In the men’s final of the Sevilla Premier Pádel P2, which is taking place until this Sunday at the La Cartuja stadium, the Andalusian couple composed of the Sevillian Paquito Navarro and the Cádiz-born Juan Lebron have been denied the opportunity to play at home by the Argentines Franco Stupaczuk and Martín Di Nenno. and that 8,000 people watched the men’s and women’s semifinals over the course of a long and difficult day.
Two former world champions, Navarro and Lebron, who were competing in their third tournament in their second stage together, were defeated by Stupaczuk and Di Nenno 7-5, 3-6, and 6-3. The Argentines, who were unbeatable against the others at the start of the match, took the opening set 7–5, breaking their opponents’ serve three times to tie the match (3-6) with a break point taken in the second set.
The third set was played in an unbearably tense atmosphere due to the temperature on the court being above thirty degrees and the additional heat from the stands. The ‘Superpibes,’ the winners, handled the tension better, even though they gave up serve at the only opportunity they had to their opponents (6-3).
This Sunday’s final opponents will be the Argentine Federico Chingotto and Alejandro Galán, last week’s champions in Brussels. They defeated another Spanish-Argentine couple, world no. 1 Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia (6-3 and 7-5), who had advanced to the finals in all five of the tournaments held thus far.
The game was won by Chingotto and Galán, who multiplied in all four court corners and provided support for Galán, who was less aggressive in his shots than normal because of the high humidity during the night shift in La Cartuja, which made the balls heavier.
That means this season’s men’s final will be historic. Stupaczuk and Di Nenno are vying for their first title of the season, while Chingotto and Galán are vying for their second straight.
