The race for the last places for the Final Master was played at Milan Premier Padel P1, and the verdict is in: Alex Ruiz, ranked 16th before the tournament, will not participate in the prestigious end-of-season tournament. On the other hand, Lucas Bergamini et paul cardona emerge as the big winners in this battle for the final tickets.

Alex Ruiz eliminated in the eighth

Alex Ruiz, partnered by Alex Arroyo, had to reach the quarter-finals to hope to maintain his place among the top 16 in the ranking. But the Spaniard lost in the eighth round against Momo Gonzalez and Edu Alonso, seeded 8, with a score of 6 / 2 6 / 4A defeat which seals his fate and puts an end to his hopes of qualification.

Pablo Cardona validates his ticket

For its part, paul cardona did the necessary work to secure his place at the Master Final. Partnered with Paquito Navarro, he beat sanyo gutierrez et Josete Diestro in the eighth finals with a score of 6 / 2 6 / 4, thus qualifying for the quarter-finals. This victory guarantees him to remain in the Top 16 and thus obtain his ticket to Barcelona.

Lucas Bergamini, the big winner

Lucas Bergamini took advantage of both his victory in the round of 16 and Ruiz's defeat to overtake him in the standings. Partnered with Javi Garrido, the Brazilian won against Fernando Belasteguin and Valentino Libaak on the score of 6 / 3 6 / 4, thus validating his ticket to Barcelona. Only 27 points separated Alex Ruiz from Lucas Bergamini. The latter's victory in the round of 90 allows him to collect 16 points and thus pass Ruiz. Bergamini therefore climbs to XNUMXth place and eliminates Ruiz from the race.

The Top 16 is now known

With these results, the table of players qualified for the men's Master Final is now complete. For the women, the quarter-finals will be decisive: Who will be the last qualified for the Premier Padel Finals: Alejandra Alonso and Aranzazu Osoro?

Benjamin Dupouy

I discovered padel directly during a tournament, and frankly, I didn't really like it at first. But the second time, it was love at first sight, and since then, I haven't missed a single match. I'm even ready to stay up until 3am to watch a final of Premier Padel !