Final 8, Day1. Japan make perfect start. Kazakhstan and Kuwait also win their opening matches

JAKARTA – The smiles of Asia’s emerging padel talents, the colours of the national teams and the flags of the competing nations. The opening ceremony officially marked the start of the final stage of the FIP Junior Asia Padel Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia, which will conclude on Saturday 14 November. On Day 1, Japan made a perfect start, securing two victories. In Group B of the women’s competition, Japan defeated Indonesia 3-0, with wins for the pairs Nagomi/Isozaki, M. Saito/Yanagi and Yasuda/N. Saito. The Japanese boys, the defending champions, recorded the same scoreline against Australia in Group A, with victories for Iwamoto/Takada, Arai/Kubota and Osada/Suzuki securing the two points.

 

Iran also recorded two victories, defeating Australia 3-0 in the women’s competition (Group A). Rahimi/Bitarafan won the opening match of the tie, followed by victories for Rafeeiboroujeni/Haji Molla Heydar and Hassani/Ezatnejad in the second and third matches respectively. The boys also celebrated a 3-0 victory, against Lebanon in Group B, with wins for Taghizadeh Najafi/Mansouri, Rafeei Boroujeni/Dehghani Rourani and Zolfaghari/Haji Mollaheydar. In the same group, Kazakhstan defeated the United Arab Emirates 2-1. The day’s results were completed by a 2-1 victory for Kuwait over Saudi Arabia in Group A of the boys’ competition.

 

DAY 2 SCHEDULE The second day of the final stage will also feature six ties. The women’s competition will open the day’s programme, with Iran-Philippines and Japan-Thailand scheduled to start at 9 am local time. The afternoon session, featuring the boys’ matches, will begin no earlier than 2 pm local time, with Iran-Kazakhstan, Lebanon-United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia-Australia and Japan-Kuwait. All matches are available on the International Padel Federation’s YouTube channel.