Women’s day 4. The semifinals are Spain-Portugal and Argentina-Italy

Spain–Portugal and Argentina-Italy. These are the women’s semifinals of the FIP World Padel Championships in Doha. Great excitement in Qatar for the quarterfinals, especially the match between France and Portugal, which captivated the audience at the Khalifa Tennis & Squash Complex. Following wins by Collombon and Ginier Barbier over Fernandes/Gaspar and by Ribeiro/Araujo over Pothier/Soubrie, the decisive victory came from Santos/Nogueira against Touly/Godallier: it ended 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 in two hours and 13 minutes.

Now, Portugal will face Spain, which secured its semifinal ticket with wins by Claudia Fernandez and Ari Sanchez (6-1, 6-0 over Girdo/Bjork) and by Marta Ortega and Jessica Castelló over Arvidsson/Navarro (6-7, 6-2, 6-1).

In the other draw, Argentina defeated the Netherlands 3-0: Aranzazu Osoro and Julieta Bidahorria opened with a 6-2, 6-0 win over De Vocht/Betz; the other points were won by Delfi Brea and Claudia Jensen (6-0, 6-1 against Koek/Luttikhuis) and Virginia Riera and Daiara Valenzuela (6-2, 6-3 over Hemmes/Weterings). Next up for the Albiceleste is Italy, which beat Brazil 2-0, with Carolina Orsi and Carlotta Casali (6-2, 6-0 against Abbud de Barros/Cirne) and Emily Stellato and Giulia Sussarello (6-4, 6-0 over Schuck/Abarzua) securing victory.

FIP WORLD PADEL CHAMPIONSHIPS – WOMEN’S QUARTERFINALS

Spain-Sweden 2-0

Portugal-France 2-1

Argentina-Netherlands 3-0

Italy-Brazil 2-0

FIP WORLD PADEL CHAMPIONSHIPS – WOMEN’S SEMIFINALS

Spain-Portugal

Argentina-Italy