Something had to give in the Acapulco final between Rafael Nadal and Cameron Norrie, each man entering with a variety of personal win streaks on the line.
In hot and humid conditions, Nadal didn't give an inch in a 6-4, 6-4 victory. The Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC title is the 91st of Nadal's storied career, and his fourth in Acapulco.
The result brings a winning conclusion to the latest chapter of the 35-year-old's comeback from a left foot injury that sidelined him for the last five months of 2021. It's a story that Nadal himself feared would never be written, such was the discomfort caused by an injury he says cannot be fixed, but only managed.