# Match Record: DUPR Ascend Men's 3.25+ Rotating Partner Round Robin (2025-09-27)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-06 15:38:45
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## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-09-27
- **Estimated Play Time:** 7:30 PM
- **Event:** DUPR Ascend Men's 3.25+ Rotating Partner Round Robin
- **Location:** Scottsdale North | The PICKLR  
- **Outcome:** Loss
- **Scores:** 8-11
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Casual / Recreational (<3.5) (Average DUPR: 3.44)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Loss)
- **patrick telles** (DUPR ID: 67QNLE) - Rating: 3.198, Location: Tempe, AZ, US
- **Deuce Todd** (DUPR ID: DW6LMY) - Rating: 3.751, Location: Phoenix, AZ, US

### Team 2 (Winner)
- **Heriberto (Eddie) Mercado** (DUPR ID: 89DR27) - Rating: 3.543, Location: Phoenix, AZ, US
- **Zixi Zhong** (DUPR ID: 2Y2QLE) - Rating: 3.253, Location: Chandler, AZ, US

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