The final between Federico Chingotto and Alejandro Galán facing Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapiain a Sant Jordi Palace Full to the brim, it was a true ode to paddle tennis. A duel of the highest level which was decided by small details and … it took the sudden death of the third set to crown the masters.
The first set was a battle of attrition. Galán and Chingotto They entered the game in diesel mode, gaining strength as the games went on, while the Golden Boys moments of genius alternated with more irregular phases. The tie was total and the outcome came to the tie-break, where the regularity of the The offensive efficiency of Chingotto and Galán tipped the scales in favor of those of Jorge Martineztaking advantage of several unforced errors of Tapia and Coello at a decisive moment.
The number ones reacted in the second round. Coello and Tapia They managed the break in a dynamic eighth match, after leading 0-40 in the others. Chingotto and Galán They saved the first options, but on the fourth broken ball the ranking leaders improved to 5-3. With their serve they did not fail, they closed the set and forced the third and final set.
Madness came with 5-4 and service for Tapia and Coello in the third set, which had a match ball. Galan and Chingotto They then raised an impossible point, defending much of the exchange in modified positions, with Frederick holding the stitch on the wrong side. In the minds of the number ones, the ghosts of the past have surely reappeared, when in the final of the Finals from the previous year, they let slip a match point against Jon Sanz and Coki Nieto.
The result was a dynamic tie-break. The couple led by Gustavo Pratto started with a resounding 6-1 in sudden death, but Galan and Chingotto They didn’t give up and closed to 6-4, staying just two points away from a memorable comeback. It’s at that moment Agustin Tapia he put the team on his back and, with a spectacular jump shot from the usual position of Arturo Coellosealed the victory and the masters title.
A particularly significant victory for Coellowhich this trophy had escaped until now. The number ones thus put the icing on the cake of an exceptional season, by winning a very special title which they had missed last year by a single point and with which, this time, they managed to make up for it.
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