The 4th pair in the world,  Sofia Araujo  et  Marta Ortega , was taken out in the first round of the  Brussels P2  by the young Spanish pair  eraser  (53th) /  Calvo  (59th). This is their  second entry elimination  after a regular start to the season so far.

A scenario that repeats itself

Nothing is going right anymore  Araujo / Ortega  since the Santiago tournament, where they had already fallen in the first round after nearly two hours of play. The same scenario happened again in Brussels, against the young Spanish players  Calvo  (16 years) and  eraser  (22 years old), who sign  the first big surprise in the women's table They won in three sets: 6/2 4/6 6/1, in 2 hours and 09 minutes of play.

Santiago P1: Ortega / Araujo out from the start!

The Spanish pair were particularly impressive, displaying total realism with  100% break points converted (5/5) . For  Araujo / Ortega , the performance was marred by  51 unforced errors , against only  30 winning moves , a differential too large to hope to win. In comparison,  Calvo / Borrero  hit  21 smashes , almost  double  of their opponents (11). The third round was one-sided:  no break point obtained  to  Ortega / Araujo , And a  6/1  cashed.

Araujo Ortega stats

 The Calvo / Borrero pair  reaches the quarter-finals, where she will face  Virseda / Salazar  (TS7).

A negative dynamic is taking hold

Ranked 4th in the world, the pair  Araujo / Ortega  aimed to compete with the best teams on the circuit this season and win a title. Their start had been promising, however, with  three semi-finals  et  a final in Cancun  during the first four tournaments of the season.

But since then, the dynamic has reversed. After their elimination in the first round at  Santiago , they were stopped in  Qatar Major quarter-final , beaten in three sets by  Salazar / Virseda  (TS7), after passing a turn.

Their assessment on the  last three tournaments Premier Padel  is worrying:  only one victory . Since their defeat in the semi-final of the  Miami P1 Where  Araujo  had already shown signs of frustration, the results no longer follow.

Nicolas Fillaudeau

A big sports enthusiast and former tennis player, I discovered padel a few years ago without really focusing on it. Then I became addicted to this sport by practicing it and watching the premier padel matches. Looking forward to sharing the 2025 news with you!

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