Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia (TS1) start 2025 like 2024: as bosses. The world number 1s impose themselves in three sets (6/3 7/5 6/3) against Juan Lebrón and Franco Stupaczuk (TS3) in Riyadh Season P1 Finals.

If Stupa and Lebrón have tried to disrupt the machine With a much better negotiated second set, Coello and Tapia knew how respond at the right time to avoid a trap match. More own, regular, they dominated this final and win the first trophy of the year.

A one-sided first set

From the outset, Coello and Tapia impose a hellish pace. Opposite, Stupa and Lebrón do not find no opening in return for service, only scoring 3 small points on the opposing face-offs.

Result: a 6/3 express, a real demonstration of the number 1s.

Lebrón and Stupa return to the game

The second set changes completely dynamic. Pozzoni adjusts the game plan and Stupa/Lebrón starts to find the solutions.

Lebron plays longer, uses his cross lob to bother Coello and finally finds some variation. The game is getting tighter, and the debates become more balanced.

À 6/5, Stupa and Lebrón raise their voices and realize the decisive break, with a high-level Juan Lebrón who allows the set to be concluded 7/5.

Coello and Tapia step on the accelerator

Frustrated at having let the second set slip away, Coello and Tapia go back to the fight… They realize the entry station wagon for Coello / Tapia, and this time, they will not let no chance to reglue.

The gap is made and the pressure becomes too great. Coello and Tapia are unrolling, accelerating in key moments and are not trembling in their service games. 6/3, curtain, end of the final. With 66 winning points against 51 for their opponents and only 30 unforced errors against 40 for Stupa / Lebrón, the difference was made on efficiency and regularity. We saw a Tapia of the great days In this match he carried the team with 38 winning points all by himself. Coello was intermittent, but he knew, as usual, be present in important moments.

riyadh men's final statistics p1

A first title that calls for others

This first coronation of 2025 confirms one thing: Coello and Tapia are still the bosses. They won this tournament this time, which they had lost last year against Lebrón / Galan. But we saw some interesting things in this match with a Juan Lebrón who seems to be one of the few to really bother Arturo Coello in his diagonal, confirming the great potential of the Lebrón / Stupaczuck pair.

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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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