Day1, perfect debut for Tunisia and Egypt. Japan’s women also make a great start

KUWAIT CITY – Tunisia and Egypt made winning starts in Kuwait. The opening day of the FIP World Cup Qualifiers Asia-Africa could hardly have gone better for Egypt, who secured valuable points in the group stage: the men’s team defeated Indonesia, while the women’s team beat Bahrain, with both ties ending in 3-0 victories. Tunisia also enjoyed an excellent opening day, defeating Bahrain 3-0 in the men’s competition and recording the same scoreline against the Philippines in the women’s event.

 

MEN’S Tunisia and Egypt were not the only national teams to begin the men’s competition with a victory. In Group A, Australia defeated the Philippines 3-0, thanks to wins by the pairs Benzal/Velickovic, Navarro/Zelba and Bechard/Melisi. Kuwait and Saudi Arabia also secured convincing opening victories in Group C, defeating Hong Kong and Pakistan respectively. Morocco, who beat Japan 3-0 in their opening tie, are level with Tunisia at the top of Group D.

 

WOMEN’S Japan’s players made an impressive start, recording a clear 3-0 victory over Saudi Arabia to move provisionally into first place in Group A. The pairs fielded by Japan were Kitao/Kutsuna, Mizunuma/Tsukamoto and Kushima/Tokumoto. Egypt and Tunisia lead Groups B and C respectively. In Group D, Indonesia secured a convincing victory over the United Arab Emirates, winning all three matches in the tie. In the other match, Hong Kong defeated Kuwait 2-1.

 

DAY 2 SCHEDULE Play on the second day of the FIP World Cup Qualifiers in Kuwait will begin at 10 am local time, with three men’s ties (Japan-Tunisia, Bahrain-Morocco and Indonesia-Senegal) and three women’s ties (Kuwait-Indonesia, United Arab Emirates-Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia-Oman). The afternoon session will start at 2 pm local time, featuring five ties: Kuwait-Pakistan, Saudi Arabia-Hong Kong and Philippines-Lebanon in the men’s competition, and Tunisia-Senegal and Bahrain-Lebanon in the women’s event. All matches will be streamed live on the International Padel Federation’s YouTube channel.