Bellver-Gallardo in the women’s draw and Icardo-Casanova in the men’s: the leading pairs in Cebu

CEBU – The CUPRA FIP Tour returns to the Philippines, with the FIP Bronze High Velocity Cebu scheduled to take place. The men’s draw is headed by Sergio Icardo and Jordi Casanova, who won the FIP Bronze tournament in Samui, Thailand, in mid-May this year. Their main rivals for the title are Pablo Pastor Landaburu, who has won two CUPRA FIP Tour events in Asia this year (Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta), and Antonio Varo, winner of the FIP Bronze tournament in Rivesaltes this season. Also among the leading contenders are Kevin Uriel Kviatkovski-Miguel Gonzalez and Pier Giulio Farabbi-Imran Danil Van Dijk.

The women’s draw is also set to feature strong competition. The top seeds are Alba Gallardo and Sandra Bellver. The Spanish player has won four CUPRA FIP Tour titles this season, at the FIP Bronze tournaments in Houten, Cyprus, Yogyakarta and Alicante. The pairs of Kotomi Ozawa-Anastasiia Ryzhova and Kae Tokumoto-Yoshino Kushima are also targeting the title. Alica Repcikova-Anna Guryanova are also among the pairs to watch. The main draw of this tournament will begin on Friday and conclude on Sunday 18 October.