The final of  P1000 from Reunion Padel Club  had everything to offer a beautiful duel between the  first two seeds  of the tournament. On one hand,  Alexis Coulombeau / Simon Wagner  (TS2), on the other  Nicolas Molinero / Alexandre Toppin  (TS1). A promising poster that lived up to its promises... until a cruel twist of fate.

 A one-sided start to the match 

The meeting started strongly for  the Southerners , carried by a  Alexandre Toppin inspired  and  Nicolas Molinero solid in defense . Very quickly, the seeded 1 took the upper hand, inflicting a  6/2 without appeal  to their opponents. And the second set seemed to follow the same scenario, with a  entry station wagon  and a score that was slipping away  5/2 .

On the Coulombeau side, we felt a certain  drop in speed , with more unforced errors and less sharpness in the sequences. Wagner tried to maintain the balance, but the steamroller opposite seemed to be launched towards victory.

 A terrible twist of fate 

À  5/3 , while Molinero serves for the match,  a long, hooked game  engages. Two match points are missed, and on yet another tie,  Alexandre Toppin rises for a counter-smash …before falling violently.  The knee gives way , the player collapses and remains on the ground. Silence on the track.

After long minutes of care,  strapped and visibly diminished , the Toulon man bravely returns to the court to try to finish the set. But the damage is done.  The tie-break is conceded (7/6) , and the pain eventually forces the pair to  to abandon .

 A bitter victory for Wagner / Coulombeau 

Simon Wagner and Alexis Coulombeau  win this P1000 More  in circumstances they would never have wished for . Trailing 6/2 5/2, they took advantage of the stroke of luck to win the match. If the title is there,  The emotion was mainly directed towards Toppin , forced to leave the track injured when he was very close to victory.

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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