new  eldorado  of world padel,  Dubai  This week's host is not a  P1  but one  FIP Silver , scheduled from  18 at 22 February A tournament that naturally attracts  several players now based in the emirate , to start with  Javi Garrido  or even naturalized Spaniards  Ayats / Jofre But the interest will also be  tricolor With several French players involved and real opportunities to seize, here's an overview of the first day.

Thomas Leygue seeded, Garrido / Bergamini ultra favorites

 Thomas Leygue  continues his recovery alongside the Portuguese  Nuno deus The Franco-Portuguese pair,  seeded 8 inherited a  favorable draw  for their first match. They will start in the third rotation on the secondary track against the Iranian qualifiers.  Roghani / Saghi An affordable first round, ideal for finding  rythme  in this main table.

A little higher up in the table, we find  Javi Garrido and Lucas Bergamini  en  seed 1,  quarter-finalist at  Riyadh P1  and soundly beaten by  Chingotto / Galan, 6/1, 6/3 They will have a much larger painting.  more open  in this FIP Silver tournament and will face two Spaniards in their first round.  Jordi Casanova (209th)  et  Miguel Morales (163rd). 

La  seeded 2  composed of young Spaniards  Guillermo Collado (41st minute)  et  Pol Hernández (40th)  will challenge  Guillermo Fernandez (166th)  and the Italian  Lorenzo Bogarin (412th). 

 Gonzalo Rubio (43nd)  et  Pablo Lijó (47th)  will  seeded 3  and will face the pair  Hesham / Tomita  for their entry into the competition.

The other matches involving the seeded teams:

 Ayats / Jofre  (5) SV  Raslan / Redha 
 López García / Diestro  (6) SV  Moreno / Tierno Herrero 
 Gil / Sanchez  (4) SV  Coello / Graziotti 

A balanced draw in the women's draw, with Godallier/Marchetti seeded 5th.

In the women's category, it's difficult to make a clear choice.  an ultra favorite pair  so much so that the painting appears  dense  et  homogeneous Several players ranked between the  30e  and  100e  They are present in the world, including the French  Léa Godallier (58th)  et  Carla Touly (77th). 

The pair  Godallier / Marchetti ,  seeded 5  of the tournament will be against the Spanish-Belgian pair  De Decker / Martinez exit from qualifying.

 Carla Toully  will form the  seeded 7  alongside his faithful partner  Camila Fassio   (68e)  and will challenge the Italian  Marianela Montesi (129th)  and the spanish  Valeria Atencia (128th). 

 Noa Canovas (32nd)  et  Maria Rodriguez (36th)  leave  seeded 1  and will face the  FIP Platinum semi-finalist in Marseille , Argentina  Daiara Valenzuela (77th)  who will be evolving alongside  Nika Sluzhiteleva (149th). 

The other matches involving the seeded teams:

 Borrero / Sharifova  (2) SV  Vega / Nikitina 
 Riera / Navarro  (3) SV  Cañellas / Peralta 
 Garcia Trella / Lopez Moral  (6) SV  Fernandez Garcia / Sanchez 
 Casali / Dominguez Gracia  (8) SV  Silvan / Neizvestnaya 

For  Léa Godallier  et  Carla Toully This type of tournament represents a valuable opportunity to accumulate points in the race for  Top 50 . For  Thomas Leygue Still in the recovery phase, Dubai appears as an ideal opportunity to accumulate playing time and gradually regain the  key indicators of high-stakes matches .

Maceo ZERHAT

Maceo Zerhat discovered padel in 2020 in Savigny-sur-Clairis, Burgundy. He contributed to the club's expansion by bringing his energy and curiosity. Padel Magazinehe transmits his Padel"mania" by skillfully bouncing on all the latest news about your favorite sport!