After an exciting game, defeating Taylor Fritz (USA) 7-6 (6) and 6-3, Argentine Diego Schwartzman proclaimed himself ATP champion Los Cabos 2019, being the first Latin American to do so.

The native of Buenos Aires who since his arrival in Baja California Sur, conquered the heart of the public that welcomed him as there great favorite, did not disappoint and won his first title of the year take revenge of the defeat suffered before Fritz during the Masters 1000 in Monte Carlo.

“It is spectacular to have the title, very important tournaments come, it’s the last 250 I play in the year, the last one that comes on my calendar, as of now there are 500 or 1000 Masters and a Grand Slam. So it is very important to achieve this title, to have the necessary confidence to know that I am doing things well on the court, that I am physically well, because to advance in the next tournaments, I will have to play against the best in the world, and this title helps all that. ”

On the other hand, the 21-year-old from the USA suffered his second consecutive defeat in a final after losing last week in Atlanta to Australian Alex de Minaur.

“This final and last week's final definitely helped my qualification, but winning this tournament would have helped to advance even more, so I'm really disappointed.

I made mistakes that I wouldn't normally make and then I tried to fight back and just wasn't playing well. I had opportunities in the first and did not take advantage of them. Absolutely, I want to return next year, I love this tournament a lot, it means a lot to me, that's why I'm much more upset and disappointed than usual. But I will always return to the tournament, because I love it here.” said Fritz, who started this tournament as 28th in the world.

Schwartzman, who is about to turn 27 years old, received a champions check of $ 131,430 and 250 points for the ATP world ranking.

Translation by Tony Perez Dillon

The Tourism Trust of Los Cabos (FITURCA) and the National Chamber of the Restaurant of Food and Spiced Food (Canirac) signed a collaboration agreement in favor of the tourist promotion of Los Cabos at international and national level.

This agreement establishes the bases of collaboration between both organizations to attract more tourists to the destination and generate greater economic development in Los Cabos, all this without compromising the use of additional resources and as a first step to incorporate affiliated restaurants in the private trust of Promotion, recently created.

The agreement considers the support and participation of CANIRAC members, offering tastings in the most important promotional events of the destination and the opportunity to offer complimentary dining experiences for press travel assistants, travel agents and tour operators in restaurants affiliated with CANIRAC, among others. For its part, FITURCA will open spaces in promotional work to recognize the cuisine of Los Cabos and restaurants that are part of the experience of tourists visit the destination.

In this regard, Rodrigo Esponda, General Director of FITURCA mentioned that “gastronomy has become a very important differentiator in Los Cabos, about 70% of visitors go out to enjoy a restaurant in the city for at least 1 night during their stay , therefore the importance of this agreement between FITURCA and CANIRAC ”.

For his part, Gustavo Laborde, President of CANIRAC expressed the following: “We know the importance of gastronomy in the destination, which is why all members affiliated with CANIRAC are committed to this agreement that, the more relationships, negotiations and alliances generated for tourism, more economic resources will be allocated to help the less favored through events and festivals. ”

With this agreement, the efforts of FITURCA and CANIRAC are aligned on the same objective, that of attracting a greater number of tourists to grow the economic spill in Los Cabos.

Argentina took the first blow at the Mifel Tennis Open, presented by Cinemex, with an exciting victory of its partner made up of Guido Pella and Diego Schwartzman, over the pair of the Mexican Gerardo López Villaseñor and the British Cameron Norrie, in a duel corresponding to the First round held at the Hot Grandstand.

The albiceleste players, seconds of planting, prevailed in the super tiebreak of the third set; the final partials were 6-1, 4-6 and 10-6, with which they advance to the second round, where they expect rival that will leave the match between Australians Max Purcell and Luke Saville, against the Monegasque Romain Arneodo and Hugo Nys.

Pella and Schwartzman started a swinging drum and broke their rivals' service three times to take the first set. However, came the reaction of López Villaseñor and Norrie who encouraged by the public managed to win the second set, to send the game to the definition, where the Argentines showed their highest quality to win the game.

In another doubles duel, the French Lucas Pouille and Gregoire Barrere, qualified for the second round, with a comfortable victory in just over an hour, with a 6-3 double over the Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Purav Raja Indians.

With great expectation, the fourth edition of the ATP Los Cabos 2019 began at the facilities of the Colegio del Mar.

From July 29 to August 3, there will be great white sport figures:

"They are all in the best ranking of their career. They have had a great year, winning tournaments, and we have realized that today many people from South America are coming, and we are bringing the best tennis players in that region. In addition to Fognini , which is number 10 in the world and that gives the tournament a plus, ”said tournament director José Antonio Fernández.

This is the fifth most important tournament in the serial, as it delivers a bag of approximately 800 thousand dollars.

The Italian Fabio Fongnini will be the defending champion of this tournament.

During the week that the ATP lasts, it seeks to gather 25 thousand spectators.