It was the feat of the day in Tarragona, with qualifiers Goni/Ortega beating Paquito Navarro and Lucas Bergamini, who suffered a setback after two tournaments in which they reached the last four.

First set played before taking off

The start of the match was very competitive, with both teams following each other until the tie-break, which was won by the outsiders of the day, Aimor Goni and Mario Ortega. In the second set, both teams were broken several times, but it was the team that had come out of qualifying that took the upper hand. More solid, diligent, and rigorous than Navarro/Bergamini, Aimar and Mario won the second set and won the match 7/6 6/4.

Passed through the qualifications

Mario Ortega is a regular on the circuit Premier Padel but this is not the case for Aimar Goni, who comes from the A1 circuit Padel and therefore has very few points in the FIP ranking. This forces the two men to play the qualifications for these P1 tournaments, where the level is often very high. Stage validated for the two Spaniards who came out brilliantly from the qualification draw and then won their first round of the draw against another qualified pair.

Next stop: Barahona/Garcia?

Aimar Goni and Mario Ortega therefore reach the round of 16 and will, on paper, have an easier match against Javier Garcia and Javier Barahona or Augustin Torre and Enzo Jensen considered below Paquito Navarro and Lucas Bergamini.

A golden opportunity for Aimar Goni, currently ranked 206th in the world, to make a huge leap up the rankings. The young Spaniard has only six tournaments registered on the FIP circuit so far, which also explains his low ranking.

Teo Vieau

He discovered padel in 2016 in Nantes and quickly became attached to the game, even climbing to 474th place in France. Commentator on Padel Mag TV, he covers the various tournaments on the French circuit as well as international tournaments organized in France!

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