Tournament Premier Padel Kuwait City P1 offers interesting confrontations from the first round, including Josemaria / Sanchez facing Alonso / Ustero from the first round!
A shock entry for Josemaria and Sanchez
The world number 1, Paula Josemaria et Ari Sanchez, will face off in the first round Ale Alonso et Andrea Ustero, semi-finalists in Dubai. This duel sets the tone for a high-level women's table.
The number 2 seeds, Gemma Triay et Claudia fernandez, will play against Teresa Navarro et Noemi Aguilar. Delfi Brea et Bea Gonzalez, seeded number 3, will meet Carolina orsi et Nuria Rodriguez, While Marta Ortega et Sofia Araujo will face a pair of qualifiers.
Potential quarter-finals:
- Josemaria/Sanchez (1) vs Osoro/Virseda (8)
- Salazar-Castelló (5) vs Ortega/Araujo (4)
- Brea/Gonzalez (3) vs Icardo/Jensen (7)
- Sainz/Llaguno (6) vs Triay/Fernandez (2)
A well-raised masculine table
The men's draw features the top 48 pairs, with the 16 seeded teams exempt from the first round. Arturo Coello et Agustin Tapia (1) will meet either Emilio Sanchez Chamero et Facundo Dominguez, or wild cards javier navarro et Abdulaziz Redha.
Fede Chingotto et Ale Galan (seeded number 2) will start against a pair from the qualifiers and share their half of the draw with Franco Stupaczuk et mike yanguas (4), who will start their tournament against Ramiro Moyano et Juan Cruz Belluati, or Agustin Torre et Javi Valdes.
In the other half of the table, alongside Coello and Tapia, we find Martin Di Nenno et Juan lebron (3), who will face in the second round Juanlu esbri et Xisco Gil, or José Solano Marmolejo et Ivan Ramirez.
Potential quarter-finals:
- Coello/Tapia (1) vs Bergamini/Garrido (8)
- Nieto/Sanz (6) vs Di Nenno/Lebron (3)
- Stupaczuk/Yanguas (4) vs Gonzalez/Alonso (7)
- Cardona/Navarro (5) vs Chingotto/Galan (2)
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.