Belgium Open Liège - APT - Exhibition and final ceremony

The Belgium Open de Liège (3^e APT calendar step Padel Tour and first European round) ended this Sunday with victory, in exhibition match, winners of the Liège tournament on one of the best Belgian pairs of the moment, quarter-finalist of the event on Friday.

Result of today's exhibition:

Miguel Oliveira / Cayetano Rocafort (Por / Esp) defeat Nick Braet / Jérémy Gala (Bel) 6-4, 6-1

Declaration of the finalist:

Affected in the left calf, the French Adrien Maigret (finalist) expressed all his disappointment: " it's frustrating not being able to defend my chances in what was shaping up to be a great final. I hope to be recovered for the next European Championships in June ».

Benjamin Tison had already left Liège, to participate in the Alicante - WPT preprevias.

Declarations of the winners of the first Belgium Open:

Miguel Oliveira : " It's the first time I've played with Cayetano and after a few adjustments, we really managed to find our bearings to give the best of ourselves. We must thank the organizers for having maintained their tournament in difficult conditions at present. We had a great week in Liège. I also thank all the Portuguese fans, but also other countries, who have supported us a lot through social networks. »

Cayetano Rocafort : " I thank Miguel because we really formed a great team to win this tournament. Despite the absence of the Argentinians in particular, it was still a very high-level European tournament. It's always a shame when an opponent gets injured before a final. But we wanted to be there to thank the organizers for all their efforts this week. It was an extraordinary tournament! My advice to young padel beginners in Belgium? First, find pleasure in this very accessible sport, easier than tennis, and then train, and train some more!»

APT Padel Tour will stage, for the rest of its calendar, from the beginning of May, in Rosario in Argentina and in Mexico, at least if the sanitary conditions allow it.

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.