<figure id="attachment_3291392" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3291392" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3291392" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/a6f23896-13783392_cropped_1.webp" alt="" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3291392" class="wp-caption-text">Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia returns a ball to Alexander Zverev of Germany at the Mexican Open in Acapulco. (EPA Images pic)</figcaption></figure>
ACAPULCO: Top-seeded Alexander Zverev crashed out of the ATP Acapulco Open on Wednesday, losing in three sets to unseeded Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic who claimed his first career win over a top-five player.
Kecmanovic, ranked 84th in the world, triumphed 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/4) over world number four Zverev, who was playing his first tournament since an epic semi-final defeat to eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz at the Australian Open.
Kecmanovic, 25, had come up empty in 11 prior career matches against top-five players.
He cruised through the opening set, before Zverev clawed his way back into the match, finally sealing the victory after two hours and 35 minutes.
&#8220;It feels amazing,&#8221; said Kecmanovic, who was aided by 17 unforced backhand errors from the German.
&#8220;Obviously he&#8217;s the big favorite, so I didn&#8217;t have any pressure there, but you still have to play well when it matters, close out the match and thankfully it went my way,&#8221; he added.
With Zverev’s defeat, the 500 level hardcourt tournament has now lost its top four seeds.
Second-seeded Australian Alex de Minaur was eliminated on Monday, third-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway lost on Tuesday.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the fourth seed, exited also on Wednesday to Italy&#8217;s Mattia Bellucci in straight sets.

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