Among the men, the favorites went to the quarter of the Santander Open this Thursday, sometimes in pain. Notable exception: Tello / Chingotto, gone… by the wayside.

The No. 2 men's seed was heckled this Thursday evening in Santander: Agustin Tapia and Sanyo Gutierrez needed to play 25 games and play almost two hours to overcome Javier Barahona (43rd in the ranking) and Javier Garcia (45th).

The latter bravely played their luck during this round of 5 of a WPT Open, even serving for the set in the first round. They even had a set point at 4/XNUMX, on a punto de oro, finally won by Tapia / Sanyo, who then won the decisive game.

Nine points in a row

In the second set, the Barahona / Garcia pair went on the attack, leading 4-2. It was then that the favorites scored nine points in a row to equalize at 4-4 and narrowly miss the break in the 9th game. But it was in the 11th that their opponents gave up their arms, before cashing in a final white game. Final score 7/6 7/5.

If they were overall dominated with only 45% of the points gained in the match, the Spaniards defended their service five times on punto de oro, while the Argentineans pocketed only two.

In the other round of XNUMX at the end of the day, the seeded players imposed their law.

Stupa and Lima impress

Paquito Navarro and Martin di Nenno unfolded without shaking against Cepero and Moya (6/4 6/0). Their future opponents in the quarters, Franco Stupaczuk and Pablo Lima, impressed by inflicting a clear 6/3 6/1 on Garrido and Campagnolo, in the space of one hour and nineteen minutes.

Earlier in the day, Galan and Lebron got rid of the Silingo / Belluati pair without worry. They have an appointment this Friday with Ale Ruiz and Momo Gonzalez, who fought for more than two hours against Diestro and Pincho.

Another quarter-final will pit Bela / Coello, easy winners of Ruiz and Bergamini, against the surprise of the day, Javi Leal and Javi Rico, who eliminated Chingotto and Tello.

As for the 100% Argentinian final quarter, it will feature Tapia and Gutierrez facing Capra and Sanchez, who defeated Ruiz / Lijo in three sets.

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After 40 years of tennis, Jérôme falls into the pot of padel in 2018. Since then, he thinks about it every morning while shaving… but never shaves pala in hand! Journalist in Alsace, he has no other ambition than to share his passion with you, whether you speak French, Italian, Spanish or English.

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