The day of round of XNUMX of the first Open to be held on Swedish soil gave us great matches in which the great contenders for the title defeated their rivals.

A productive morning for Argentines

At 10:30 a.m., two games saw the favorites meet in the quarter-finals. The first match on center court opposed Fede Quiles (63) / Miguel Oliveira (9) to the young pair Afonso Fazendeiro (76) / Pedro Araújo (83). Quiles and Oliveira shared their experience to win in straight sets 6-1 / 6-2.

Quiles APT Sweden 2021

Simultaneously on court number 1, Mariano Lasaigues (43) / Enrique cataldo (328) played against Maximiliano Cejas (12) / Maximilian Sanchez (10). Final score 3-6 / 6-7 in favor of Eyebrows et Sanchez

Maxi and Franco in the quarter-finals

In an exciting match where Matias Del Moral (19) et Santiago Frugoni (19) put Dal Bianco / Arce in difficulty, the match returned to Future 1000 Kungsbacka champions. A first set which was favorable to Del Moral / Frugoni 6-1. Matias and Santiago entered the match with great envy and managed to destabilize Maxi and Franco.

In the second set, the winners of the previous tournament focused and were more precise in the deciding points. During the set, Maxi and Franco have played closer to the net and forced their opponents to make mistakes. In the third set, Del Moral and Frugoni couldn't contain their compatriots and ended up losing the match. Final score 6-1 / 4-6 / 2-6. 

Crazy matches!

The two meetings that opened the day were quite simply stand-out materials. Passionate about padel were delighted with the level displayed by the players.

The first match opposed the number 1 of the circuit Federico Chiostri and the Argentinian Yain Melgratti (13) to Spanish Guillermo Lahoz (33) and Portuguese Diogo Schaefer (29). From the start of the match, each pair tried to win, but none gave in. The first set went to the Argentines who won it in the tie-break. Then the Spanish-Portuguese pair showed their best padel and forced a new tie break, which they won this time.

The third set was a recital for Diogo and Guillermo, winning key points and leaving Yain and Fede no chance to win the match. Final score 6-7 / 7-6 / 6-4. The Iberians have eliminated one of the favorite pairs!

The second game that enchanted us at Hede PadelCenter was the one between the Deus brothers and the Argentinian couple Almada (24) / Bejarano (15). The first set went to the Portuguese who seemed a little more comfortable on the court and beat Matias and Gaston 6-4.

In the second set, the level of both pairs rose and they gave us some of the best points of this start of the season. Kungsbacka Open I. Almada / Bejarano managed to break and take the set 6-4. In the third and final set, the match turned into a battle between attack and defense, until the tie break which would define the winner of the match. Result 6-7 in favor of the Argentines. Final score 4-6 / 6-4 / 6-7.

After the end of the two matches, two more matches took place at the same time. On the main court, two Brazilian pairs clashed. The best couple of the circuit present in the tournament had a complicated game that needed a final tie-break to decide.

Flores APT Sweden

The first set was won without problem by Stefano Flores et Julio Julianoti 6-1. In the second set, the pair Lucas da cunha et Pedro Flores put the favorite pair of the tournament in trouble and in turn offered a 6-1. In the third set, we had a great show that finally leaned in the side of Julianoti and Flores in the last moments. Final result 6-1 / 1-6 / 7-6.

In the match played on court 1, the pair Matias Popovich (22) / Luciano Soliverez (13) was beaten by the Paraguayan pair Jose Benitez et Santiago Castaneyra. The match was settled in straight sets, 5-7 / 3-6.

In the last game of the round of XNUMX of the APT Padel Tour Kungsbacka Open I, Argentines Pablo barrera (7) et Nicolas egea (7) faced the Spaniard Marc Bernils (26) and Portuguese Ricardo Martins (40). The match was decided in straight sets 7-5 / 6-2. The first set was more contested than the second, from the start of the match the two pairs tried to get as many balls out of the field as possible, and in this game it was the Argentines who were the most precise!

Santiago plazas

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