Mexico's winning debut at the Mérida Open

Mexican tennis made its first appearance at the Mérida Open 2025, with the participation of Victoria Rodríguez and Ana Sofía Sánchez , who began their journey in the doubles tournament against New Zealand's Lulu Sun and Ukrainian Valeriya Strakhova.

After losing the first chapter of the match, with a partial result of 4-6 , the Mexican players achieved a dramatic victory with a pair of wins in the second set and in the super tie-break, to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Mexican event.

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Even though they were 4-5 down and had two match points for the victory in favor of the rival duo, the national tennis players took the result with scores of 5-7 and a resounding dominance in the last period of the match, to finish 5-10 in the decisive tie-break.

Having confirmed their first victory in a WTA 500 category event, the Mexicans said that the match left them with one of their best experiences as professionals, after years of knowing each other and playing together.

“I always felt that we could be the ones on top in the game and in the end the result came about,” said Victoria Rodríguez, after the result on court 1 of the Mérida Open.

Without much communication between them, Ana Sofia Sanchez highlighted the mental level with which they faced the match. “We know each other so well that sometimes we already know what we are going to do and we just dedicate ourselves to playing.”

With the atmosphere at the end of the match already showing a packed Court 1 with the Mexican public, Sánchez was pleased with the constant support of the Mexican public, which was also her revenge for the defeat suffered just over four months ago in the previous edition of the Mérida Open when they lost in the first round.

“We came from winning a tournament in Buenos Aires and we were confident that we would play well, and we were also happy to be able to play in this tournament. We didn't think about what happened here last year and today we only think about what this tournament has in store for us,” said Victoria Rodríguez.