Gemma Triay and Delfi Brea have won the Germany Premier Padel P2 after beating Ari Sanchez and Paula Josemaria in the final by 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in a match that had countless breaks.
Gemma and Delfi win their eighth title of the year in Dusseldorf
The women’s final of the Germany Premier Padel P2 would face the two best pairings: Gemma Triay and Delfi Brea against Ari Sanchez and Paula Josemaria. Precisely their previous duel was at the last Tarragona P1 in July, a tournament in which Ari and Paula lost their number 1 ranking to their opponents today.
The final got off to a very even start, with each pairing holding serve in the first few games. However, by the fifth game, Gemma and Delfi took their first break. They held on to their advantage. They even had a chance to close out the first set on serve in the ninth game, but they didn’t take their chances. In the next game, with their serve, they took the first set.
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The match would be resolved by details, being marked by a maximum equality. The tone in the second set was similar to the first. If in the first set it was Gemma and Triay who managed a decisive break, in the second it was Ari and Paula. The Spanish duo broke their opponents’ serve in the eighth game, but lost their serve in the next game. It would be in the tenth game when, with a brave game, they broke again and, in this way, they drew the score 6-4.
In the deciding set, Triay and Brea struck first with a break in the fifth game. At 4-2 up, Rodri Ovide ‘s players had several chances to break Ari Sanchez ‘s serve and break back. Although the number 2 pairing held on and managed to hold their serve, they didn’t manage to do so in the next game, at which point Gemma and Delfi closed out the final with a 6-3 win.
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With this victory, Gemma Triay and Delfi Brea add their title number 8 and become the first queens of an event in Germany and take an important step in their fight to finish the year as number 1. Ahead they have 7 tournaments, including the Premier Padel Finals and the World Pairs Championship to be played in Kuwait, but they have an important cushion of points to achieve their goal.
Facts and figures of the Germany P2 women’s final
This final is on the verge of being the longest in the history of Premier Padel, with a duration of 3 hours and 20 minutes. If it had lasted 3 minutes longer it would have surpassed the match played in 2023 by Delfi and Bea Gonzalez against Ari Sanchez and Paula Josemaria.
In terms of titles, with the one won today, Gemma Triay surpasses Ari Sanchez with 51 championships, to the 50 of the player from Reus. As for Delfi, this is her 23rd title, 8 of which she has won with her current partner (those won this year).
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