Javier Garrido and Lucas Campagnolo continue their excellent run at the Dubai P1. After their controlled victory in the round of 32 against Arce/Lijó, the Spanish-Brazilian pair defeated the No. 4 seeds, Coki Nieto and Mike Yanguas, at the end of a hard-fought and intense match: 3/6 6/4 6/4, a 1:56pm.

An extremely balanced match… but better managed by Garrido/Campa

The statistics sheet confirms the nature of a very close match:

  • 50% of the points earned for each pairwhich perfectly illustrates the overall balance.
  • But the gap opened up on the key points:
    • Garrido / Campagnolo converted all their break points (100%)
    • … while Nieto / Yanguas converted only one out of seven (15%).

This decisive efficiency largely explains the turnaround of the match after the first set was lost.

Notable differences in service

At your service:

  • Nieto / Yanguas show a slight advantage in first-half percentage (72% vs. 68%)
  • But Garrido / Campagnolo held their second ball better (45% against 50% for Nieto / Yanguas).
  • In total, both teams played a comparable number of games:
    • 15 service sets for Garrido / Campagnolo
    • 14 service sets for Nieto / Yanguas

Here again, the Spanish conceded a little more pressure in the decisive moments.

A decisive return in the heat of the moment

Regarding returns:

  • Garrido / Campa climb to 50% of points won on the opponent's second.which weighed heavily in the last two sets.
  • Their ability to sustain long exchanges also allowed them to unsettle a Nieto / Yanguas team that had already been put in difficulty the day before against Gil / Sánchez.

A logical elimination for the No. 4 seed?

After a difficult first round, Nieto/Yanguas arrived with little room for error. The match confirmed their current struggles: inconsistency on the return, few winning points, and a lack of composure in crucial moments.

Conversely, Garrido and Campagnolo have confirmed their rise in power over the past several weeks, displaying better tactical coherence and a solidity that they sometimes lacked at the beginning of the season.

In the quarter-finals, the pair will face Momo González / Francisco Guerrero (ts8), particularly convincing since the start of the tournament. The Spaniards have not yet conceded a single set.

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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