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The round of 32 of the Amsterdam Open concluded with its second day with a similar tone to the first, a lot of equality between the couples and closely contested matches. Without a doubt, the match of the day was the one between Tapia and Coello against Rubio and Arroyo, which led to the elimination of the number one Rankin couple in the first round. Also on this second day of the round of 32, Maxi Sánchez was injured, which forced him and Lucho Capra to withdraw from the tournament.

Gonzalo Rubio and Álex Arroyo took, in a great game against the numbers one Tapia and Coello, the pass to the round of 16 of the Amsterdam Open by 6-3/4-6/6-3. The first set was dominated by Rubio and Arroyo, who managed to break Tapia and Coello’s serve and thus obtain a vital advantage for the future of the set, which ended up falling on their side. In the second Tapia and Coello reacted, despite the equality on the court, the number one couple in the world forced the third set. There Rubio and Arroyo hit the table by winning 6-3 and taking the match. Their rivals in the round of 16 will be Jaime Muñoz and Jairo Bautista, who rested on Wednesday after qualifying for the round on Tuesday.

The Spanish pair formed by Edu Alonso and Miguel Benítez won their match quickly 6-0/6-1 against the local guest pair of Bram Meijer and Sten Ritchers. The Spanish couple dominated the match from start to finish and only allowed their rivals to win one game in the entire match. In the round of 16 they will face each other with Paquito Navarro and Fede Chingotto who made it to the next round after Maxi Sánchez’s injury. Chingotto and Navarro won the first set, which was very close between both couples, and that was the end of the match.

Ale Galán and Juan Lebron managed to win their round of 32 match against Cristóbal García and Mario del Castillo, in two sets 6-2/6-3. Lebron and Galán started strongly after breaking their rivals’ serve at the first opportunity. They seemed very comfortable on the court and were able to close the first set quickly. History repeated itself in the second and they got their ticket to the round of 16 in the second set. In the next round they will face the French lay couple formed by Clément Geens and Benjamin Tison who took their first round duel against Uriel Maarsen and Bart Van Opstal by a double 6-2.

Franco Stupaczuk and Martín Di Nenno sealed their place in the round of 16 with a great victory against Javi Leal and José Antonio García Diestro by 6-3/7-5. In both sets Di Nenno and Stupaczuk started behind on the scoreboard after a great start, in both sets of their rivals, and little by little they closed the gap until they took both sets and a pass to the next round. The Argentine couple will meet in the round of 16 with their compatriots Tino Libaak and Leo Augsburger for a place in the quarterfinals.

The round of 16 of the Amsterdam Open for the men’s team will be played this Thursday, it will be known which eight couples advance to the round and go to the quarterfinals. These are the round of 16 matches that will be played at AFAS Live in Amsterdam.

Rubio-Arroyo vs. Muñoz-Bautista
Gala-Martínez vs Sánchez-Valdés
García-Barahona vs Tello-Ruiz
Alonso-Benítez vs Navarro-Chingotto
Galán-Lebron vs Geens-Tison
Méndez-Rico vs Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez
Bellauti-Ruiz vs Cepero-Chozas
Stupaczuk-Di Nenno vs Libaak-Augsburger