It's simple, we are entitled to two magic squares today in the semifinals of the World Cup. Padel 2020 taking place in Doha, Qatar.

Favorites at the rendezvous

For both men and women, the 4 nations which were placed in the first hat are now in the semi-finals. As you might expect, the great nations are there, with most of the time overwhelming victories over their opponents. Only the French (against Paraguay then to Uruguay) and Italians (facing Brazil), were a bit heckled among the 8 teams that we will find today in the last four.

In the end, we are still waiting for the first surprise of this tournament! We notice when we see the matches that the level is gradually rising among small nations but the gap is far too large to be filled so quickly. Moreover, it is difficult to see what could prevent Argentina and Spain from facing each other in the final tomorrow. For men, as for women ...

Towards two Spain-Argentina finals?

Just like France and Spain, who compete in men and women, Argentina will play two semi-finals today. In the women's draw it will be against Italy, and in the men's draw, it will be against our neighbor, Brazil. The Argentinian selection, which has not yet made any details, will necessarily start as favorites today, but it will still have to be wary of two great teams.

Heckled yesterday by the Brazilians, can the Italians make Argentines doubt? It promises to be complicated all the same. The Squadra Azzura has a majority of players who play on the World Padel Tour, but the best ranked is Giulia Sussarello, 54th, when Argentina has in its ranks Delfi Brea (6), Virginia Riera (9), Aranzazu Osoro (13), Claudia Jensen (32), Cela Reiter (35) and Julieta Bidahorria (43)… On paper, therefore, Argentina's big advantage.

For men, it's a bit the same thing. Brazil has a very good team led by Pablo Lima (10 WPT), Lucas Campagnolo (40) and Lucas Bergamini (46), but also very good players from the APT: Stefano and Joao Flores, Lucas Da Cunha… But now, opposite Argentina has a real dream-team, in which we find no less than 8 players from the Top 13 of the WPT! Judge for yourself: Fernando Belasteguin, Sanyo Gutiérrez, Agustin Tapia, Franco Stupaczuk, Martin Di Nenno, Juan Tello, Federico Chingotto, Maxi Sanchez! As good as their team is, it will be very complicated for the auriverde...

As mentioned above, Spain seems to be far above France, and if the logic is once again respected, we should be entitled to two Argentina-Spain finals tomorrow!

Qatar 2020 World Cup: France against the Spanish ogre

 

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