Machac wins the ACAPULCO final: Davidovich Fokina beaten

Tomas Machac takes Forza Acapulco and wins the first ATP title of his career to his second final (after Geneva). Machac played a great match on Mexican cement, beating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the final with a score of 7-6 (6) 6-2 in an hour and 38 minutes of play. A final that in fact lasted only a set, the first, finished at the tie-break, where the Czech had to cancel a set point to the Spaniard. Little story in the second: after a break ball not exploited by Davidovich Fokina, Machac took flight, winning the last four games and finally raising the winner’s cup. The 24 -year -old originally from Beroun really played a great match, especially at the service, where he literally dominated, with 11 ACE at 95% points with the first (37 points won out of 39).

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Machac, who will be the fourth ATP champion born after 2000 for the first time in Top 20 (after Jannik Sinner, Carlo Alcaraz and Felix Auger Aliassime) and the first Czech to win Acapulco from Jiri Novak in 1998, the third of his country to win an ATP 500 (type that has existed since 2009) after Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek. Up to Acapulco, Machac was the highest player in the standings to have never managed to win an ATP tournament: curse finally dispelled. For Davidovich Fokina, however, the appointment postponed: three finals played, three lost finals.

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“The emotions at this moment are only of relief, because it was a hard week. Especially when I am in this form, I don’t like to lose in the final,” said Machac, winner in the last season of the gold medal at the Olympics in the Mixed Double. A difficult match for the Czech tennis player, who found the key in the service to turn the match: “I am really happy to have been able to win today because Alejandro was really playing, really well. It was a tough battle. I was using really well. I think without the service today, I don’t think that I don’t think [sarebbero stati] Two sets “.