Many South Americans on court

While the world’s best players for the last Premier Padel of the year, the CUPRA FIP Tour makes another stop in South America, with the first of two events to close the season. In Viña del Mar, Chile, a FIP RISE is scheduled, preceding another tournament in the same category scheduled next week in Caracas, Venezuela.

There are 32 pairs at the start, with Argentines Pablo Nicolas Egea (world number 184) and Gonzalo Vera (210) leading an entry list almost entirely made up of South American players. The only exception, among the pairs directly admitted to the main draw, the French Philemon Raichman and Maxime Joris