Day 1. Gare Maritime races already sold out. Today the debut of the world’s top 4

From winning a FIP Bronze in Finland to the feat against Tino Libaak and Javi Garrido. It’s a magical April for Alvaro Cepero and Agustin Torre, protagonists of the first day of the Premier Padel Lotto Brussels P2. Respectively number 39 and 72 in the FIP ranking, the Spanish and the Argentine qualified for the round of 16 by defeating 1-6 7-5 7-5 one of the pairs making their debut at the Gare Maritime de Tour&Taxis in Belgium. But the great protagonist was also the Brussels crowd, who filled the stands from the opening day, thanks also to the debut in the evening of home idol Clement Geens, who paired with Frenchman Thomas Leygue was, however, eliminated by Tolito Aguirre and Gonza Alfonso.

Other Belgian players will also be playing today: wild cards Maxime Deloyer and Isaac Huysveld will face world number 1s Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia, and on the centre court, An-Sophie Mestach and Helena Wyckaert will be playing in the women’s draw, in a day that will also see the debut of other big names in world padel such as defending champions Fede Chingotto and Ale Galan, against Xisco Gil and Victor Ruiz. If Martin Di Nenno and Juan Tello began their partnership with a double 6-1 win over Miguel Benitez and Javi Martinez, there will be an expectation for another ‘nueva pareja’, the one formed by Juan Lebron and Alex Ruiz, on court against qualified Arnau Ayats and Pablo Garcia Rodrigo.