This year 2015, in Acapulco, Guerrero, the most prestigious tennis tournament in Latin America, the Mexican Open Telcel presented by HSBC lived it up with a successful ATP Hot Tour edition.
In its XXII edition, the second one played on hard court, the players disputed the title of Champion and a 1.2 million dollars prize from the Association of Tennis Professionals (male) and a 250,000 dollars prize from the Women Tennis Association. The ATP tour displayed an intense and exciting run to the podium. The favorite, Spaniard David Ferrer, played the final match against the Japanese Kei Nishikori, defeating him 6-3 and 7-5.
On the WTA, the winner was Swiss Timea Bacsinszky, who took the crown after defeating French Caroline Garcia (6-3 y 6-0). Some other remarkable figures, in the sport event were Russian Maria Sharapova, Italian Sara Errani, Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and South African Kevin Anderson.
International level infrastructure
With a vision to offer a unique event of international excellence, Mextenis stadium underwent heavy transformations, such as the Grand Stand, which opened more space for a greater number of attendants; making thus the stadium more appealing and amazing as an added value for the aficionados.
Javier Braun, Operations Director of Grupo Pegaso, pointed out: “Managing the tournament in order to keep it as the greatest in Latin America, so as to astonish its followers year and in year out, has been a titanic job accomplished by the people working in the contest. Leading a team as AMT is a motive of pride, because it has demonstrated that remarkable outcomes can be attained in Mexico.”
Telcel: 11 years in the passion for tennis
Proud supporter of the tournament, committed to the promotion and projection of the Mexican Open, Telcel offered the highest technology in mobile communication through the 4GLTE Telcel Network; with the greatest far-reaching coverage and the highest speed, through which the tournament attendants were able to navigate up to 20 megabits per second.
With this technology, the fans were able to share the best moments in their social Networks through the #AbiertoTelcel and #AMT2015 hashtags.
In the players’ party or “white pary” the fans spent time with their favorite tennis players and attended the autograph signing session of the Argentinean player Juan Martín del Potro, scheduled by Telcel, where 100 giant tennis balls with his signature were handed out through social networks dynamics and at the Telcel stand.
By 11 years accompanying the passion for sport and supporting national and domestic talented tennis players, Telcel has established itself as the AMT Network, driving and boosting this sport throughout the Continent.
- Champions AMT 2015: David Ferrer, ATP; Timea Bacsinszky, WTA; Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo in ATP Doubles; and Lara Arruabarrena and Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor in WTA Doubles.
- Thomas Muster was the first AMT Champion, David Ferrer with his triumph in 2015, matches him as the top winners with four.
Text: AMURA ± Photo: TELCEL