<p>Unseeded American Sam Querrey stunned second-seeded Rafael Nadal 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) on Saturday to win the ATP Mexico Open and end the Spaniard's run of perfection in Acapulco.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Querrey, ranked 40th in the world, fired 19 aces, backed up by powerful, precise groundstrokes, en route to his first career victory over Nadal in five meetings.<br />The Spaniard, the 2005 and 2013 champion, had never even lost a set in Acapulco.<br /><br />"I'm ecstatic," Querrey said. "To do it against Rafa makes it even a little sweeter."<br />Querrey captured his ninth ATP title in an impressive week that saw him beat four top-10 players -- Belgian David Goffin, Austrian Dominic Thiem, Australian Nick Kyrgios and sixth-ranked Nadal.<br /><br />He's projected to return to the top 30 in the world rankings on Monday.<br />Nadal, playing his first tournament since falling to Roger Federer in five sets in the Australian Open final, was denied his first hard court title since Doha in 2014.<br /><br />Querrey surrendered just four points on his serve in the opening set and he broke Nadal at love to seize a 5-3 advantage.<br /><br />He served it out comfortably, firing a forehand winner on his second set point after just half an hour.<br /><br />Nadal made more inroads in the second set, but couldn't convert any of his six break chances.<br /><br />That included five in the eighth game -- three of which Querrey neutralized with aces.<br />They went on serve to the tiebreaker, where Nadal faltered first.<br /><br />A brace of baseline errors from Nadal gave Querrey a 6-3 lead and a chance to serve for the title, with Nadal sending a forehand long on the American's first match point.<br />"He played very well, almost reaching perfection," Nadal said. <br /><br />Tsurenko wins title<br /><br />In the women’s section, Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko nabbed her third WTA Tour title Saturday, toppling second-seeded Kristina Mladenovic 6-1, 7-5 in the final.<br /><br />Tsurenko, the seventh seed who advanced when top-seeded Mirjana Lucic-Baroni retired from their semifinal with illness, got off to a hot start and held on to notch her fourth win over France's Mladenovic in five career meetings. Tsurenko has now won a title in each of the past three years.</p>
<p>Unseeded American Sam Querrey stunned second-seeded Rafael Nadal 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) on Saturday to win the ATP Mexico Open and end the Spaniard's run of perfection in Acapulco.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Querrey, ranked 40th in the world, fired 19 aces, backed up by powerful, precise groundstrokes, en route to his first career victory over Nadal in five meetings.<br />The Spaniard, the 2005 and 2013 champion, had never even lost a set in Acapulco.<br /><br />"I'm ecstatic," Querrey said. "To do it against Rafa makes it even a little sweeter."<br />Querrey captured his ninth ATP title in an impressive week that saw him beat four top-10 players -- Belgian David Goffin, Austrian Dominic Thiem, Australian Nick Kyrgios and sixth-ranked Nadal.<br /><br />He's projected to return to the top 30 in the world rankings on Monday.<br />Nadal, playing his first tournament since falling to Roger Federer in five sets in the Australian Open final, was denied his first hard court title since Doha in 2014.<br /><br />Querrey surrendered just four points on his serve in the opening set and he broke Nadal at love to seize a 5-3 advantage.<br /><br />He served it out comfortably, firing a forehand winner on his second set point after just half an hour.<br /><br />Nadal made more inroads in the second set, but couldn't convert any of his six break chances.<br /><br />That included five in the eighth game -- three of which Querrey neutralized with aces.<br />They went on serve to the tiebreaker, where Nadal faltered first.<br /><br />A brace of baseline errors from Nadal gave Querrey a 6-3 lead and a chance to serve for the title, with Nadal sending a forehand long on the American's first match point.<br />"He played very well, almost reaching perfection," Nadal said. <br /><br />Tsurenko wins title<br /><br />In the women’s section, Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko nabbed her third WTA Tour title Saturday, toppling second-seeded Kristina Mladenovic 6-1, 7-5 in the final.<br /><br />Tsurenko, the seventh seed who advanced when top-seeded Mirjana Lucic-Baroni retired from their semifinal with illness, got off to a hot start and held on to notch her fourth win over France's Mladenovic in five career meetings. Tsurenko has now won a title in each of the past three years.</p>