Day 2. Diestro and Esbri try again: today they face Chingotto and Galan

José Diestro and Juanlu Esbri are coming off an unforgettable week: after reaching the semi-finals in the P2 in Asuncion, beating, among others, the number 1 ranked Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia, in the Premier Padel Buenos Aires P1, Diestro and Esbri defeated the number 16 seeds, local idols Tolito Aguirre and Gonza Alfonso, and in the round of 16, they will face the other dominant pair on the circuit, Fede Chingotto and Ale Galan. The “Chingalan” winners in Asuncion will therefore have to be very wary of the great form of Diestro and Esbri, one of three unseeded pairs to make it through the second round and qualify for the round of 16 scheduled for today at Parque Roca. The other two surprises came from Pablo Lijo and Juan Cruz Belluati (who have already knocked out Javi Garrido and Tino Libaak) and Aris Patiniotis and David Gala, who defeated Alex Ruiz and Maxi Sanchez.

WOMEN From 10 a.m. local time, 3 p.m. CET, a great day of padel will begin in Buenos Aires: Paula Josemaria and Ari Sanchez will open the day on centre court, taking on Carolina Orsi and Nuria Rodriguez (who yesterday played for 3 hours and 31 minutes to beat Sofia Saiz and Marina Lobo) as they begin their mission to regain the number 1 ranking. While Paula and Ari play the first match, the third will feature the new queen of world padel, Gemma Triay, playing for the first time as number 1 with Delfi Brea against Alix Collombon and Araceli Martinez. Martina Calvo’s great run continues: after the quarter-finals in Brussels and Asuncion, the young Spanish, paired with Aranzazu Osoro, eliminated Marta Ortega and Ale Alonso, seeded number 5.