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Mexican López establishes record of aces

DURANGO, Mexico, August 18, 2021 - The Mexican Josué López set a new record for aces this Wednesday in the match Mexico beat Trinidad & Tobago 3-0 (25-13, 25-11, 25-8) at the opening day of the NORCECA Men's Continental Championship.

Lopez scored 10 aces with his serves and as a team Mexico collectively totaled 16 aces to tie its own record from the service line.

López's 10 aces broke the previous mark of 8 shared by Cuban Fernando Hernández, Martinique’s Joann Breleur and Dominican Henry Tapia.

Hernández did it against Canada on September 2, 2011, Breleur against St Vicent on September 29, 2017 and Tapia against Guatemala on September 4, 2019.

Mexico had scored 16 aces against St Vicent on September 26, 2017.