Carlos Alcaraz, second in the world ranking, will make his debut on Tuesday against the American Mackenzie McDonald in the first round of the Mexican Open tennis, tournament of category ATP 500.

Recovered from his injuries, the US Open champion won Buenos Aires last week and remains the favorite to win Rio, which, if achieved, will allow him to join Acapulco on a hot streak.

In the first round he will have a rival in 49th-place McDonald, who he beat last year in straight sets at the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati and Indian Wells.

The Open, which has been won 12 times by Spaniards, including four by Rafael Nadal and four others by David Ferrer, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, with four of the world’s top 10, the Norwegian Casper Ruud (4), the American Taylor Fritz (7) and Dane Holger Rune (10).

Ruud will start his run in the competition against a rival who will come from the qualifying tournament, Fritz will face his compatriot John Isner, 36th in the standings, and Rune will face the American Ben Shelton (42nd).

Among the most promising matches of the initial round are that of the Briton Cameron Norrie, 13th in the world, against the Frenchman Adrian Mannarino (62nd), that of the American Frenchman Tiafoe (15th) with the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (32nd) and that of the Canadian Dennis Shapovalov (27) against Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (30).

Spaniard Feliciano López, who reached No. 12 in the world in 2015, received a ‘wild card’ for his 41-year-old to compete in the Open shortly before retiring as a professional; He will start against the American Christopher Eubanks, number 102 of the racket world.

The Open, with a prize pool of $2,178,980, will be played on a hard court, days before the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells and Miami, the latter won by Alcaraz last year.

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