Padel, Major Roma: Lebron and Galan win

The scream of the “lobe” smacks of revenge and incites the Grand Stand of the Forum. Juan Lebron (the ‘wolf’) and Ale Galan beat Paquito Navarro and Martin Di Nenno in three sets (4-6 7-5 6-4) and placed the signature on the first Italian Major of the Premier Padel, the second after the one in Doha , lost in the final against today’s two rivals. Now it’s their turn to celebrate. Navarro / Di Nenno win the first set 6-4, then suffer the comeback of the Spaniards, distracted for an hour but concentrated in the final, gassed and pushed by the audience of a sold out stadium (6500 spectators). The key to the game are two trivial errors by Galan at 5-4 in the second set. From there he has hardly done anything wrong. The head is everything and Ale knows it, spurred on by his friend Lebron. Paquito and Di Nenno let themselves be ensnared by the second Major in a row, savoring the victory, but in the end they collapse with their heads held high. Two and a half hours of great padel on a Sunday with summer weather. Eventually the two lay out on the pitch and enjoy the success.

THE MATCH

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The banner in the stands is prophetic, but it does not bring luck: “Paquito play us the shovel”. A brand that has become an icon, re-proposed in front of the fans of the Grand Stand. Navarro does like Jimi Hendrix, plays the racket and shows it to the public to seek applause and acclaim, but despite a crowd in favor, in the end he suffers the blow of the two Spaniards. Di Nenno and Navarro control the game for a set and three quarters, with Galan / Lebron struggling several times. Ale is not very ‘galantic’, the nickname in theme with Real’s ‘Blanco’. He makes a lot of mistakes, suffers the pressure, then transforms and wins it. Spurred on by his friend Lebron, he places some “olè” shots and gets the applause of the audience, definitely pro Navarro / Di Nenno. It is Paquito himself, at times, who charges a maddened crowd for him. He realizes he has the audience in favor and raises his arms with every smash made. In the third set he calls a boy to clean the glass because he is being deceived by the rebounds. A show man. In the end, however, the two Spaniards win. Already number one of the circuit, it is the first success in the Major for them. The scream of the ‘lobe’, the class of the ‘galantic’.