Football ‘invades’ padel in Rome

05/26/2022 at 01:46

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In Rome this week there is a paddle tennis atmosphere. The Italy Major Premier Padel, which is held at the Foro Italico where Rafa Nadal has lifted his crown swim less than ten timesonce again brings together the best players in the world in a tournament where 2,000 points are distributed again.

The final of the Conference League, protagonist

However, when evening began to fall in the Italian capital, football took to the streets, as 60,000 tifosi from Roma came out with their shirts and their flags to go see the Conference League final that faced their team against Feyenoord . At the Olympic they installed a giant screen, right next to the paddle tennis courts where you could hear how they cheered on their team non-stop.

Round of 16 defined

Yesterday the eighth finals were defined on the paddle tennis courts where all the favorites earned their place to continue in Rome for at least one more day.

Thus, the numbers one Ale Galan and Juan Lebrón will face Gonzalo Rubio and Jorge Ruiz; Agustín Gutiérrez and Jon Sanz will face Maxi Sánchez and Luciano Capra; Fernando Belasteguin and Arturo Coello will seek the quarterfinals against the winner of the duel between Del Castillo and Luque and Moyano and Bellauti; Franco Stupaczuk and Pablo Lima will fight against Iván Ramírez and Alejandro Arroyo. On the other side of the draw, Federico Chingotto and Juan Tello will have Cristian Gutiérrez and Daniel Windhal as rivals; Franciso Gil and Gómez Silingo will face each other with Javi Ruiz and Javi Rico; Momo González and Álex Ruiz will face Koki Nieto and Miguel Yanguas, while Paquito Navarro and Martín di Nenno will fight against Álvaro Cepero and Pablo Lijo.

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