When he's not playing in Germany, as Alexander Zverev said last year, he feels something like a home advantage in Acapulco. Which may also be related to the fact that the memories of the victory at the ATP Tour 500 event there with Germany's number one were still relatively fresh. The aim is to defend the title from February 21, the competition in Mexico will be a lot more difficult than in Montpellier, where Zverev will be the favorite in the tournament next week.

For Acapulco, the two finalists of the Australian Open 2022, Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev , also named Stefanos Tsitsipas and Matteo Berrettini , the two players who failed in the first major of the year in the semi-finals. A terrific field is announced, which will be further enhanced by the participation of Grigor Dimitrov and Carlos Alcaraz.

Djokovic wants sixth title in Dubai

Traditionally, parallel to Acapulco, Dubai is played. And there is the return of Novak Djokovic . For known reasons, the world number one did not play a match after Serbia lost in the semifinals of the Davis Cup final competition in Madrid against Croatia. But he comes back to Dubai with the best memories: Djokovic has already won the title five times in the traditional 500.

However, it will not be easy for the man from Belgrade. In addition to defending champion Aslan Karatsev , four other top players will try their hand in Dubai: Jannik Sinner , Andrey Rublev and the two Canadians Denis Shapovalov and Félix Auger-Aliassime .