The fourth day of the Qatar Major Premier Padel helped clarify the semi-final line-up, both for men and women.

Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia, eliminated in the round of 16 in Santiago by Leo Augsburger and Pablo Cardona, found their young opponents with the idea of ​​taking their revenge. This time, the world number 1 were able to make the difference in important moments, imposing themselves 6 / 4 6 / 4, thanks to a break in each set, without conceding their serve.

They will face in the semi-final Coki Nieto and Mike Yanguas, winners of Jon Sanz and Momo Gonzalez at the end of a long and hard-fought match. The number 3 seed won in three sets (7/6 4/6 7/5) after almost three hours of play.

At the bottom of the table, Alejandro Galan and Federico Chingotto continue their good start to the season. Opposed to Edu Alonso and Alex Arroyo, they controlled the match to win in 1h17 (6/1 6/4)They will play for their place in the final against Paquito Navarro and Lucas Bergamini, who dominated Javi Garrido and Martin Di Nenno in three rounds: 6/4 4/6 6/3This success allows them to reach their first semi-final together this season.

In the women's competition, the first semi-final will be between Delfi Brea and Gemma Triay (seeded n°2) à Alejandra Salazar and Veronica Virseda (n°7). Brea and Triay, already crowned in Gijón, Cancún and Miami, qualified by beating Bea Caldera and Carmen Goenaga : 6 / 2 7 / 5.

Salazar and Virseda eliminated the pair Ortega / Araujo (n°4) at the end of a three-set match: 2/6 6/2 6/4They are the only ones to reach the last four from a ranking outside the Top 4.

Paula Josemaría and Ariana Sánchez, current leaders of the FIP ranking, will find Bea Gonzalez and Claudia Fernandez, which have imposed themselves 6 / 3 6 / 3 face Lucia Sainz and Patty LlagunoThe Spanish pair will try to retain the title won in Doha last year.

Franck Binisti

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.

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