Franco Stupaczuk (number seven in the ranking) is the only notable absence in the Master of Cascais that begins this Tuesday in the main draw, and that today has been presented at the Estoril Casino, where they have acted as godparents the Brazilian Pablo Lima and the most important Portuguese female couple ever, Ana Caterina Nogueira and Sofia Araujo, that in some way are the avazandilla of professional padel in their country: Nogueira is the first from Portugal to win a professional tournament, and Araujo the first to win the breakthrough award of the season.
That the WPT draws are not fixed seems to be beyond doubt, even though some encounters are alarmingly repeated. If they were manipulated, without a doubt, Ana and SofÃa would not debut on Wednesday against Paula JosemarÃa and Ariana Sánchez, one of the couples so solid that without playing well they win, the second best in the season, alternating the number one for weeks and because they missed a tournament for a positive. Ana and Paula were partners two years ago, when Nogueira traveled from Porto to Valladolid to train with the Extremaduran.
Franco, who is on medical leave, abandons his partner for this time Alex Ruiz, and the Malaga player will play this time with Ernesto Moreno, not to miss this third Master of the season, the first scheduled outside of Spain, with previous ones in which renowned players have fallen: Nerone, Grabriel or Mieres, for example.
About Pablo Lima, another of the Master’s godfathers, is sweet and with AgustÃn Tapia he has won the last two tournaments, and with the points at stake in Portugal they aspire to unseat Sanyo Gutiérrez and BelasteguÃn from the position of second best couple and continue to harass the leadership of Lebrón and Galán, who have lowered their performance,