MADRID - Sixteen players are left from the first prelimanaries and enter the main tournament of the Grand Prix of Spain. Today, Friday, the knockouts are launched with the sixteen seeded players and sixteen who survived the preliminaries. The knockout phase starts with all the Spanish favorites such as Dani Sánchez, Javier Palazón, Rubén Legazpi, David Martinez, Carlos Crespo, Jose Maria Mas, David Zapata, Sergio Jimenez, Xavier Yeste, Antonio Montes and other big names.
The tournament is played in the headquarters of the Spanish Federation in Madrid. The matches, starting from 12.00 pm today, will be broadcast live by Kozoom. The Gran Premio Espanol counts for the Spanish ranking.
The best winner on the final day of the preliminaries was Joseba Escribano. The Basque player defeated Juanjo Pineda: 40-9 in 25 innings. Alberto Sintas was the better of Adrian Legazpi 40-26 in 28 innings.
The matches for the 1/16th finals for today, Friday, July 8th:
12.00:
Joseba Escribano - Esteve Mata
Alberto Sintas - Raúl Cuenca
Antonio Montes - Sergio Jiménez
Benito Plaza - Ricardo García
16.00:
Mario F. Rodríguez - Armando Moreno
Constantino Callado - Xavier Yeste
Gómez Bravo - Carlos Crespo
Jordi Garriga - Jesús Jiménez
18.00:
Valentin Andaluz A. - Alfonso Legazpi
Javier J. Morales - David Zapata
José A. Carrasco - David Martínez
Valentín Andaluz B. - José María Más
20.00:
José M. Manteiga - Jesús S. Faraco
Francisco J. Rodríguez - Javier Palazón
Joan Bouterín - Rubén Legazpi
Alberto Gómez - Daniel Sánchez.
Antonio Montes entered the main tournament and is facing Sergio Jimenez