{"id":98332,"date":"2026-02-11T16:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actu-padel.com\/cristiano-ronaldo-in-the-stands-padel-attracts-stars-riyadh-season-p1\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:45:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:45:28","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-in-the-stands-padel-attracts-stars-riyadh-season-p1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actu-padel.com\/en\/cristiano-ronaldo-in-the-stands-padel-attracts-stars-riyadh-season-p1\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo in the stands, padel attracts stars: Riyadh Season P1"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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CR7, Villa, Silva: the ‘football’ stand making headlines<\/h2>

Already present last year, Ronaldo returned to “see the show” in an arena where the spectacle is designed as much for the atmosphere as for the court. Based in Riyadh since his arrival at Al Nassr<\/strong>, the Portuguese continues to show his interest in padel, which has become a regular pastime in his Saudi daily life. <\/p>

Around him, two other familiar faces to football fans: David Villa<\/strong> and David Silva<\/strong>. The two Spaniards, already seen the day before, participated in the pre-match protocol by performing the draw before the match between Juan Lebr\u00f3n and Leo Augsburger against brothers Pedro and \u00c1lvaro Mel\u00e9ndez. A detail that feeds the “VIP” narrative of this early season\u2026 and offers the circuit exposure that is hard to buy. <\/p>

This appearance is part of a broader movement: several celebrities have already been spotted on the courts<\/a>, and not just in the stands.<\/p>

On the court, strong stories from Day 2<\/h2>

Women: Ale Alonso, from tears to smiles in 48 hours<\/h3>

Two days after a retirement in the FIP Platinum<\/strong> final in Marseille (ankle), Ale Alonso resumed competition in Riyadh alongside Alejandra Salazar. The “Ales” dominated Marta Caparr\u00f3s and Julieta Bidahorria 6-3 6-1, securing their place in the round of 16<\/strong>, where Lara Arruabarrena and Marina Lobo await them. <\/p>

This round promises to be a marker: it also corresponds to the entry into the mix of the top four seeds, including several new partnerships to watch, notably Bea Gonz\u00e1lez \/ Paula Josemar\u00eda (No. 2), Ari S\u00e1nchez \/ Andrea Ustero (No. 3), and Claudia Fern\u00e1ndez \/ Sofia Ara\u00fajo (No. 4).<\/p>

Men: the big match-ups deliver, two surprises shake up the draw<\/h3>

Among the men, the best duos started strong: Arturo Coello and Agust\u00edn Tapia (No. 1) overturned Dylan Guichard and Bastien Blanqu\u00e9 3-6 6-1 6-2, while Fede Chingotto and Ale Gal\u00e1n (No. 2) won 6-2 6-2 against Gonzalo Rubio and Javi Ruiz. Franco Stupaczuk and Mike Yanguas (No. 3) defeated Pol Hern\u00e1ndez and Guille Collado 7-6 6-3, and Lebr\u00f3n \/ Augsburger (No. 4) dominated the Mel\u00e9ndez brothers 6-1 6-2. <\/p>

The day also offered two brilliant performances: Javi Mart\u00ednez and Rama Valenzuela eliminated Sanyo Guti\u00e9rrez \/ Gonzalo Alfonso (seed No. 12) 6-3 6-7 6-3, and Manuel Casta\u00f1o \/ I\u00f1igo Jofre knocked out Javi Leal \/ Jon Sanz after three sets (5-7 7-5 7-6).<\/p>

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In Riyadh, the launch of the Premier Padel 2026 season played out as much on the court as in the stands. Cristiano Ronaldo attended Day 2 of the Riyadh Season P1, while the tournament was already delivering its first significant storylines. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[261],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-98332","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-padel-people"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/actu-padel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/actu-padel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/actu-padel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actu-padel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actu-padel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/actu-padel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actu-padel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/actu-padel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actu-padel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actu-padel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98332"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actu-padel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=98332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}