On February 27, Beijing time, the final of the ATP500 Acapulco station was contested, and the No. 4 seed Nadal met with the British brother. After two fierce sets of matches, Nadal won two 6-4 victories to start the new season with 15 consecutive wins and the fourth time in Acapulco.
The title is Nadal's third title this season, and the last time he won at least three titles in a single season dates back to 2019, when Nadal won the French Open and the US Open and the two masters of Rome and Montreal. This is the 15th season of Nadal's career to win at least three titles, and his career has only failed to win three titles in 2004, 2016, 2020 and 2021.
The title is the 91st Tour title of Nadal's career and continues to be in fourth place throughout the Open era. After winning this year's Acapulco race, Nadal has stretched his gap with 5th place Djokovic to 5 crowns, and he is only 3 crowns away from 3rd place Lendl. In accordance with Nadal's form this season and the upcoming clay season, he should be able to surpass Lendl this year.
Nadal's other old rival Federer, who has won a total of 103 tour titles so far in his career, is still 12 titles away from this goal, and after surpassing Lendl, Federer will be Nadal's next goal to surpass. To surpass Federer's 103 crowns, Nadal needs to keep working.
The ultimate goal waiting for Nadal to surpass is the once tennis evergreen Jimmy Connors. Connors has won a total of 109 Tour titles in his career, and Nadal is still 18 titles away from Connors. Judging by Nadal's current age, he needs to work harder to surpass Connors.