Men of Guatemala and El Salvador are undefeated

SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nicaragua - October 18, 2013 - Andy Leonardo/Erick Garrido of Guatemala-2 , had a strong start on the opening day of the XIII Central American Beach Volleyball Senior Men 's Championship of Association Central American Volleyball Federations (AFECAVOL) by winning their first two matches.

Leonardo/Garrido won 21-14, 19-21, 15-13 over Esteban Escobar/Jonathan Guevara (CRC-1) and closed the day with a 21-14, 21-10 victory over Belize’s Karym Coleman/John Marin.

Guatemala-2 is in the first place of Pool B with one match to play on Saturday. The first in each pool advances directly to the semifinals and that's what Leonardo/Garrido seek when they take on Nicaragua-1 (Ruben Mora/Miguel Lopez) who won (21-13, 19-21, 15-8) over Belize, but lost 16-21, 19-21 to Escobar/Guevara.

In Pool A, Carlos Talavera/David Vargas of El Salvador won 22-20, 19-21, 15-11 against Gerald Umana/Henry Hernandez of Nicaragua-2 and then defeated Julio Recinos/Luis Garcia of Guatemala-1 by 21-16, 21-17.

Then Umana/Hernandez beat Jesus Oliva/Manuel Serrano of Honduras  21-14, 21-18. Oliva/ Serrano had beaten in their opening game Victor Miranda/Luis Fernando Morúa of Costa Rica-2 by 12-21, 21-18, 15-11.