Day 1: Leygue gives himself a dream day. The ‘Chingalan’ on Tuesday

For a Frenchman holding a racket, Roland Garros is more than anything else in the world. Thomas Leygue, the French player with the best position in the FIP ranking (he is number 107), had a dream day. The organisation of the Greenweez Paris Major Premier Padel gave him a wild card and Leygue, paired with Argentinean Ignacio Piotto, beat 7-6 6-2 qualifiers Pol Hernandez Alvarez and Rama Valenzuela (great players on the CUPRA FIP Tour 2024) to gain access to the second round where he will face Juanlu Esbri and Xisco Gil, the number 15 seed, who eliminated Javier Barahona and Teo Zapata in three sets (6-1 4-6 6-1). Among the results of the first day of the third Major of the year, the victory of Mario Del Castillo and Nacho Vilariño stands out: Mario and Nacho in three sets overcame the number 14 seed Lucas Campagnolo and Javi Leal with a score of 6-4 6-7 7-6. And also in a third-set tiebreak Alex Chozas and Leo Augsburger (16) came through against Gonzalo Rubio and Pablo Lijo. Tuesday will see the debut of Fede Chingotto and Ale Galan (2): they will take the Philippe Chatrier stage against Alvaro Cepero and Miguel Benitez not before 8 p.m.

WOMEN On a day in Paris also affected by bad weather, which forced the organisation of the Greenweez Paris Major Premier Padel to change the order of play, the women’s draw also began. Waiting for the seeded players, the French wild cards Jessica Ginier Barbier and Carla Touly had to retire in the second set against Marta Talavan and Julieta Bidahorria; good debuts, on the other hand, for Melania Merino and Esther Carnicero, big surprises in Valladolid (where they reached the quarter-finals) and who gave up only three games (6-1 6-2) to the Italians Emily Stellato and Giulia Sussarello. Sandra Bellver and Laia Rodriguez couldn’t have debuted any better either, with 6-4 6-3 to Carolina Navarro and Ariadna Cañellas.