MOSCOW, February 27 Spaniard Rafael Nadal defeated Briton Cameron Norrie in the tennis final tournament in Mexican Acapulco, the prize fund of which was more than 1.6 million dollars. The meeting ended with a score of 6:4, 6:4 in favor of the fourth seeded Spaniard. Norrie was the sixth seed. In the semi-finals, Nadal defeated Russian Daniil Medvedev. The victory in Mexico was Nadal's 91st singles tournament under the auspices of the Association of Tennis Professionals. According to this indicator, Nadal is ranked fourth among men in the Open Era (since 1968). Above Nadal are American Jimmy Connors (109), Swiss Roger Federer (103), representing Czechoslovakia and the United States Ivan Lendl (94). Serbian Novak Djokovic has 86 wins. In the current season, the 35-year-old Nadal won 15 wins in a row (the Spaniard did not play another match due to the absence of an opponent) and won three titles, including the first Grand Slam tournament of the season — the Australian Open, in the final of which he won against Medvedev. The last time Nadal lost was on August 6, 2021 — then in the third round of the tournament in Washington, he lost to the South African Lloyd Harris. The Spaniard missed the end of last season due to injury.
