Nov 25, 2024 05:00 AM IST
Pol Alsina and Edu Altimires Ros overcame the problem of Frenchmen Arthur Hugounenq and Thomas Seux to clinch the lads’s title in straight units
Higher Noida: If any additional proof of Spain’s dominance in padel was ever required, one wanted to be courtside on the Bennett College the place, on the balmy Sunday night, the lads’s and girls’s pair from the tennis-mad nation walked away with titles as the primary version of FIP Promotion India Padel Open drew to an in depth.
Pol Alsina and Edu Altimires Ros in motion through the males’s closing of the FIP Promotion India Padel Open on Sunday. (HT)
The day started with the ladies’s doubles closing the place Ainize Santamaria Landa and Aitana Solan Domenech confirmed outstanding resolve to bounce again from a set right down to beat the Japanese-Spanish pair of Kotomi Ozawa and Elisabeth Nogueras Lorenz. Egged on by a sizeable crowd, the Spaniards secured the title with a scoreline of 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. The Spanish pair took some time to seek out their bearings as Kotomi and Elisabeth frequently despatched balls to tough corners. Elisabeth, who has been energetic on the circuit for a decade, was impeccable together with her returns, her deadly backhand being significantly efficient.
The tide, nevertheless, turned fully within the second set as Ainize and Aitana barely put a foot improper. Scientific in assault and defence and deft with their placements, the duo managed the tempo of the rallies and cantered to the win.
Within the males’s division, Pol Alsina and Edu Altimires Ros overcame the problem of second seeded Frenchmen Arthur Hugounenq and Thomas Seux to clinch the title in straight units. The Spanish duo from Barcelona that got here collectively two years again relied closely on their smashes to seal a 6-4, 7-5 outcome, their maiden win on the FIP tour.
The Spaniards have been correct journeymen, plying their commerce for about 15 years every. They’ve travelled extensively for competitions. “We have competed all over Europe, we have been to South America, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and now India. We see a lot of potential for this sport in India because the crowd seems to love it and it is a fairly easy sport to begin,” mentioned Alsina. The pair will journey to Dubai subsequent and can compete in Australia in January.
The occasion was FIP’s maiden foray into India and the organisers see vital development potential. “We see a lot of promise for the sport. The turnout has been amazing and the quality on display has been superb. We expect a huge surge in padel’s popularity,” event director Aditya Khanna mentioned.
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