What a match at  Madrid P1 After having caused a surprise in the previous rounds,  Íñigo Jofre / Jairo Bautista  et  José Jiménez / Álex Arroyo  were presented with a golden opportunity: to secure a place in the semi-finals. After a completely crazy battle, they finally  Jofre / Bautista  that are needed  6/2 6/7 6/3 .

Two surprise pairs vying for a place in the final four

This matchup was hard to imagine at the start of the tournament. In the round of 16,  Jofre / Bautista (TS15)  had brought down  Momo González / Lucas Campagnolo (TS8) ,  7 / 5 6 / 3 .

On their side,  Jiménez / Arroyo (TS14)  had pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the tournament by eliminating  Franco Stupaczuk / Jon Sanz (TS4) ,  7 / 6 6 / 4 .

Two surprises that had completely opened up this part of the draw and guaranteed the presence of an unexpected pair in the final four.

A completely crazy 30-point tie-break

In this quarter-final,  Jofre and Bautista are generally the best on the track More solid on their service games, they quickly took control and won the first set.  6/2 .

The second set is much closer and will provide one of the highlights of the tournament.

The two pairs find themselves in a tie-break and then begin a real arm-wrestling match.  Jofre/Bautista get five match points , but Jiménez and Arroyo refuse to die.

Point after point, the tie-break stretched on until it reached a rather improbable score. After  30 points contested Jiménez/Arroyo finally tear off the sleeve  16-14 , on a final, completely surreal exchange.

Five match points saved and a third set snatched away: everything seemed to be able to change.

Jofre / Bautista do not crack

After missing so many opportunities to score, Jofre and Bautista could have suffered a mental blow. But it was quite the opposite.

They returned to the third set with the same strategy and regained the superiority they had displayed for much of the match. More solid on their serves, they finally made the difference and sealed the victory this time.  6/3 .

A victory  6/2 6/7 6/3  which sends them to the final four of Madrid P1.

Jofre's first semi-final

For  Inigo Jofre The result is immense: the Spaniard wins  the first semi-final of his career on Premier Padel Moreover, at home, in Madrid.

 Jairus Baptist  He, for his part, has returned to this stage of the competition  657 days after its last semi-final .

Their Madrid adventure isn't over. They're now waiting for the winner of the clash between  Martín Di Nenno / Paquito Navarro  et  Ale Galán / Fede Chingotto In both cases, the task will be immense, but Jofre and Bautista have already shown this week that they are capable of shaking up the hierarchy.

For  Jiménez / Arroyo Disappointment will inevitably be present after coming so close to the semi-finals. But their Madrid P1 campaign will also be remembered for their huge victory against  Stupaczuk / Sanz  and a journey that saw them among the eight best pairs in the tournament.

Benjamin Dupouy

I discovered padel directly during a tournament, and frankly, I didn't really like it at first. But the second time, it was love at first sight, and since then, I haven't missed a single match. I'm even ready to stay up until 3am to watch a final of Premier Padel !

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