Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum and Mohammed Al Janahi will take on Cesar Herreros and Albert Gual, while Raul Cuesta and Jacobo Calderon will play Xavier Masson and Asier in the opening qualifying matches for the Dubai Padel Masters at the Nad Al Sheba (NAS) Sports Complex on Thursday.

Both matches will start at 6 pm with Sheikh Saeed and Mohammed Al Janahi taking on Cesar Herreros and Albert Gual on Court No.3, while Raul Cuesta and Jacobo Calderon will play Xavier Masson and Asier on Court No.4.

A total of five matches will be played on the opening day of the qualifiers on Thursday with Omar Sharif and Javier Molina facing Juan De Dios and Oriol Guiu while Thomas Praming and Alan Douglas will be up against Ahmed Hussain and Ahmed Al Ketbi in the next two matches on Court No.3.

Ammar Al Hamdani and Javier Moreno will cross swords with Jordi Hernandez and Carlos Luna in the second match on Court No.4.

As per regulations, the top four pairs from the 21 registered, have been given a direct bye along with another seven pairs who have been seeded based on recent domestic tournament results and rankings.

Thursday's qualifying process will see the balance ten pairs of players involved in a preliminary round of matches with the winners advancing to the next stage of qualifying on Friday against the pairs who have been given a bye.

Organised by the UAE PA, the qualifiers will go on till Saturday evening after which themain draw will be held.

The qualifiers for the Dubai Padel Masters have been divided into two separate rounds.

The first round was conducted at the Sanset Padel Club in Madrid last month and at the end of it eight international pairs in the men’s and women’s sections have advanced to the next stage.

While the four pairs of women from Madrid have made it directly into the main draw in Dubai, the four men’s pairs from the Madrid qualifiers will go through a one-off match against the four best pairs on October 24.

Gonzalo Rubio/Aris Patiniotis, Lucas Cunha/Toni Bueno, Raul Diaz Garcia/Raul Marcos Duran and Juan Cruz Belluati/Ignacio Gonzalez Gadea are the four pairs travelling to Dubai as the four qualifiers, while Alicia Berl/Patricia Mowbray, Gabriela Bartomioli/Isabel Dominguez, Lilian Ramos/Angela Caro and Andrea Jareno/Tamara Icardo are the four qualifiers from the women’s category.

Thursday’s qualifying rounds:

On Court No.3

(6 pm) Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum/Mohammed Al Janahi x Cesar Herreros/Albert Gual
 
(7 pm) Omar Sharif/Javier Molina x Juan De Dios/Oriol Guiu
 
(8 pm) Thomas Praming/Alan Douglas x Ahmed Hussain/Ahmed Al Ketbi
 
On Court No.4

(6 pm) Raul Cuesta/Jacobo Calderon x Xavier Masson/Asier
 
(7 pm) Ammar Al Hamdani/Javier Moreno x Jordi Hernandez/Carlos Luna.