Day 5, Salazar-Castelló’s feat: six match points cancelled before beating Triay-Fernandez

The certainty coming from Roland Garros is that the final of the women’s draw at the Greenweez Paris Major Premier Padel will not be the same as the last two tournaments, the one in Rotterdam and the one in Valladolid. Thanks to Alejandra Salazar and Jessica Castelló, who in the marathon of the day eliminated Gemma Triay and Claudia Fernandez (2) with a score of 4-6 7-6 6-3 in a match that lasted three hours and 27’ and in which “Ale” and “Jess” saved six match points. The incredible victory of the number 6 in the seeding, however, was not the only one against the odds: in addition to the number 2 seed, the number 3 seed Marta Ortega and Sofia Araujo also lost, beaten with a double 6-2 by Veronica Virseda and Aranzazu Osoro (8), authors of a great match. After suffering in the round of 16 against Guinart/Iglesias, on the other hand, Paula Josemaria and Ari Sanchez returned to dominance. With 6-1 6-2 defeats to Lucia Sainz and Patty Llaguno (5), they secured the semifinals against ‘Vero’ and ‘Zazu’; On the other side of the draw, it will be Delfi Brea and Andrea Ustero (4) who will face Salazar/Castelló (the former is already sure to rise to number 12 in the FIP ranking, the latter will climb from number 10 to number 8), after their comeback victory over Claudia Jensen and Tamara Icardo (5-7 6-2 6-3).

MEN If Saturday’s schedule in Paris will open with the women’s semifinals starting at 2 p.m. CET, then it will be the turn of the men’s semifinals, with the top four seeds on the draw. And for the second time this season, after the P2 semifinal in Genova, Ale Galan (paired with Fede Chingotto) and Juan Lebron (with Martin Di Nenno) will meet again as opponents after writing the history of the sport together. In Italy, the ‘Chingalan’ won over Lebron and Paquito Navarro; this time, with the ‘Lobo’ will be Martin Di Nenno, after a three-set victory in the evening (5-7 6-4 6-1) over Momo Gonzalez and Edu Alonso, while the number 2 seeded players gave up only two games (6-0 6-2) to Lucas Bergamini and Javi Garrido (7). At the top half, Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia continued their march thanks to 6-1 6-3 over Coki Nieto and Jon Sanz; in the semifinals, the duel with Mike Yanguas and Franco Stupaczuk (4), ahead in two sets (7-6 6-4) over Pablo Cardona and Paquito Navarro.