After creating a sensation in Asuncion, José Diestro and Juanlu Esbri continue to shake up the hierarchy in Buenos Aires. Qualified for the round of 16 of Premier Padel Argentine P1, they are preparing to challenge one of the strongest pairs on the circuit: Fede Chingotto and Ale Galan.

Diestro and Esbri are riding an exceptional momentum. Last week, they reached the semi-finals in Asuncion, notably beating world number 1 Coello / TapiaThis week, they did it again with another major performance: victory against local favorites Tolito Aguirre and Gonza Alfonso, seeded No. 16.

Today on the main court of the Park Roca, they will try to continue their journey against the pair “Chingalan”, recently crowned in Paraguay.

Three unseeded pairs in the round of 16

In addition to Diestro / Esbri, two more surprises were invited among the 16 best pairs of the tournament:

  • Pablo Lijó and Juan Cruz Belluati, authors of a great feat against Garrido / Libaak,
  • Aris Patiniotis and David Gala, fallers of Ruiz / Sanchez.

These results confirm a current trend: the density of the level in Premier Padel makes every match potentially explosive, regardless of the seed.

In the ladies' race, the favorites start today

From 10 a.m. in Buenos Aires (15 p.m. French time), the top seeds will enter the competition in a highly anticipated women's draw.

Paula Josemaría and Ariana Sánchez, still seeking to reconquer the world throne, will open the ball against Carolina Orsi and Nuria Rodriguez, who delivered a marathon fight lasting more than 3h30 in the previous round.

At the same time, the new world number 1 Gemma Triay will make his debut in this position, associated with Delfi BreaThe two players will face Alix Collombon and Araceli Martinez, in a match where the outsiders will try to shake up the hierarchy.

Martina Calvo, brilliant during the last stages in Brussels and Asuncion, continues on its momentum. AlongsideAranzazu Osoro, she eliminated Marta Ortega and Alejandra Alonso, seeded number 5, thus confirming that we will have to count on her for the end of the season.

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.

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