Mexican Open (ATP)

Previous Mexican Open Coverage

By Thursday only doubles action in Acapulco contained Americans. By the end of Thursday they were all done. Eric Butorac and South African Raven Klaasen played their first match of the tournament (they had a walkover in round one) and lost a tough one to Kevin Anderson/Matthew Ebden. Butorac/Klaasen forced a tiebreaker in set one but lost the tiebreaker 7-5. They took set two 6-3 to force the super tiebreak to decide things. That one took a while to decide before they lost it 13-11.

In the other match American, Scott Lipsky and Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico lost to the all Mexican-team of Cesar Ramirez/Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela. Lipsky/Gonzalez started great taking set one 6-1 but couldn’t win it in two losing 6-3. That forced a super tiebreak and that one went to Ramirez/Reyes-Varela 10-8.

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With the Americans all out my coverage of the Mexican Open has come to a close. The next event on the schedule is the BNP Paribas Open from Indian Wells, California. Qualifying begins in that event on Monday and the entire event will run for a full two weeks.