The final of P1000 from Reunion Padel - 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 P1000More 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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