will Stupaczuk and Di Nenno stop the domination of Coello and Tapia

Unstoppable. There is no other word for Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia, who reached their third consecutive final on the Premier Padel circuit, the 14th in their incredible season. In a still sold-out Arena Aconcagua, the Spaniard and the Argentine qualified for the decisive match of the P1 Premier in Mendoza, defeating 6-4 6-2 the world number ones, Juan Lebron and Ale Galan, who thus for the fourth Premier tournament in a row failed to reach the final. Compared to Rome and Madrid, a better version of the Spaniards was seen, but it was not enough to stop the domination of Coello and Tapia, who took home the victory in 65 minutes. “We do not feel we are favourites against anyone”, said Tapia. “Every match is balanced, we are aware that if we play well we can beat anyone, but also that we can lose”. Coello, on the other hand, wanted to thank the Mendoza crowd, among whom was former River Plate coach and player Marcelo Gallardo. “All Argentinians are lucky to have fans that supports them in this way”, he said.

In the final, Coello will be the only ‘foreigner’, as on the other side of the net there will be two Albicelestes, Superpibes Franco Stupaczuk and Martin Di Nenno, who beat Alex Ruiz and Juan Tello in three sets (4-6 7-6 6-1 in exactly two hours), proving – once again – that they are a pair that never gives up and that over the long distance they hardly come out defeated. Stupa and Di Nenno came very close to losing, but after winning the second set on tiebreak, they dominated the decisive one. “I have no words, I’m living another dream like last year’s”, said Stupaczuk, who won in Mendoza in 2022 paired with Pablo Lima, in the final over Belasteguin/Coello. “Winning the second set like that helped us to play so well in the third. The final will be very tough, but we have chance to win it”. Appointment in Mendoza at 2 p.m. Argentine time, when it will be 7 p.m. in Europe: will the Superpibes be able to put an end to Coello and Tapia’s domination?