Henrique Orge faces top seeds at Lisboa Racket Centre
The 21-year-old Portuguese padel player and Bernardo Tavares open the FIP Silver Lisboa tournament against the top-seeded pair on home ground.
Henrique Orge, the 21-year-old Lisboa Racket Centre player, opens the FIP Silver Lisboa Racket Centre by AVA CR7 against the top seeds. Playing alongside Bernardo Tavares, he faces the tournament's highest-ranked pair, Italian Matteo Casseta (96) and Argentine Fabian Oviedo Berazategui (215), at the Estádio CR7.
After a second-round exit last year, he now opens against the top seeds.
Orge told Record he was ready for the challenge.
He acknowledged the difficulty of matching last year's run against such an opponent, but pointed to his own progress.
The home support at Estádio CR7 has lifted the pair.
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