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The Mexican Open has begun rolling with the first matches of the first round. This tournament, which is the last of the season on the World Padel Tour circuit before the Master Finals in Barcelona, has left great victories such as Tino Libaak and Leo Augsburger in the round of 32, and Javi Leal’s injury that has forced him to withdraw from the tournament.

The Argentine couple formed by Tino Libaak and Leo Augsburger clearly defeated Xisco Gil and Ramiro Moyano, winning quickly with a 6-1/6-1. The Argentines seemed very comfortable from the start of the match at the Juan de la Barrera Olympic Gymnasium. They quickly gained an advantage that made them face the first set more calmly, which fell to their side. In the second they were superior to their rivals and certified their victory comfortably. Their rivals in the second round will come from the duel between Paquito Navarro and Fede Chingotto against Diego Gil and Nacho Sager.

Momo González and Javi Garrido beat Toni Bueno and Marc Quilez 7-5/7-6. From the beginning the match was very even between the two couples. The four players were solid with their serves, which meant that there were practically no options to break the serve, neither of the two pairs. González and Garrido finally, after several attempts, managed to score the first set after a break. History repeated itself in a second set that was decided in the tiebreaker where Momo González and Javi Garrido sealed their victory. In the next round they will meet Miguel Benítez and José Rico.

The duo formed by Miguel Benítez and José Rico made it to the round of 16 by beating Pablo Padilla and José Ángel Montoya 6-3/6-4. Throughout the match the two couples exchanged control of the match, each couple dominated for moments of the match. But Benítez and Rico managed to take advantage in key moments, by breaking their opponents’ serve and taking the match in two sets.

Pablo Cardona and Javi Ruiz had to suffer to win in their round of 32 match against Pablo García Rodrigo and Iñigo Jofre. Equality set the pace throughout the match, Cardona and Ruiz started ahead, García Rodrigo and Jofre equalized the score in the second set. The match was decided in the tiebreak of the last set, where Pablo Cardona and Javi Ruiz managed to take advantage and advance to the next round.

Their rivals in the round of 16 will be Coki Nieto and Jon Sanz who had their first round match scheduled against Javi Leal and José Antonio García Diestro, but an injury to Javi Leal forced the couple to retire as soon as the match started, when the score was 1-1 in the primer game.

Juan Cruz Bellauti and Arnau Ayats won in two sets, 6-2/6-4 against Edgar Espinosa and Emilio Canela. The Spanish-Argentine couple started the match with a high pace, which allowed them to take the lead and keep the pace in the early stages. With the first set in their favor, Bellauti and Ayats tried to replicate it in the second set, but Espinosa and Canela made things more complicated for them to win the second set. They will face each other in the next round against the winner of Bergamini-Ruiz against Fernández-Rubio.

The last matches of the round of 32 will be played on Wednesday. Eight matches from which the last eight couples will emerge that will make up the round of 16. The two seeded couples, Agustín Tapia and Arturo Coello, and Martín Di Nenno and Franco Stupaczuk are exempt from playing this first round and advance directly to the round of 16.

These are the eight round of 16 matches:

García-González vs Vilariño-Oria
González-Zurita vs Díaz-Lamperti
Anglés-Montalban vs Tello-Ruiz
Guerrero-Zapata vs Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez
Muñoz Bautista vs Cepero Gómez
Arroyo Alonso vs Chozas Capra
Chingotto-Navarro vs Gil-Sager
Bergamini-Ruiz vs Fernández-Rubio