World Padel Championships: Argentina, Spain continue dominant show

Doha, Qatar: Favourites Spain and Argentina continued to dominate men s and women s divisions of the FIP World Padel Championships on Tuesday, while h...

Doha, Qatar: Favourites Spain and Argentina continued to dominate men’s and women’s divisions of the FIP World Padel Championships on Tuesday, while hosts Qatar suffered their second consecutive loss.

At the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex, Argentina – the most successful nation in the history of Padel World championships, and Spain – the title-holders - recorded clean sweeps against USA and UAE respectively. However, Qatar, who went down to Chile on Day 1 of the prestigious event, lost in straight sets yesterday to France, who came third in the previous edition of the tournament.      In a seemingly one-sided clash in Group B, Spanish men swept past UAE, with the world’s top pair Juan Lebron and Arturo Coello opening with a strong 6-1, 6-2 victory over S Icardo and I Jofre. 

World No 3 Alejandro Galan and Miguel Yanguas followed with a hard-fought win against F Jurado and A Ayats to secure a 6-4, 7-5 result. Francisco Navarro and Jorge Sanz completed the sweep, blanking F Al Janahi and M Al Janahi with a 6-0, 6-0 win in just 33 minutes.

Argentina also followed in a similar fashion in Group A. In the opening match, Agustin Tapia and Federico Chingotto set the tone with a flawless 6-0, 6-0 win over M Segura and S. Castaneda Rubio.

C D Gutierrez and L Augsburger continued Argentina’s winning streak with a 6-3, 6-3 win against V Di Francesco and N Agritelley. V G Libaak and A Chozas defeated R Ruiz Alvarez and W Agritelley 6-1, 6-3 to complete the sweep.