El Villa of San Javier Challenguer gives the starting signal to the round of 16 after an intense day of sixteenths with some surprises in the final table.
Wednesday was a sixteenth day in the fifth Challenger of the season. The last day before the dispute of the final table brought exciting meetings and some surprise in the face of eighth round.
The first surprise came from the hand of Christian Fuster and Raúl Marcos that in a very serious match they managed to beat the 5 number of the tournament, the pair formed by Martín Sánchez Piñeiro and José Antonio García Diestro, with a final score of 7-6 and 6-3. Two sets to sneak into the round of XNUMX where they will face Antonio 'Pincho' Fernández and Miguel Oliveira who maintain their good game moment after obtaining an important victory against Marcello Jardim and Pedro San Román also in two sets by 6-4 and 7-6.
Antón Sans and Iñigo Zaratiegui will also be in the second round after giving the surprise before Juan Manuel Restivo and Cristian Germán Gutiérrez to which his extensive experience did not serve them this time to trace a match that was closed with an 6-4 / 6-2. Only two sets also needed what will be their rivals, Diego Ramos and Rafa Méndez They confirmed their great season by defeating 6-2 / 7-6 in what was their 33º victory of the year.
Jordi Muñoz and Germán Tamame On the other hand they took what was one of the great matches of the day against Fede Quiles and Chico Gomes. An 6-4 / 7-5 that soured the farewell as a couple of Quiles and Gomes. His opponents in the round of eighth will be Christian Ramos and David Leal who maintained the tonic of victories in two sets with an 6-4 / 6-3 against José Rico and Alejandro Tasa.
Another of the pairs that we will see in eighths is formed by Andrés Britos and Juan Manuel Vázquez after solving his encounter with an 6-3 / 6-2 against Adrià Mercadal and Ricardo Martínez. Before them, a premiere couple like Víctor Ruíz and Willy Lahoz that won by a double 6-2 to Borja Yribarren and Adrián Blanco.
Aspiring and favorites cross their roads in the eighth of Villa de San Javier Challenguer
The sixteenth clashes have also served to clear which pairs will face the great favorites of this fifth Challenger of the World Padel Tour of the year. So the premiere of couple number two, Pablo Lijó and Maxi Grabiel, will be before Rubén Rivera and Gerard Company who beat Jesís Espejo and Mario del Castillo with a double 6-4.
Javier Escalante and Toni Bueno they also did their homework by eliminating Fran Ramírez and José Carlos Gaspar with a 6-3 / 6-2 and they are already waiting for the Brazilians in the second round Lucas Campagnolo and Lucas Bergamini, which start as third favorites.
Juan Tello and Federico Chingotto They have also shown their superiority by defeating 6-3 / 6-2 to Javier Rico and Juan Miguel Such, recovering some good sensations that they intend to confirm in the second round Adrián Allemandi and Agustín Gómez Silingo.
To close the picture, Miguel Angel Solbes and Jorge Ruíz Gutiérrez won by 7-5 / 6-2 Sergio Icardo and Marc Quilez and will face today Ramiro Moyano and Luciano Capra.
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