Once again the knockout stages of the Betsson Swedish Master were interrupted by rain. Tuesday's program was packed, with 14 matches, but it could not be completed.

Summary of Tuesday

The day had started well. The first matches started at 8 a.m. with the qualification of Rodrigo Lopez/Daniel Blanco and Tomas Cheda/Alfonso Sanchez. Favorites of their meeting, Maximilano Sanchez and Andres Britos easily disposed of the Keagan Rooy / Jason Blakey-Milner pair: 6 / 1 6 / 1.

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The fourth meeting gave us the second feeling of this Master. Federico Chiostri and Pablo Barrera, who form the number 6 seed, take the door. In a great battle, the Argentines fell to their young compatriots Maximo Maldonado and Joaquin De Astoreca. The latter had won the first round 7/5.

Chiostri and Barrera showed character to return to one set everywhere. Aware of their luck, Maximo and Joaquin pushed the favorites to the tie-break and then raised their level of play, achieving a perfect tie-break (7/0) to win the match. Sensation and second round of 1 for Maldonado and De Astoreca on the A8 Padel !

The kings of the circuit got scared in Sweden. Indeed, Dal Bianco and Arce had to fight three sets to get out of the trap Javier Perez and Victor Saenz. After winning the first set, the Argentinians loosened up and were joined at a set all. Franco and Maxi finally regain their solidity in the decisive round and win 6/4 4/6 6/3. A victory with a little scare for the Argentines.

The number 8 seed also fell in Sweden. The young Spaniards Diego Simon and Raul Peralta, from the qualifications eliminated the Portuguese Gustavo Nunes and Miguel Oliveira (recently medalists at the European Games).

The Portuguese duo had however made the difference in the first round. more relaxed, the Portuguese then let Simon and Peralta back into the game. The latter won the tie-break in the second set and then inflicted a 6/0 on their opponents in the decisive set. First round of 1 on the A8 Padel for the Spaniards.

In other encounters,he seeded No. 4 De Pascual/Alfonso easily won in straight sets against Santiago Rolla and Facundo Lopez 7 / 5 6 / 2. Vasco Pascoal and Pedro Perry they have Ignacio Archieri and Teo Gamondi 6/3 6/1.

Just after this meeting the rain returned to the courts of Halmstad. The Swedes Daniel Appelgren/Viktor Stjern and Oier Zuazua/Daniel Martinez could only play five games (2/3). Once again the meetings have been postponed due to weather conditions.

The program of the day, “already” disturbed by the rain

The other 6 round of 9 were to start this morning at XNUMX a.m. But like a twist of fate, the rain came again this morning in Halmstad. The meetings will start at 12 p.m. with six meetings on the program:

  • 12h: Daniel Appelgren / Viktor Sterjn vs Oier Zuazua / Daniel Martinez – 2/3
  • Order 2 : Alejandro Perez / Marc Monne vs. Pablo Deltell / Santiago Castañeyra
  • Order 3 : Relis Ferreyra / Martin Abud Kuhner vs Igor Amondarain
  • Order 4 : Vinni Di Francesco / Alberto Garcia vs. Santiago Frugoni / Matias Dal Moral (TS5)
  • Order 5: Agustin Torre / Diego Ramos (TS3) vs. Franco Ceretani / Alejandro Garayo
  • Order 6 : Higo Ensslin / Matias Gonzalez vs. Leonel Aguirre / Adrian Allemandi (TS2)

The meetings are to be followed on the channel A1 Youtube Padel :

Vincent Gallie

A fan of oval football, round ball but also racket sports, he was stung by the padel during his adolescence in Galicia. As comfortable in front of the camera as behind a microphone, Vince will be able to bring his vision and expertise as a fan of the little yellow ball.