Rome, 25 February (LaPresse) – Flavio Cobolli and Mattia Bellucci have reached the round of 16 at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC, the ATP 500 hard court tournament at the GNP Seguros Arena in Acapulco, Mexico (prize money $2,469,450). Cobolli, world number 20 and semi-finalist at the ATP 250 in Delray Beach, defeated 20-year-old Mexican Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez (ATP 218), who entered the draw thanks to a wild card and reached the quarter-finals last year in Acapulco, 76(3) 76(3). He will now face Czech Dalibor Svrcina (123, no previous encounters) with the aim of reaching the quarter-finals of the tournament for the first time. Bellucci (ATP 110), who is participating in the Mexican ATP 500 for the first time, scored his first victory on the ATP circuit in 2026, beating Australian lucky loser Rinky Hijikata (115) 76(5) 63, who took the place of American Sebastian Korda (40), champion at Delray Beach. In the round of 16, he will face Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (14), the number 4 seed, who defeated him here a year ago in their only previous head-to-head match.