Fourth day of competition at the Estrella Damm Alicante Open from World Padel Tour and more surprises during these round of 16.

 

At men's …

From 09 a.m. the public present in Alicante was able to attend the first clash of the day between Victor Ruiz and Nacho Gadea salary. Javier Martinez and Augustin Gutierrez.
Stronger in key moments, the latter emerged victorious by winning after two tie-breaks: 7-6 (5) / 7-6 (4).

The other surprise of the morning is the victory of Jon SanzAlba - Aris Patiniotis against Juan Cruz Belluati and Javier Garrido 6-4 / 0-6 / 7-6. A big performance for those who will have to face the winners of the last one on Thursday afternoon World Padel Tour Adeslas Madrid Open 2021: the legends sanyo gutierrez et Fernando Belasteguin.

Aris Patiniotis

At the same time, the two players sensation Miguel Semmler and Javi Loyal were trying to turn the tide and continue their momentum by creating the feat in their match against Javi Ruiz et Uri Botello.

The first set was to the advantage of the latter and despite a good return in the second part of the two players revelations of the tournament, the Ruiz - Botello pair ended the match with a white set.
Final result: 6-2 / 1-6 / 6-0

On the second round of the morning, it was the turn of a pair coming out of the previas, Antonio Fernandez Cano et José Garcia Diestro to take place on the track, facing a difficult team, Coki Nieto and the big one Juan Martin Diaz.
Victory in 3 sets of these: 2-6 / 6-2 / 6-3

In parallel we found the Hispano-Argentinian pair composed of Juani Mieres et Alvaro Cepero face Martin Pineiro et Javier Gonzalez Barahona.
If during the first part of the match the Spaniards managed to take the advantage, the former partner of Miguel Lamperti and his partner managed to turn the tide by winning with a final score of: 2-6 / 7-5 / 6-3

And to end this morning, Juan Tello et Fede Chingotto came to the end of Lucas (Bergamini and Campagnolo) in two hanging sets: 6-4 / 7-6

After a short break, hostilities resumed at 15:00 p.m. with the fratricidal fight between the Rico as a poster.
In this battle for a place in the 8th final, it is Jeronimo González Luque et javier rico who emerged victorious against Ramiro Moyano et Jose rico dasi 6-4 / 7-6 (4).

Following an injury, the pair Rafa Mendez et Salvador Oria Ortega had to forfeit and give up any hope of qualifying for the rest of this competition. Alex Ruiz et Stupa qualify without playing.

It was not good to be a new pair today… Indeed, Maxi Sanchez et I fight Capra got out entrance by Sergio Alba Sanchez et Francisco Gil Morales.
Ditto for their former teammates  Tito Allemandi et Pablo Lijo, for whom the tournament ends in 16th after a defeat against Gonzalo Rubio et Christian Fuster. Two big fights in three sets, which could surely have turned from one side to the other but in the end it was the pairs with more experience who came out the winners!

We will also find  Miguel Lamperti et Arturo Coello in the round of 8 following their 6/4 / 7-5 victory over Ernesto Moreno et Denis Tomas Perino.

Finally, last match of the day taking place on court 2, saw the favorites oppose each other Augustin Gomez Silingo et Mati Diaz facing young talents Miguel Yanguas et Ivan Ramírez. After being kicked out of Madrid, the veterans set the record straight with a victory 6-1/6/4.

 

Thursday's male posters:

  • Ale Galan - Juan Lebron / Javier Martinez Vazquez - Augustin Gutierrez
  • Uri Bottello - Javier Ruiz / Juan Martin Diaz - Coki Nieto
  • Juan Tello - Federico Chingotto / Javi Rico - Jeronimo Gonzalez Luque
  • Juani Mieres - Alvaro Cepero / Paquito Navarro - Martin Di Nenno
  • Pablo Lima - Augustin Tapia / Christian Fuster - Gonzalo Rubio
  • Sergio Alba Sanchez - Francisco Gil Morales / Miguel Lamperti - Arturo Coello
  • Alex Ruiz - Franco Stupaczuk / Mati Diaz - Augustin Gomez Silingo
  • Sanyo Gutierrez - Fernando Belasteguin / Jon Sanz - Aris Patiniotis

Small tour among women

Let us first salute the victory ofAlix Collombon and his partner Jessica castello 7-5 / 6-3 facing Carmen Goenaga et Beatriz Caldera.
The Frenchwoman and her Spanish partner will have right to their revenge tomorrow against Sainz / Gonzalez.

At the same time it was the turn of Delfi Brea et Tamara Icardo to qualify for the round of 8 against Lucky Losers Xenia Clasca and Nuria Vivancos in 6-3 / 6-2

The Hispano - Argentinian pair will meet another team which emerged victorious from their duel.
Indeed it is about Patty Llaguno et Virginia Riera who got the job done by winning 6-1 / 6-4 over Alba Galan et Maria Carmen Villalba .

Another victory for the favorite pairs: that of Victoria virseda et Lucia Martinez placeholder image 7-5 / 6-1 facing Nicole Traviesa et Nelido Brito.
Quarter-finalists in Madrid, Victoria Iglesias et Aranzazu Osoro also manage to get their ticket for the 8th by beating in 2 sets Teresa Navarro et Ana Nogueira 6-4 6-3.

The surprise of these 16ths is the elimination of the pair Amatriain - Auraujo face Barbara las heras et Carla Mesa 3-6 / 4-6. Jorge De Benito's players had a very big game to win against the seeded 7 of the tournament!

We also did not expect the defeat, in two sets moreover, of Carolina Navarro and Cela Reiter against Esther Carnicero and Raquel Piltcher !

In addition, still in the radius of small surprises, two pairs of previas have shown that they should be counted on! It's about by Arantxa Soriano / Angela Caro et Sandra Bellver / Claudia Jensen who eliminated, in two sets please, two pairs of the main draw: Alonso / Dominguez and Blanco / Merino!

The Ana (Fernandez and Cortiles) They also qualified for the next phase with a convincing victory against Araceli Martinez and Sandra Hernandez: 6-4 / 6-1.

Finally, we have already talked about it, only one Frenchwoman will be present in the eighth since Léa Godallier et Ari Canellas failed to overcome the obstacle Talavan / Rufo !

The posters of tomorrow are:

  • Gemma Triay - Alejandra Salazar / Lucia Martinez - Veronica Virseda
  • Barbara Las Heras - Carla Mesa / Sandra Bellver - Claudia Jensen
  • Aranzazu Osoro - Victoria Iglesias / Angela Caro- Arantxa Soriano
  • Marta Ortega - Marta Marrero / Julieta Bidahorria-Cata Tenorio
  • Alix Collombon - Jessica Castello / Bea Gonzalez - Lucia Sainz
  • Delfi Brea - Tamara Icardo / Patricia Llaguno - Virginia Riera
  • Raquel Piltcher - Esther Carnicero / Marta Talavan - Lorena Rufo
  • Ana Fernandez - Ana Cortiles / Ariana Sanchez - Paula Josemaria

 

Sebastien Carrasco

Future naturopath and passionate about padel, Seb is the health/food gentleman of Padel Magazine. He juggles between pala, quinoa and essential oils. For almost two years now he has been dealing with the news of the little yellow ball with the same passion.

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