Unseeded Querrey shocks Rafael Nadal 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) to clinch crown
American Sam Querrey poses with the trophy after beating Spain's Rafael Nadal in the Mexico Open final on Saturday. Pic/AFP
Acapulco (Mexico): Unseeded American Sam Querrey stunned second-seeded Rafael Nadal 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) on Saturday to win the ATP Mexico Open and end the Spaniard's run of perfection in Acapulco.
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Querrey, ranked 40th in the world, fired 19 aces, backed up by powerful, precise groundstrokes, en route to his first career victory over Nadal in five meetings. The Spaniard, the 2005 and 2013 champion, had never even lost a set in Acapulco.
"I'm ecstatic," Querrey said. "To do it against Rafa makes it even a little sweeter." Querrey captured his ninth ATP title in an impressive week that saw him beat four Top-10 players — Belgian David Goffin, Austrian Dominic Thiem, Australian Nick Kyrgios and sixth-ranked Nadal.
He's projected to return to the Top-30 in the world rankings today. "It's definitely a tournament that I'm going to remember for the rest of my life," Querrey said.
"It's just one of those weeks where I got in the zone and everything was working for me. I hope I can have more like this," Sam added.
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