Anderson to play del Porto in Mexico Open tennis final

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Patna : Number 2 seed Kevin Anderson, 31, South Africa,  will play Number 6 seed Juan Martin del Porto, 29, Argentina, in the final of Mexico Open Tennis Championship, an ATP 500 event, at Acapulco, on March 4, 2018. This Anderson’s third final in 2018.

Anderson, the World Number 8 in the ATP rankings and Number 5 seed, defeated World Number 59 Jared Donaldson, 21, US, in a tough three-set encounter 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in the semi-finals. del Porto, the World Number 9 in ATP rankings, beat World Number 5 and Number 2 seed Alexander Zverev, 20, Germany, 6-4, 6-2, to enter the final.