Bahrain, Fernandez-Mouriño and Las Heras-Carnicero respect predictions

Pincho Fernandez, Federico Mouriño, Barbara Las Heras and Esther Carnicero were the number 1 seed at the FIP Bronze in Bahrain: the two favourite pairs lived up to the predictions, lifting the trophy without losing a set. In the men’s draw, Fernandez and Mouriño overcame Javier Martinez and Miguel Benitez in the final with a score of 6-4 7-6; in the women’s draw, Carnicero and Las Heras gave up only two games (6-0 6-2) to Dora Andrejski and Maria Portillo.

“We won the tournament at the end of a very tough match against two great opponents – the words of Mouriño and Fernandez, now respectively number 56 and 44 in the FIP ranking –. Thank you to Bahrain for welcoming us to this tournament with an atmosphere of great hospitality”. Winning the FIP Bronze in Bahrain allowed Carnicero to remain close to the top 30 players in the FIP ranking (32); Las Heras, on the other hand, gained two positions, reaching number 42.