One of the most important tournaments in Asia kicked off at Thai Polo & Equestrian Club on Thursday: the Thai Polo Open. Four 14-goal teams are competing in the tournament, which marks the beginning of the Royal Malaysian Polo Association International League. The series then continues in Malaysia in August with three tournaments: the Royal Selangor Polo Club Open, the RMPA Classic & the RMPA International League Final.

 

The opening day saw Juan Manuel García Grossi defeat his father, Agustín, in the match where Thai Polo beat 22BR by 7 goals to 6.5.

 

The tournament final is scheduled for Saturday, January 19; a fabulous party will close the competition.

 

THE FINAL OF THE THAI POLO OPEN WILL BE STREAMED LIVE, EXCLUSIVELY VIA POLOLINE TV.

 

LA FAMILIA 8-5 AXUS

LA FAMILIA: Mohamed Moiz 1, Agustín Andrada 5 (1 goal), Matías Vial 6 (5), Shaik Reismann 2 (1). Total: 14.

AXUS: Brian Xu 0 (1 goal), Diego Gómez Echavarri 4 (2), Darío Musso 6 (2), Nicolás Pieroni 4. Total: 14.

Score La Familia: 2-2, 3-3, 7-4, 8-5.

 

THAI POLO 7-6.5 22BR

THAI POLO: Harald Link 0, Facundo Fernández Llorente 7, Carlos Pando 5, Juan Manuel García Grossi 2. Total: 14.

22BR: Claude Haberer 0, William Zhao 0, Agustín García Grossi 7, Pedro Fernández Llorente 5. Total: 12.

Score Thai Polo: 2-3.5, 5-3.5, 7-5.5, 7-6.5.

 

The Thai Polo Open will continue on Saturday:

2pm: Axus vs 22BR

4pm: La Familia vs Thai Polo

 

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