Difficult start for the tricolors World Padel Tour Alicante Open with two defeats for the Franco-Spanish pairs.
Benjamin Tison told us recently, the level rises in the qualifications of the tournaments of the World Padel Tour. Today, it is the pairs Leygue / Sager Nagel and Blanque / Ortiz who are paying the price with defeats as soon as they enter the running in the first round of pre-previa.
Indeed, Thomas Leygue and Ignacio Sager Nagel lost to Adrian Ronco and Jaime Menéndez (7/6 6/3), seeded 13 of the pre-previas, while José Manuel Ortiz and Bastien Blanqué were dominated by Matías Nicoletti and Mario Ortega: 6/3 6/0.
At the end of the afternoon, Johan Bergeron will try to save honor for the tricolors. The Lyonnais and Cristian G. Gutiérrez will face Roger Aromi (128) and Ferran Insa (128) at 19:00 p.m.