Coria, Gaudio, Moya Head ATP Acapulco Clay Field

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.