Since the beginning of the week, the team Argentina seems to be on vacation in these 2024 World Padel Championships. Unsurprisingly, she dominates her opponents and generally spends very little time on the track. As with Spain, the differences in level are such that the interest of certain matches can be questioned, because this extreme difference raises questions about the impact on the development of the paddle.

And yet, the Argentines Martin Di Nenno (6) et Franco Stupaczuk (7), announced as winners Even before the start of their meeting, they almost got caught out by the Portuguese Miguel Deus (108) et Nuno deus (117)

Usually, on the rare occasions when teams Argentines ou Spanish are taken by surprise, it only lasts one set, before regaining control and putting out the nascent fire. But during the first match of the semi final, we saw the Argentinians being pushed around for the first time this week after a first set won quietly 6/1.

Do you know the “scorpion tactic”? Once the Argentines are a little “asleep”, it is time for the Portuguese to raise their level of play and “sting”. Usually, this is not enough to paralyze an Argentine pair, but this time, against all odds, the Portuguese pair won the second set 7/6. One would have thought that this Portuguese “venom” would dissipate quickly and that the Argentines would regain their dominance. However, the brothers DEUS continued to play very well, supported by an audience that finally wanted a surprise (that would have been an earthquake here) in this global.

Despite this, we should not dream too much: the pair Stupaczuk / Di Nenno still had some left in the tank and ended up winning with a score of 6/1 6/7 6/4.

In the second match, Tapia / Chingotto did not do things by halves and crushed the pair Jesus / Pascoal (6/0 6/1). The third match did not take place, the fate of the encounter having already been sealed.

2024 World Championships – Spain faces Argentina in the final, of course
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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