As crazy as it may seem, Juan Tello won this Sunday only his second career title on the Opens and Masters of the World Padel Tour.

Even crazier, the Argentinian was playing his first final yesterday since in December 2020, the date of his first title, he and Federico Chingotto had benefited from the package of…Paquito Navarro and Pablo Lima, two players who were on the track yesterday in Mexico !

Tello/Navarro: the most effective of the new pairs

“El Gato” will therefore have had to wait almost two years before lifting another trophy on the WPT. Coincidence or not, it is after only one month of collaboration with Paquito Navarro that this success will have arrived.

True, the best pairs of the season were not there. Indeed, Lebron / Galan and Belasteguin / Coello had to withdraw, while Sanyo and Tapia, in the hard for a few weeks, bowed from the eighth.

Nevertheless, Martin Etchegaray's players had to defeat some great teams to lift the trophy. They first won in the quarter against Navarro's former teammate, Di Nenno, and his partner Nieto, then in the semi against Tello's ex-partner this time, Chingotto, and Javi Garrido. In other words, they were on this tournament the most effective pair among those formed recently.

A foolproof mind

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In the final, it was Franco Stupaczuk/Pablo Lima, one of the most solid pairs of the season, who came up against Paquito and Juan. And in this hung match, Martin Etchegaray's players were able to to impose by getting only one break point throughout the game! All while winning seven points less than their opponents in the game.

In the quarter-finals, they had already suffered against Di Nenno and Nieto, saving six set points in the first set and coming up 5/1! Against Chingotto and Garrido, they also suffered in sequences, but again, they proved to be more effective in hot moments!

In the end, if Paquito is currently less comfortable than Federico Chingotto on the right, the Andalusian brought a breath of fresh air to Tello, who seemed to have fun on the track, and hurt his opponents very badly. with its air power in particular. It remains to be seen if this association will last over time, and if the Argentinian will have to wait another two years before winning a new competition!

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