In this Thursday, the first 4 heads of series make their entrance. That's it, the home stretch has started with teams that have created surprises. Be careful, it will heat up.

Apart from the absence of Paula Josemaría and Marta Marrero due to injury, everyone is back on the WPT stage. On this Thursday, the “cracks” are eagerly awaited by teams already familiar with the slopes and the sea air of Menorca.

Video summaries: some surprises

In the ladies

And yes, at each tournament we wonder what surprise all these artists will give us. Among the ladies, we find Laura Clergue and Léa Godallier in 1/8 finals for the 2nd time this season. Sandra Hernández and Tamara Icardo beat Aranzazu Osoro and Teresa Navarro in 3 hung sets. Ariadna Cañellas and Alicia Blanco, coming from the previas, won in 3 sets against Raquel Piltcher and Lorena Alonso.

Video credit: World Padel Tour

At men's

For men, new peer organizations work, others not yet, and the return of some players, dismissed for Coronavirus, hurts. This is the case of Lucas Campagnolo and Juan Martín Díaz who are coming off brilliantly from a “very” difficult match against Javi Ruiz and Uri Botello, in good form this year. Less luck for Alvaro Cepero and his new partner Antonio Fernández Cano who lost to Christian Fuster and Gonzalo Rubio.

The 2 veterans Grabiel and Gutiérrez, who had achieved great things so far, were knocked down by the two players who had defeated Tison / Scatena in Sardinia, Jon Sanz Zalba and Antonio Luque. Finally, Mieres / Piñeiro will go to the 3rd set, will fight, but will not get out of the trap Jerónimo González Luque / Adrián Allemandi.

Video credit: World Padel Tour

Video credit: World Padel Tour

Thursday posters

Women

  • Alejandra Salazar / Ariana Sánchez vs. Marta Talavan / Lorena Rufo
  • Laura Clergue / Léa Godallier vs. Patty Llaguno / Eli Amatriain
  • Virginia Riera / Sofia Araújo vs. Sandra Hernández / Tamara Icardo
  • Alicia Blanco / Ariadna Cañellas vs. Mapi / Majo Alayeto
  • Gemma Triay / Lucía Sainz vs. Ana Fernández / Lucía Martínez
  • Alba Galán / Victoria Iglesias v Verónica Virseda / Mari Carmen Villalba
  • Ana Catarina Nogueira / Delfina Brea vs. Carolina Navarro / Sara Ruiz
  • Cata Tenorio / Julieta Bidahorria vs. Marta Ortega / Bea González

gentlemen

  • Ale Galán / Juan Lebron v Ramiro Moyano / Lucho Capra
  • Lucas Begamini / Miguel Lamperti vs. Fede Chingotto / Juan Tello
  • Lucas Campagnolo / Juan Martín Díaz vs. Gonzalo Rubio / Christian Fuster
  • Jon Sanz Zalba / Antonio Luque v Agustín Tapia / Fernando Belasteguín
  • Franco Stupaczuk / Sanyo Gutiérrez v Jerónimo González Luque / Adrián Allemandi
  • Arturo Coello Manso / Iván Ramírez del Campo v Maxi Sánchez / Matí Díaz
  • Agustín Silingo / Martín Di Nenno vs. Ale Ruiz / Pablo Lijo
  • Jorge Nieto / Javier Rico vs. Paquito Navarro / Pablo Lima
Julien Bondia

Julien Bondia is a teacher of padel in Tenerife (Spain). Columnist and advisor, he helps you play better through his tutorials and tactical/technical articles padel.

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