Acapulco
Kecmanovic shocks Zverev in Acapulco: ‘I didn’t have any stress’
Serbian survives after two hours and 35 minutes
February 26, 2026
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Miomir Kecmanovic stuns Alexander Zverev in a third-set tie-break in Acapulco.
By ATP Staff
Miomir Kecmanovic earned the primary Top 5 win of his profession Wednesday when he upset World No. 4 Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-7(3), 7-6(4) on the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC.
The 26-year-old entered the match 0-11 towards Top 5 gamers in the PIF ATP Rankings, but discovered a few of his finest tennis towards the 2021 champion to succeed in the quarter-finals.
“It feels amazing, especially because it’s been a rough couple of years,” stated Kecmanovic, the No. 84 participant in the PIF ATP Rankings. “So I’m happy that some things are going my way finally.”
Kecmanovic struck his backhand confidently and took benefit of Zverev’s deep return positioning, opening the courtroom and holding his floor towards the German’s often dependable two-handed backhand. Zverev completed with 17 backhand unforced errors, in comparison with Kecmanovic’s six.
“I guess I was more aggressive when it mattered. I served a lot better than my usual standards, so I’m happy that things went well today,” Kecmanovic stated. “Obviously he’s the big favourite, so I didn’t have any pressure there, but you still have to play well when it matters, close out the match and thankfully it went my way.”
The Serbian improved to 2-2 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head sequence with the 24-time tour-level titlist. Into the final eight on the hard-court ATP 500, Kecmanovic will face French lefty Terence Atmane for the primary time. Atmane overcame wild card Rafael Jodar 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.
In different motion, fifth seed Flavio Cobolli downed Dalibor Svrcina 6-4, 6-4. Cobolli received 86 per cent (37/43) of his first-serve factors and saved all six break factors he confronted, based on Infosys ATP Stats. Cobolli will subsequent meet China’s Wu Yibing, who overcame Japan’s Sho Shimabukuro 6-3, 7-6(4).
American Brandon Nakashima ousted countryman Patrick Kypson 6-4, 6-4 to earn his a hundredth tour-level hard-court win. Kypson upset second seed Alex de Minaur in a deciding-set tie-break in the earlier spherical.
