Puerto Cabello P2, day 2. Lebron-Gonzalez and Galan-Chingotto, what a debut!

The wait for Juan Lebron and Ale Galan’s first game with two new teammates was so big. And in front of the Venezuelan fans, who attended a unique event in the recent history of padel, the Spaniards, who together at the beginning of 2024 had reached the final of the Riyadh Season P1 (won) and the final of the GNP Mexico P1 (lost), both started with a victory in the Puerto Cabello P2.

The first to take the court was Lebron, with Momo Gonzalez: as number 4 seed, ‘El Lobo’ and Momo defeated 7-5 6-4 the Spanish qualifiers Quilez/Bueno. Closing Wednesday’s schedule at the Dracu Rider Stadium were Ale Galan and Fede Chingotto: the number 3 seed in the first P2 of the year, in Venezuela, took 56 minutes to beat 6-3 6-0 Valdes/Mendez. The kings of Doha and Acapulco Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia (1) played only 43 minutes, beating 6-3 6-2 Gil/Gutierrez; Franco Stupaczuk and Martin Di Nenno (2) took almost the same time against Alba/Marcos (6-1 6-2 in 44 minutes).

WOMEN In the women’s draw, the round of 16 was completed, which will see the debut of the top four seeds in the draw. Delfina Brea and Bea Gonzalez (1) will open the afternoon session (not before 3 p.m. Venezuelan time, 20:00 CET) against Piltcher/Valenzuela, but there will also be space for Triay/Fernandez (2) against Orsi/Lobo, Ortega/Virseda (3) against qualifiers Atencia/Marques and Salazar/Icardo (4) who will face Ortiz/Lucendo. Three days after winning the GNP Mexico P1 in Acapulco, Jessica Castelló and Claudia Jensen (6) finally got off to a good start with a 6-2 6-3 win over Talavan-Rodriguez.