Before the start of the competition, The United Arab Emirates had sparked a heated debate, particularly with Australia, for having included several Spanish players in its ranks: Arnau Ayats, Sergio Icardo, Iñigo Jofre et Fran Jurado.

The United Arab Emirates: A Dangerous Nation for the 2024 World Championships?

However, despite the turmoil, it did not prevent the United Arab Emirates from being present at the 2024 World Championships… and with a strong team. The country had had the misfortune of falling into the Spanish group, thus placing him in second place in the group.

If we could consider the Emirates as a potential danger in this competition, notably thanks to its top players, Portugal cooled their ambitions in a surprising quarter-final. Indeed, if the Portuguese logically won the first meeting against the two Al Janahi, the first real match began in the second meeting.

Pedro Araujo et Antonio Luque had a real fight to fight against Arnau Ayats et Fran JuradoThe first set was won in a tie-break by the Portuguese pair, who then soared in the second set by inflicting a 6/1 on the Jurado / Ayats duo. Thanks to this victory, Portugal has therefore headed for the semi-finals!

Finally, despite its armada of top 100 players, it will not have managed to do better than a quarter-final… That will perhaps be enough to do to put to rest the controversy surrounding his somewhat controversial participation in these World Championships…

Like France, the United Arab Emirates will try to get fifth place in these World Championships. They will face Chile today.

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Gwenaelle Souyri

It was her brother who one day told her to accompany him to a padel court, since then, Gwenaëlle has never left the court. Except when it comes to going to watch the retransmission of Padel Magazine, World Padel Tour… or Premier Padel…or the French Championships. In short, she is a fan of this sport.

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