The main draw of the Kunsgbacka Open I, a tournament that is part of the APT circuit Padel, started today Wednesday July 14. In total, 16 pairs faced each other in matches full of surprises and remarkable points.

The first day was marked by the high level of the Portuguese pair Araújo / Fazendeiro

The first match of the morning was the clash of two pairs Paraguayan on the center court. An intense meeting where each of the players gave the best of themselves. The fate of the match was decided by small details, Jose benitez (59) et Pedro Castaneyra (48) winning 6/3 7/6 against Horacio adorno (30) et Martin abud (25)

At the same time on court 1, the Dutch Uriël Maarsen (33) et Bram Meijer (33) bowed to the Portuguese pair of the moment Pedro Araújo (83) et Afonso Fazendeiro (76) : 4-6/4-6.

Faze-Araújo APT Sweden 2021
Faze and Araújo after his victory

Brazilians and Argentines advanced in the second matches of the morning

At 12:30 p.m., the other matches that completed the morning session began. On the central court the Argentines Fabricio peiron (53) et Esteban Genoud (50) lost in a big fight against the Brazilians Lucas da cunha (27) et Joao flores (17) with a score of 5-7 / 6-2 / 3-6.

The last match of the morning pitted the Argentinian veterans Mariano Lasaigues (43) et Enrique cataldo (332) to the Spaniards Alex ramillete (85) et Sergio Borrero (377). A disputed meeting which saw the victory of the veterans Lasaigues and Cataldo 2-6 / 6-4 / 6-4.

The afternoon session started with the match on court number 1 between the Joao caiano (209) et Joao maria caiano (171) against Portuguese-Spanish teammates Diogo Schaefer (29) et William Rodriguez (33). The match was favorable to the Iberians who imposed their game and left no options to their opponents, final score 1-6 / 1-6.

Maxime Moreau, the only French in the tournament, did not pass the first round

In a match that started off in a super exciting way, the pair of brothers Miguel Deus (44) et Nuno deus (47) won the first set 7-6 against Victor saenz (377) and Moreau (36). In the second set, the Portuguese clearly dominated the proceedings to win 6-2.

Two matches to complete the round of 16

The afternoon session ended with two matches, the first between the Argentines Adrian codina (113) et Bruno amato (119) to Marc Bernils (26) et Ricardo martins (40). A meeting largely dominated by Bernils and Martins who won 6-0 / 6-0, unplayable!

The match that ended this exciting day was a clash between two Argentinian teams. Santiago Frugoni (19) et Matias Del Moral (19) prevail against Rodrigo Santellan (52) et Relis Ferreyra (68) on a score of 6-3 / 6-2.

The rest of the tournament will take place tomorrow at 10:30 am with the round of XNUMX. Five of the eight games will be broadcast on the APT channel Padel tower and the other three on Padel Magazine. We will come back to that!

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