Chagas - Nunan & Verret - Rivera win the G1 of Puerto Rico

The action began early Saturday morning, as beach tennis players from U.S.A., Brazil, St. Maarten, Mexico, Aruba and from Puerto Rico, gathered on the beautiful beaches of Puerto Rico to battle it out on the last leg of the 2012 IFBT World Tour. In the Open categories the level of play was high. On one side of the draw of the Men's Doubles Open were Semifinalists and local favorites, Pedro Ochoa and Gabriel Montilla vs top ranked USA's Marty Salokas and Donny Young, with team USA coming out on top. On the other side of the draw were Semifinalists, Puerto Rican team Carlos Rivera and Gilberto Rivera. They fought against the top Brazilian team of Adao Chagas and Joao Paulo Nunan, the Brazilians coming out on top with a score of 6-3,6-1.

Alex Albors & Gerard Rodríguez, Laura Herrero & Gemma Egea win the G1 of Barcelona.

The 3rd edition of the international tournament Vila of Saint Andreu of Gym Racket finished with an important victory of the Catalan teams that won in men's and women's doubles. In men Alex Albors and Gerard Rodriguez won in the final the Italian team Eugenio Casadio & Alessandro Impera. In women Laura Herrero & Gemma Egea won to the also Italian team Martina Corbara and Alessia Carlini.
In mixed doubles the final was totally Italian with the victory of Martina Corbara & Davide Aloisi against his compatriots Liana Scarmin and Luca Amaducci.

Two importants tournaments G1 in Puerto Rico and Barcelona next weekend.

Two importants events arrives in Puerto Rico and Barcelona next weekend.

One over sand, the other over syntetic grass, IFBT is working very hard to organize the best tournaments in the world.

All tournaments score with Grade G-1.
In next days we are going to publish results and pictures of the events.

The International Federation Beach Tennis is divided into three fields.
• Beach Tennis: played on the sand.
• Gym Racket: played indoor on hard or grass surface.
• Racket Volley: played with string racket on the sand.