Acapulco's Estadio Mextenis Completing Conversion Of Surface From Clay To Asphalt

The Estadio Mextenis in Acapulco "has completely changed," according to Juan Pablo Sánchez of LA AFICION. In '13, Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer competed on the venue's clay courts, "but today the new asphalt court is awaiting its final layer to complete the transformation into a hard surface." This "has met the wishes of the organizers." Four months of work "have concluded with a distinct tone for the new era of the Mexican Open." Mexican Open Dir Raúl Zurutuza said, "This change began at the end of November. It is a change we had been looking for for five years. In fact, the four tournaments of the Latin American tour tried to change to a hard court, but the ATP Player Council did not allow it, saying that they needed to take care of clay courts" (LA AFICION, 1/27).