Solid Reiter and Blanco through to dispute Malmo main draw 08/11/2022 En Español Watch: 10 years of World Padel Tour! La Rioja and Chile Padel Open qualifying rounds to be disputed in Madrid Abu Dhabi Padel Master to earn players the most points in WPT history Tamara Icardo and Virginia Riera link arms for 2023 campaign Youngsters Javi Leal and Jon Sanz to challenger the WPT status quo in 2023 World Padel Tour celebrates ten years of passion Watch Alejandra Salazar's #Top5 from 2022! Watch: Sanyo Gutierrez's #Top5 points of the 2022 season! Four years and counting: Juan Lebron's dynasty at the top How the women's rankings look ahead of 2023 World Padel Tour season Exclusive: Finland works on the first purpose-built padel arena on Earth A look at the men's rankings to start the 2023 World Padel Tour season It was a great day for international players at the Areco Malmö Padel Open qualifiers, with five different nationalities making it into the main draw.While none of them are Swedish, it is yet another sign of how much the sport it is growing worldwide, international players gaining prominence all the time in World Padel Tour.Find out who did and did not make it out alive in the reports below!Orsi/Godallier vs Pérez/AguilarNumber one seed of qualifying Carolina Orsi and Léa Godallier started the matchday as they faced Agueda Pérez and Noemi Aguilar.The Italian-French tandem of Orsi and Godallier were much the better side from start to finish, breaking at will in both sets to win via a double 6-2.They will face recent Torrent Challenger winners Mapi and Majo Sánchez Alayeto in the round of 32Cánovas/Guinart vs Casali/FassioNext up, three-seed Noa Canovas and Marina Guinart, who looked to advance against Carlotta Casali and Martina Fassio.A one-sided first set, Cánovas and Guinart sped through 6-1 to have a foot in the round of 32.While the second set was a lot closer, Italians Casali and Fassio could not force a final set. It finished 6-1 6-4, with Claudia Fernández and Julieta Bidahorria awaiting in the round of 16.Sharifova/Martínez vs Soriano/MartínezNext, Russian ace Ksenia Sharifova and her Spanish counterpart Patricia Martínez, who looked to make it back-to-back main draws.In front of them, Spaniards Arantxa Soriano and Araceli Martínez, who could do little to stand in their way.Sharifova and Martínez led via example from start to finish, and beat their rivals 6-2 6-3 to make it into the round of 32. Sofia Saiz and Bea Caldera await them.Reiter/Blanco vs Alonso/ VelascoFinally, Alicia Blanco and former number one Cecilia Reiter took to the court, taking on Lorena Alonso and Jimena Velasco.Blanco and Reiter looked for their first main draw together, and did so with a dominant display.The Spanish-Argentinian tandem won convincingly, sending Alonso and Velasco home via a 6-2 6-3.Nuria Rodríguez and Eli Amatriaín are their next obstacles in the round of 32.
