Three players who have reached the French Open final or raised the trophy head the claycourt field this week in Acapulco in favorites
Guillermo Coria,
Gaston Gaudio and
Carlos Moya.
Other seeds in Acapulco are Italian
Filippo Volandri, Argentines
Jose Acasuso and
Juan Ignacio Chela, Frenchman
Florent Serra and last week's Costa Do Sauipe winner
Nicolas Massu.
Opening-round matches of interest are (7) Chela vs. countryman
Juan Monaco, (4) Volandri vs. Costa Do Sauipe runner-up Al Martin, and (8) Massu vs. Argentine riser
Carlos Berlocq.
In last year's final
Rafael Nadal, only seeded No. 8 as he was yet to make his 11-tournament-title explosion in 2005, steamrolled Spaniard Al Montanes 6-1, 6-0 for his first title of the year.
On court Monday are (Q) Portas vs. (2) Gaudio, (3) Moya vs. (WC) Gallardo Valles, (6) Serra vs. (Q) Marin, Montanes vs. (WC) Del Potro, and Starace vs. Sabau, Behrend vs. Vanek, and K.Kim vs. Daniel.
