As you know, the city that hosts the beautiful city of arts and sciences welcomes one more year a stage of the World Padel Tour. This day of the 8th final was not without surprise with the premature exit of World N ° 1 Sanyo and Maxi.

Some favorites do their homework:

The day begins with a qualification of Rafa Mendez and Diego Ramos in the quarterfinals of the Valencia Open. The young association has overcome Marcello Jardim and Denis Tomas Perino, executioners of Franco and Mati at the 1er tour. Widely ranked favorites, Rafa and Diego won the 3-6 / 4-6 score.

For the record, Rafa Mendez was almost 1 year ago to the day at All In Padel of Aix, the stronghold of Stéphane Massot. In one year, this young player has passed a milestone, it's obvious, even more when you listen to him ...

For the 2nd match of the day on the central, it is the turn of Pablo Lima and Ale Galan to make his debut as a new pair in the mode of the circuit. With a serious Lima Pablo and a gravity-defying Ale Galan, Ernesto Moreno and Gonzalo Rubio did not have the chance to prove their talent. Pablo and Ale win on the 6-2 / 6-4 score.

In the wake, Juan Lebron and Paquito Navarro are struggling to impose their game and shake the "Pabellón Fuente de San Luis" against Pablo Lijo and Alvaro Cepero. It is after having won the 1er set on the 7-5 score that the Andalusian pair finally manages to make the opposing team doubt that will eventually give in the 2nd set on the score of 6-3.

The thrills of the day

For the 3rd match of the morning on field 2, it's Agustin Gomez Silingo and Adrian Allemandi's turn to face the 100% Brazilian pair made up of Lucas Bergamini and Lucas Campagnolo. Spectators present at SUMA Padel Alfafar had the chance to see the best match of the day by exceeding 2h38mins of play.

The Brazilian pair starts very strong in this match by winning the 1er set on the 6-3 score. It is then that the experience takes over and allows the Argentine pair to win in the second and start on a good foot in the 3ème. From the beginning of this 3th set, Agustin and Adrian are one step ahead taking the service of their opponents and make their way to victory to offer a new quarter-finals this season.

More thrills on the field 2 with this time, the pair Cristian Gutierrez and Lucho Capra against Maxi Grabiel and Aday Santana, and another match that is decided in the 3th set. After a one-way 1er set, the Gutierrez / Capra pair woke up in the middle of 2nd set to snatch a tie-break and end up winning in the 2nd. Maxi Grabiel's physical fatigue and the loss of the 2nd set tiebreak allowed the Argentinean pair to widen the gap in the 3ème and win. For a first association, Lucho and Cristian spin in Quarters and face the "heroes of the day".

The surprises of the day:

The first surprise of the day is during the match between Botello / Ruiz and Chingotto / Tello. The Argentine pair, No. 9 in the standings faces the Spanish, No. 6 coming out of 2 semi-finals on the 2 last dates of the calendar. But it is taken by surprise by the physical Tello and the defense of Chingotto that Botello / Ruiz concedes the 1er set. In the 2nd set, none of the two pairs wanted to be let go on the feet and it is after the tie break that the Argentine pair won the 2nd set for a quarter-finals. They will face the pair of the moment, Lebron / Navarro in the next round of this Open.

The second surprise of the day comes from the Mieres / Lamperti pair. With Gaby Reca on the bench, the pair Mieres / Lamperti does not shine after having given the cover for this edition in Valencia. After a very average set start and lost automatisms, it is a pair Mieres / Lamperti unrecognizable that we saw this afternoon.

In front, Javi Garrido and Martin Di Nenno wanted to repeat the feat of Alicante by going to the semifinals. More than motivated, the Hispano-Argentinean pair wins the 1er set on the score of 3-6 and leaves the doubt on the game of Mieres / Lamperti. After a good 1ère part of 2nd set, and on the score of 4-4 the physical worries are bent on Mieres which requires the intervention of the physio to 30-0 on his service. With a diminished Mieres, hopes of victory for "bahienses" flies away and offers a place in quarters for Martin and Javi.

The main surprise of the day was the elimination (again) of the seeded No. 1 Sanyo and Maxi in 8. After the defeat in Sweden, it is a pair Sanyo and Maxi that we see arriving at this 8e finals without coach and without the desire to do better than the previous tournament. Faced with a monstrous Agustin Tapia and a Nacho Gadea on a small cloud, the pair N ° 1 had no chance of escaping. It is therefore on the score of 6-3 / 6-4 that Nacho and Agustin fly away for the quarters.

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source: World Padel Tour

Manu Garcia

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