Saeed, Moradi reach quarters of padel at NAS Sports tourney

dubai: Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Bin Juma Al Maktoum, President of the UAE Padel Association, and Arsham Moradi reached the quarter-finals of the padel competition at the 10 NAS Sports Tournament on Sunday.

Held under the theme ‘Limitless Abilities’ and organised by the Dubai Sports Council (DSC), the NAS Sports Tournament is the biggest event of its kind in terms of participation and prize money, and has been held every year in the Holy Month of Ramadan since 2013 at the iconic Nad Al Sheba Sports Complex.

Competing in the UAEPA 10 category, Sheikh Saeed and Moradi defeated Rashid Al Rais and Omar Issa 7-5, 6-1.

Jonathan Green and Colin Marshall moved ahead with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Nasr Al Ketbi and Mubarak Al Ketbi.

Nicola Sciascia and Biel Ballester reached the quarters ater beating Muhammad Ahly and Bilal Guerni 6-0, 7-5.

Marwan Khoury and Ali Mohammed staged a brilliant rally to beat Hamad Al Mazmi and Muhammad Al Qassem by scores of 6-4, 5-7, and 10-6.

In other round of 16 matches, Anshul Choubal and Ishaan Choubal defeated Omar Al-arif and Ahmed Al-awadi 6-1, 6-1; Hussameldin Amer and Ranjan Pradeep beat Jassim Al Nuaimi and Omar Muhammad 6-2, 6-0; and Omar Al-bastaki and Moritz Eckert advanced following the withdrawal of Omair Al-zarrouni and Hamid Bin Lahej.

In the Emirati and Expatriate Open category, Javier Lopez and Abdullah Abdulaziz stormed into the final ater brushing aside Roberto Rodríguez and Fares Aljanahi 6-4, 6-1.

Sergio Alcorisa and Abdulla Ahli also reached the final ater batling past Mohammed Al Shamsi and Daniel Blanco 6-2, 7-5, in the thrilling semi-final.

Earlier in the quarter-finals, lopez and abdul laziz delivered a super performance as they defeated Mayed Alawadi Taher and Gabriel Lima 6-1, 6-0.

Alcorisa and Ahli beat Majed Al Janahi and Sebastiao Maria 6-1, 6-0.

The inaugural NAS International Padel Championship will begin on Tuesday.

Professional players registered with the International Padel Federation (FIP) will compete in the championship.

The hosts, UAE, who claimed the inaugural Gulf Padel Cup last year, are among the strong contenders for the NAS International Padel Competition.

Besides the UAE, Egypt, Qatar, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia are other teams taking part in the championship.

Meanwhile, the fencing competitions in three categories, including foil, epee, and sabre began on Sunday night.

Participants are taking part in the local and international categories of the competition.