After a complicated first set, they played excellent paddle tennis in the second
“We have not stopped trusting; we fought and we were able to come back,” said Martínez
The Spanish Marta Borrero and Patricia Martínez defeated Argentina’s Daniela Manchero and Paola Armesto 7-6, 6-4 to win the final of the APT Padel teachers this Sunday.
In Guadalajara, the Spanish they staged a great comeback in the first setfrom which they maintained the level to take the title.
in the first sleeve the Argentines began coupled; effective with your servicethey took advantage of numerous errors by the Spanish, who suffered breaks in the third and fifth games and fell behind 2-5.
Borrero and Martínez, with everything against them, they earned a golden point to make a break in the eighth gamefrom which they raised their game, broke again in the tenth and tied the duel 5-5.
After each pair held their serve, a ‘tie break’ was necessary, won by the Spanish.
Inspired by the win in the first set, in the second the Spanish came out impetuous. With a perfect serve and numerous game winners they made breaks in the third and fifth games to go ahead 5-1.
After holding serve, Banchero and Armesto made a break to pull within 5-3. They held serve in the ninth game, but The Spaniards showed impeccable padel in the tenth to win the title.
“It’s a fantastic thing to win the tournament; we have not stopped trusting; We fought and we were able to come back”said Martínez, while Borrero acknowledged that the final was suffered, but the great game of his partner had a lot of value.
In the last match of the competition, which has a prize pool of $115,000, the Argentines Leonel Aguirre and Adrian Allemandifirst in the world ranking, will compete for the title with their compatriots Maximiliano Arce and Franco Dal Bianco, second on the APT list.
The finalists have won 10 of the 14 tournaments of the season and this Sunday they will discuss who will take the title of teachers.