FIP Rise Hop London, Fernandez and Jimenez set to put on a show

Antonio ‘Pincho’ Fernandez, number 44 in the FIP ranking, and José Jimenez Casas, number 68, are the number 1 seed in the FIP Rise Hop London scheduled for the weekend at the Padel Hub in London. It will be a weekend of great padel show in a nation, Great Britain, where padel continues to grow: the number 2 seed in the 32-pair men’s draw are Frenchmen Maxime Moreau and Julien Seurin.

There will be 15 pairs entered in the women’s tournament, with Spain’s Carla Fitó (number 93 in the FIP ranking) and Lorena Alonso De Lera (83) already admitted to the quarter-finals. The first round of the main draw is scheduled for Friday, with the tournament protagonists taking to the court on Saturday for the round of 16 and quarters and on Sunday for the semifinals and finals