Day2, Indonesia and Lebanon secure double victories. The decisive group-stage matches await

KUWAIT CITY – The group stage is nearing its conclusion: tomorrow, 28 October, the decisive matches will determine which national teams progress to the next round. Indonesia took centre stage on Day 2 of the FIP World Cup Qualifiers Asia-Africa in Kuwait. After losing their opening tie against Egypt, the men’s team came from behind to defeat Senegal 2-1, with wins from the Alvianto/Saputra and Soemarno/Soemarno pairs. In the women’s competition, Indonesia followed up their opening-match victory by defeating Kuwait 3-0. They will now fight for a place in the next round against Hong Kong, who moved level with Indonesia at the top of Group D on four points after securing their second consecutive win. Lebanon also secured a double victory, 3–0 in the men’s competition against the Philippines (victories for Stephan/Boustany, Sabbah/Boustany and El Masri/Ghazi) and 2–1 in the women’s competition against Bahrain. Sioufi/Azar secured the decisive point in the third match of the tie.

 

WOMEN Tunisia secured qualification for the next round, with their 3-0 victory over Senegal mathematically confirming first place in Group C. The Aubertin/Bahri, Chamli/Allani and Amira/Mornagui pairs won all three matches in the tie. After losing their opening tie against Japan, Saudi Arabia bounced back with a victory over Oman in Group A, thanks to wins from Salhab/Fahad Alharbi, Yamani/Alkurdi and Binwathlan/Khalil Fareh.

 

MEN In the men’s competition, Kuwait’s victory over Pakistan (3-0) in Group C stood out. In the opening match of the tie, Hashem Almazeedi/Aljenaidel defeated Rehman/Rehman in three sets, while Behbehani/Redha beat Salar/Adnan in the second match. Abdal/Alwadhi secured a convincing 3-0 win for Kuwait in the final match. Everything remains to be decided in Group D on the final matchday: Tunisia and Morocco, both with maximum points, recorded 3-0 victories over Japan and Bahrain respectively. Day2 also saw win for Saudi Arabia against Hong Kong.

 

DAY3 SCHEDULE The final day of group-stage action at the FIP World Cup Qualifiers in Kuwait will begin at 10 am local time, with three men’s ties (Morocco-Tunisia, Egypt-Senegal and Japan-Bahrain) and three women’s ties (Hong Kong-Indonesia, Japan-Oman and Kuwait-United Arab Emirates). The programme for 28 October will conclude with five afternoon ties, scheduled to start no earlier than 2 pm local time: Kuwait-Saudi Arabia, Australia-Lebanon and Hong Kong-Pakistan in the men’s competition, and Egypt-Lebanon and the Philippines-Senegal in the women’s competition. All matches will be streamed live on the International Padel Federation’s YouTube channel.