Day 3 men Sweden party: beats Belgium and is second. Italy also on top
July 24, 2024
“Sweden is on fire”. After almost six hours of battle, the players of Sweden are singing and hugging each other: thanks to the decisive victory over Belgium of Douglas Rutgersson and Linus Frost, the team captained by Jonas Bjorkman is certain of second place in Group D of the FIP European Padel Championships. Sweden will face Italy in the quarterfinals: today, the Azzurri beat Great Britain 3-0 thanks to Graziotti/Sinicropi, Cremona/Dominguez and Bruno/Patiniotis. Great Britain, on the other hand, will face Portugal, winner of nine matches out of nine in Group D, the last three of which against Denmark (Araujo/Pascoal, Jesus/Luque and Deus/Fazendeiro).
Like Italy and Portugal, Spain and France ended the first three days of the FIP European Padel Championships without losing a match. The defending champions, with Ruiz/Zapata, Cardona/Gonzalez and Arroyo/Diestro, beat Germany 3-0 and in the quarters will find the Netherlands (second in Group C with a 3-0 win over Austria); the Bleus, on the other hand, closed the tie against Poland 3-0 with victories by Guichard/Vanbauce, Blanque/Leygue and Joris/Moreau, and in the quarters they will face Germany, second in Group A. Here are the quarterfinals, scheduled for tomorrow at 4 p.m. at TC Cagliari: Spain-Netherlands, Portugal-Great Britain, Italy-Sweden, France-Germany.
