# Match Record: Liga Yucateca - Mérida B (2025-12-17)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-07 09:43:10
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## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-12-17
- **Estimated Play Time:** 6:15 AM
- **Event:** Liga Yucateca - Mérida B
- **Location:** Yucatan, Mexico 
- **Outcome:** Loss
- **Scores:** 20-21
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Casual / Recreational (<3.5) (Average DUPR: 2.62)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Loss)
- **Starla Ballantine** (DUPR ID: RZRV2M) - Rating: 2.853, Location: Rohnert Park, CA, US
- **Laura Carrillo** (DUPR ID: OZ5VGL) - Rating: 2.398, Location: Mérida, Yuc., MX

### Team 2 (Winner)
- **Alain Nesme** (DUPR ID: NXG542) - Rating: 2.606, Location: Mérida, Yuc., MX
- **Efrain Espinal** (DUPR ID: QXVN45) - Rating: 2.604, Location: Mérida, Yuc., MX

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