From delicious pasta to tortilla de patata, Alex de Minaur and Mate Pavic's taste of home has a bit of Mediterranean flavor.

Dimitrov beat de Minaur in a tight three-setter earlier this year; with the rematch on clay, he'll be feeling good about making it two in a row.

Fourth-seeded Casper Ruud has extended his winning streak on clay to nine matches reaching the third round at the Monte Carlo Master.

Plus: Does pineapple belong on pizza? Aryna Sabalenka, Ons Jabeur, and more weigh in.

And looking ahead, Iga Swiatek is defending 2,000 points in Indian Wells and Miami—can anybody catch her at No. 1?

In Dubai, Medvedev showed off the game that he, and we, have been waiting for. In Acapulco, de Minaur showed what he means when he says, “I’ve got a whole lot of heart in this little body of mine.”

By winning his first ATP 500 title, De Minaur will now return to the Top 20 and become the new Australian No. 1.

Alex de Minaur rallied to win the biggest title of his career, beating Tommy Paul 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the final of the Mexican Open

Paul, who reached the semifinals in the Australian Open in January, is trying to capture his second career title after Stockholm in 2021.

The qualifier led Oscar Otte, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 2-1, when the German retired Tuesday night to ensure the 24-year-old had his first ATP match win in hand.