Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia on the one hand, Ale Galan and Fede Chingotto on the other, the Miami P1 begins this Thursday. Their presence attracts the attention of the American public, who have already been able to see them train at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

For these two pairs, it will be a first match on the “Juan and Bela Trail”, inaugurated Monday. Galan and Chingotto, seeded number 2, will open the day against Alex Ruiz and Alex Chozas (10), winners of Cepero/Torre after a close match 7/5 6/7 6/2. After eliminations in the quarter-finals at Riyadh P1 and Final Master 2024, the Spaniard and the Argentinian will try to go further in this tournament.

On their side, Tapia and Coello (1) will look for a second title in 2025, after their success in Saudi Arabia. Their first match will be against Barahona/Garcia, who beat Ruiz/Gil 7/6 6/1This match is scheduled as the second match of the afternoon, starting at 16am local time.

Franco Stupaczuk and Juan LeBron, winners of the P2 Cancun, will play against Cardona/Augsburger, already beaten in the semi-final in Riyadh. On the short 1, Mike Yanguas and Coki Nieto (4) will be opposed to Tino Libaak and Juan Tello (13). The latter, after their victory against Rico/Gutierrez 7/5 6/3, will try to take revenge on the Spanish, who beat them in the quarter-finals in Riyadh.

In the ladies, Gemma Triay and Delfina Brea (2), titled at Gijon and Cancun, will make their debut against Barrera/Caparros in the early afternoon.

The #1 seeded, Paula Josemaria and Ari Sanchez, victorious in Saudi Arabia, will start at 10h salary. Melania Merino and Agueda Perez.

Bea Gonzalez and Claudia Fernandez (3), the only ones to have beaten Triay and Brea this season, will face Eugenio/Rodriguez. Sofia Araujo and Marta Ortega (4), finalists at Cancun, will be opposed to Caldera/Goeanaga.

Among the first results, Ale Salazar and Veronica Virseda (7) imposed themselves 6 / 0 6 / 0 against the American wildcards Dubins/Morga and who will therefore play the Franco-Spanish pair Collombon / Araceli. Tamara Icardo and Claudia Jensen also made their entry by beating Orsi/Rodriguez 6/3 6/0.

The tournament is increasing in intensity with the arrival of the headliners on the courts of Miami.

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Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.