new eldorado of world padel, Dubai This week's host is not a P1 but one FIP Silver, scheduled from 18 at 22 FebruaryA tournament that naturally attracts several players now based in the emirate, to start with Javi Garrido or even naturalized Spaniards Ayats / JofreBut the interest will also be tricolorWith several French players involved and real opportunities to seize, here's an overview of the first day.
Thomas Leygue seeded, Garrido / Bergamini ultra favorites
Thomas Leygue continues his recovery alongside the Portuguese Nuno deusThe Franco-Portuguese pair, seeded 8inherited a favorable draw for their first match. They will start in the third rotation on the secondary track against the Iranian qualifiers. Roghani / SaghiAn affordable first round, ideal for finding rythme in this main table.
A little higher up in the table, we find Javi Garrido and Lucas Bergamini en seed 1, quarter-finalist at Riyadh P1 and soundly beaten by Chingotto / Galan, 6/1, 6/3They will have a much larger painting. more open in this FIP Silver tournament and will face two Spaniards in their first round. Jordi Casanova (209th) et Miguel Morales (163rd).
La seeded 2 composed of young Spaniards Guillermo Collado (41st minute) et Pol Hernández (40th) will challenge Guillermo Fernandez (166th) and the Italian Lorenzo Bogarin (412th).
Gonzalo Rubio (43nd) et Pablo Lijó (47th) will seeded 3 and will face the pair Hesham / Tomita for their entry into the competition.
The other matches involving the seeded teams:
Ayats / Jofre (5) SV Raslan / Redha
López García / Diestro (6) SV Moreno / Tierno Herrero
Gil / Sanchez (4) SV Coello / Graziotti
A balanced draw in the women's draw, with Godallier/Marchetti seeded 5th.
In the women's category, it's difficult to make a clear choice. an ultra favorite pair so much so that the painting appears dense et homogeneousSeveral players ranked between the 30e and 100e They are present in the world, including the French Léa Godallier (58th) et Carla Touly (77th).
The pair Godallier / Marchetti, seeded 5 of the tournament will be against the Spanish-Belgian pair De Decker / Martinezexit from qualifying.
Carla Toully will form the seeded 7 alongside his faithful partner Camila Fassio (68e) and will challenge the Italian Marianela Montesi (129th) and the spanish Valeria Atencia (128th).
Noa Canovas (32nd) et Maria Rodriguez (36th) leave seeded 1 and will face the FIP Platinum semi-finalist in Marseille, Argentina Daiara Valenzuela (77th) who will be evolving alongside Nika Sluzhiteleva (149th).
The other matches involving the seeded teams:
Borrero / Sharifova (2) SV Vega / Nikitina
Riera / Navarro (3) SV Cañellas / Peralta
Garcia Trella / Lopez Moral (6) SV Fernandez Garcia / Sanchez
Casali / Dominguez Gracia (8) SV Silvan / Neizvestnaya
For Léa Godallier et Carla ToullyThis type of tournament represents a valuable opportunity to accumulate points in the race for Top 50. For Thomas LeygueStill in the recovery phase, Dubai appears as an ideal opportunity to accumulate playing time and gradually regain the key indicators of high-stakes matches.
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