The circuit Premier Padel enters its serious phase:  the first Major of the season  starts this Monday at  Khalifa Tennis & Squash Complex  Doha, the venue for the last world championships. An XXL event to launch the 2025 “Big Four” series, with all eyes on the reigning champions:  Arturo Coello / Agustín Tapia  among the gentlemen, and  Ariana Sánchez / Paula Josemaría  among the ladies.

Coello / Tapia in search of redemption

Pushed around in Chile with elimination in the last 16,  Coello and Tapia  have no more room for error if they want to mark their territory in this new season. Exempted from the first round like the other 15 seeds, they will enter the competition against the winning pair of the match  Muñoz/Vilariño vs. Rubio/Lijó .

Behind them, the momentum is on the side of  Chingotto / Galan , double winners in Miami and Santiago. The Spanish-Argentine duo could face  Tower / Cepero  or a pair from qualifying for their entry into the tournament.

An unprecedented top 3 with the absence of Lebron and Stupa

In the absence of  Juan lebron  et  Franco Stupaczuk , Those are  Coki Nieto and Mike Yanguas  who inherit the status of seed number 3. They will start against the winners of the match  Moya/Rico vs Hernandez/Valenzuela .

Fourth place in the table is occupied by  Garrido / Di Nenno , who will have to get rid of  Valdes / Sanchez Chamero  or a pair from the qualifications.

 Theoretical quarters for men: 
 Coello / Tapia (1)  vs  Cardona / Augsburger (8) 
 Gonzalez / Sanz (5)  vs  Nieto / Yanguas (3) 
 Garrido / Di Nenno (4)  vs  Navarro / Bergamini (6) 
 Alonso / Arroyo (7)  vs  Chingotto / Galán (2) 

In the women's race: the favorites are there

On the female side,  forty pairs  will be present in Doha. The four main seeds (Josemaría / Sánchez, Triay / Brea, Gonzalez / Fernandez and Ortega / Araujo) will enter directly into  round of XNUMX .

The pair  Talavan / Sharifova (16)  shares the same quarter of the table as the world No. 1s. The latter could cross paths  Riera / Marrero (13)  from their first match, a serious obstacle from the last sixteen.

In the lower half of the table,  Martinez / Collombon (15)  are positioned in the eighth of Ortega / Araujo (4) . Other expected poster:  Brea / Triay  could meet  Guinart / Iglesias (12) , with a potential quarter against the youngsters  Alonso / Ustero (6) .

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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