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 6/3 This 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 6/4 They are the only ones to reach the last four from a ranking outside the Top 4.

Finally  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 Llaguno The 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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