Argentina took the first blow at the Mifel Tennis Open, presented by Cinemex, with an exciting victory of its partner made up of Guido Pella and Diego Schwartzman, over the pair of the Mexican Gerardo López Villaseñor and the British Cameron Norrie, in a duel corresponding to the First round held at the Hot Grandstand.

The albiceleste players, seconds of planting, prevailed in the super tiebreak of the third set; the final partials were 6-1, 4-6 and 10-6, with which they advance to the second round, where they expect rival that will leave the match between Australians Max Purcell and Luke Saville, against the Monegasque Romain Arneodo and Hugo Nys.

Pella and Schwartzman started a swinging drum and broke their rivals' service three times to take the first set. However, came the reaction of López Villaseñor and Norrie who encouraged by the public managed to win the second set, to send the game to the definition, where the Argentines showed their highest quality to win the game.

In another doubles duel, the French Lucas Pouille and Gregoire Barrere, qualified for the second round, with a comfortable victory in just over an hour, with a 6-3 double over the Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Purav Raja Indians.