Le Premier Padel Dubai P1 marks the resumption of the circuit after the World Pairs Championship held in Kuwait. Several of the best players in the world are competing without a break, trying to end the year on a positive note. Among them, Federico Chingotto et Alejandro GalánThe recent World Cup winners had to work hard to overcome their first hurdle in Dubai. And the pair ranked 14th in the tournament suffered a first-round defeat.

Chingotto and Galan manage to pull through.

Barely three days after their World pairs title in Kuwait, Federico Chingotto et Alejandro Galán made their entrance into the Premier Padel Dubai P1A closer match than expected against I fight Capra et Aimar Goñi Lacabewho won the first round before succumbing to the quality and consistency of the Spanish-Argentine duo. Final victory: 5/7 6/4 6/1.

After a somewhat shaky start, the world number twos managed to turn things around, regain control of the game, and close out the final set without any trouble. They will face tomorrow's opponents. William Collado et Pol Hernández, authors of a fine performance in the previous round with a victory 6 / 1 6 / 1 face Javi Garcia et Javier Barahona.

Already off to Sanyo / Alfonso

The second surprise of the day came from Andres Fernandez Lancha et Nachi Sager, who defeated the number 14 seed, Sanyo Gutierrez / Gonzalo Alfonso, on the score of 7 / 6 6 / 4For their part, the leaders of the world rankings, Arturo Coello et Agustín TapiaThey did not tremble: a swift victory 6 / 1 6 / 1 salary. Icardo / JuradoThey will meet again in the round of 16. Tolito Aguirre et Alex Chozas (seeded #16).

The world champions are back on the court

For the women, Thursday will mark the grand return of world number 1 Paula Josemaría et Ari Sánchez, newly consecrated world pairs championsThe Spanish women will open the day on Centre Court at 12pm (9am in France) against Martina Fassio et Patty Llaguno.

Another highly anticipated pair: Delfi Brea et Gemma Triay (number 1 seeds), facing off against Bea Caldera et Carmen Goenaga.
Bea González et Claudia Fernández (No. 3) will start against Aranzazu Osoro et Victoria Iglesias, andAndrea Ustero et Sofia Araujo (No. 4) will face Lucia Martinez placeholder image et Nuria Rodriguez on court no. 1.

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.