Marrero / Salazar and Belasteguin / Lima win the stage of World Padel Tour in Alicante. A magnificent stage where we especially saw the old ones come back to business very seriously.

  • Marrero / Salazar: On the way to tickle the world number 1?

            Second tournament of the year and still no victory for the Alayeto twins! This time they suffered the law of Marta Marrero and Alejandra Salazar the number 3 pair in the ranking. It is an almost perfect tournament for the Spaniards who had eliminated the pair Triay / Sainz (Numbers 2) in the semi-final.

After a frustrating 2017 year for former professional tennis player Marta Marrero, where she had lost 7 finals, this title falls at the right time to kick off her season. The goal of going to tickle the twins at the first place in the world is still far, but the regularity she has shown throughout the tournament can allow him to believe. She also received the trophy of best player. Always good to take for trust.

On the side of our French players, 2 defeats in the first round of the final table, and a tournament to forget even if the way is encouraging especially for Alix Collombon who bows in 3 sets with his partner Sarah Pujals.

  • Belasteguin and Lima redo the powder

Even though their lead at the top of the world rankings is very comfortable, Bela and Lima were starting to feel the warm breath of Sanyo Gutierrez in their necks from the Badalone Master. Action reaction ! A tournament mastered from start to finish without losing a set and here we are again the world number one with a trophy in his hands.

In the final the opposition was intense during a set, where Stupa and Gutierrez led 3 / 1. Despite this little warning Bela and Lima won the tie-break. To the dismay of the audience attending a game of high level, a wound mowing Gutierrez early in the second set and forced him to abandon ...

To note in this tournament the association Navarro / Diaz which begins to take shape, and which led them until the semifinals. When the winners of the first tournament of the year, and world number two, Sanchez and Gutierrez, their course had stopped in quarter.

Defeated in a very tight match in the first round of the pre-previas, the champions of France Blanque / Bergeron will have to wait at least until the next tournament before going to get their first victory on the circuit.

  • The match to be reviewed: Stupa / Gutierrez Vs Galan / Diaz

If you missed this week's matches, all matches are available for replay on the world padel tour : http://www.worldpadeltour.com/noticias/competicion/revive-a-la-carta-todo-el-estrella-damm-alicante-open/

We strongly advise the semifinal Franco Stupaczuk and Cristian Gutierrez against Ale Galan and Mati Diaz.

  • The next step: Zaragoza

            It will take place in Zaragoza with the same format as in Alicante, an Open. Beginning of pre-qualifying on April 29 and finals scheduled for next May 6.

 Mario Cordero - Padel Magazine

Mario Cordero

Mario Cordero is a fine technician of the team. He observes, he analyzes, he returns to themes to bring his expertise. Complete, the man is as in the field!

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