Le Mexico Major marks an important milestone: this tournament, which did not take place last year because of Hurricane Otis, will be the last Major of Fernando Belasteguin's career. Partnered with his young compatriot Tino Libaak, Bela will face today the qualifiers Gerard Arnaldos and Agustin Torre.

This same tournament has a special place in Belasteguin's history, as it was here that he won his latest title, two years ago, together with Arturo Coello. Since then, Coello has become global 1 number in the FIP ranking and will enter the competition tomorrow, like the other favourites on the circuit.

After Acapulco, he will play the Milan P1 before receiving a tribute during the Premier Padel Finals in BarcelonaHis match with Libaak against Arnaldos and Torre will be the second scheduled on the central court, from 16 p.m. (local time), or 23 p.m. (French time).

The first matches of the main draw took place at theArena GNP Seguros with a match marked by a fierce fight: José Solano Marmolejo and Victor Mena beat Fran Guerrero and Jairo Bautista, the 13th pair in the draw, in three tie-breaks (6-7, 7-6, 7-6). Guerrero and Bautista were semi-finalists of the P1 of Kuwait City.

Mexico Major – Surprise victory for Mena/Solano against Bautista/Guerrero in 3 tie-breaks

The main seeds now know their opponents for their first match:

  • Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia will face Pol Hernandez Alvarez and Rama Valenzuela.
  • Fede Chingotto and Ale Galan will play against Dani Santigosa and Miguel Lamperti.
  • Franco Stupaczuk and Mike Yanguas will face the Portuguese brothers Nuno and Miguel Deus.

In the ladies, Paula Josemaria and Ari Sanchez, tournament favourites, will start against Sofia Saiz and Marina Lobo.

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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