What a news! Nobody would have believed it. What a priori was going to be a very competitive year, with strong couples, three of them that could opt to take the number 1? Well, all that has gone down the drain in just two tournaments. In the absence of official confirmation: Juan Lebron returns with Paquito Navarro.
Yes, both were the first Spaniards in history to be crowned as world number ones in padel. Back in 2019, Paquito Navarro proposed to Juan Lebron to change sides of the game, the rest is history.
Together they played 17 tournaments, reaching 5 finals and winning 5 titles. Thanks to the Sevillian’s idea, we discovered what is for many the best player in history, the one who has changed our sport the most.
Juan Lebron and Paquito Navarro will play together after the P2 in Venezuela, in which Momo will be Lebron’s partner and Sanyo will be Paquito’s partner.
Padel is beautiful because you can never take anything for granted, not even from one day to the next. Remembering the words that Paquito said to Galan in the final of the Master Final referring to the fact that he was “already leaving Chingotto ready“, we would never think that this would result in a change of cards.
The coming domino effect
It is common knowledge that when couples break up, the other two respective players must find new partners, and if they don’t join forces, the domino effect can be endless. Imagine if the couple that has been reigning over padel for the last few years breaks up.
More changes of couples are on the horizon: the strongest rumour is the union of Tello with Bela. The boss already played in the drive with Agustin Tapia, and now after not finding sensations at the beginning of the season, he will return to the even side of the hand of the cat.
All this leaves us great unknowns, currently Sanyo Gutierrez and Lucho Capra should look for a couple, as well as Momo Gonzalez and Alex Ruiz; that if they don’t join again will make the domino effect could be much greater.
The padel scene is on fire and we have a busy few weeks ahead of us. To make sure you don’t miss a single move, Padel Addict will tell you all about it in detail.
