadal vs Tommy Paul
Bottom Half of the Draw
3 Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Marcos Giron
6 Cameron Norrie vs Peter Gojowczyk
The latest shock is the kicking out of Alexander Zverev resulting in a walkover. Apparenantly it is based on an alleged hitting out by Zverev on the umpire. What actually happened was that Zverev hit nobody - but the stellation on which the umpire sat. Tsitsipas won - but he played a shocker as well.
WILL BE UPDATED AS RESULTS OF ROUND 2 COME IN TOMMORROW.
SEMIFINALS
1 Danill Medvedev vs 4 Rafael Nadal
3 Stefanos Tsitsipas vs 6 Cameron Norrie ,
FINAL
4 Rafael Nadal vs 6 Cameron Norrie
In a near to real battle Nadal won a wonderful game - congratulations in that effort.
As expected Nadal won the tournament and the guy did well in the first two months of the year and deserve congratulations thus far this year, There are two TPA 1000 tournaments coming up in March - one at Indian Wells and the other in Miami and that would give Nadal an opportunity to shine. In this regard it seems that Djokovic will not taking part in those two tournaments.
Further news on the two tournaments will be supplied over the next two weeks. In the meantime there are Davis Cup elimination games played and Spain has to play. Not sure whether Nadal would take part in those games and I hope Alcazar is playing for Spain. .