Djokovic delighted to be making Mexico debut

He hasn't played a match yet, but Novak Djokovic is already happy that he chose to play at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, where he's making his debut this week.

On Sunday evening, hundreds of fans came to watch Djokovic practise on Cacha Central, the tournament's centre court. The fans greeted him with a screaming ovation as he entered the stadium and cheered throughout his practice. Djokovic, who's been a pro for 14 years, said he hasn't experienced such a night too often in his career.

"I want to thank all the people who came to welcome me and to watch the practice session and to give me this amazing energy that I felt on the court," he said during his pre-tournament press conference. "I am trying to feed off that energy and obviously play the best tennis that I can possibly play this week and hopefully have a good tournament."

The 29-year-old right-hander is making his debut in Mexico. He accepted a wild card into the ATP World Tour 500 event last week. The Serbian will have to bring some of his best tennis if he plans on a perfect debut.

The Acapulco field features four Top 10 players, including No. 6 Rafael Nadal, No. 8 Marin Cilic and No. 9 Dominic Thiem. No. 11 David Goffin, No. 17 Nick Kyrgios, No. 18 Jack Sock, and No. 22 John Isner round out the top eight seeds.

"It's very impressive. It's going to be a hard tournament," said Djokovic, who greeted the press corps with un poquito de español, "Buenos días a todos," or "Good morning, everyone".