In the Country Club tournament, the Italians Platania and Sargolini made a great run. Many former footballers present: Amelia and Di Canio beat the couple formed by Barone and Fiore
The Fip Silver Mediolanum Padel Cup in Palermo ends at the Country Time Club, an edition – the third – with athletes registered from 14 countries. And there are four different nations celebrating after Sunday’s finals: in the men’s competition the French Dylan Guichard and the Belgian Clement Geens rejoice, in the women’s the title goes to the American Brittany Dubins and the Mexican Camila Ramme. It’s the magic of padel: the favorites don’t always win and this makes everything more beautiful, exciting, unpredictable. And this time, both in the men’s and women’s categories, the couples who were very favorites for the final victory fell.
PLATANIA-SARGOLINI, WHAT A TOURNAMENT!
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However, the great journey of Matteo Platania and Matteo Sargolini came to a halt in the semi-final. The two young Italians, aged 19 and 18 respectively, surrendered against the tournament favourites, the Spaniards Antonio “Pincho” Fernandez (world no.63) and Adrian Marques (world no.93), at the end of a hard-fought match which ended with a double 7-5.
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It was supposed to be a great challenge and expectations were not disappointed. Marco Amelia, Simone Barone, Paolo Di Canio and Stefano Fiore battled in a single set match, highly applauded by the audience and decided only in a tie-break in favor of the Amelia-Di Canio pair. “Palermo is an extraordinary place, every time we return we are happy”, declared Amelia and Barone at the end of the day, very attached to the city after having written, in the past, important pages of rosanero history.
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