Finland Premier Padel P2, day 1. Di Nenno-Lebron and Yanguas-Stupa, new pairs start well

The curiosity to see Martin Di Nenno and Franco Stupaczuk no longer on the same side of the court was enormous. The two Argentinians debuted with a victory in the Finland Premier Padel P2: Di Nenno, paired with Juan Lebron from the number 1 seed on the draw, suffered through one set before overcoming Javi Rico and Juanlu Esbri 7-5 6-0, while Stupaczuk and Yanguas – number 2 in the seeding – eliminated Lucho Capra and Maxi Sanchez with a score of 7-5 6-2 in what was the most awaited match of the day. Javi Garrido and Alex Ruiz (5) also did well among the pairs at their first tournament together, with a 6-4 6-1 win over Aris Patiniotis and Cristian Gutierrez, while the marathon match of the day was won 7-6 3-6 7-6 in two hours and 14 minutes by Alex Arroyo and Sanyo Gutierrez (8) over Jairo Bautista and Fran Guerrero. Tomorrow (schedule will start at 10 a.m. local time, 9 a.m. CET), in the last match on the centre court, it’s Paquito Navarro and Pablo Cardona’s time, opposing Victor Mena and José Solano Marmolejo, a pair coming from the qualifiers.

WOMEN After the end of the qualifying draw, the main draw will also begin tomorrow. Awaiting the debut of the top four seeds, scheduled for Thursday in the round of 16, it will be the turn of pairs number 5 to 8: Alejandra Salazar/Veronica Virseda (5) against Schuck/Pujals Perez, Virginia Riera and Carmen Goenaga (6) against Sharifova/Martinez, Alejandra Alonso and Andrea Ustero (7) against Ribeiro/Peralta and Marina Guinart and Nuria Rodriguez (8) against Castillon/Piltcher.