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More than 40,000 fans came through the doors during the week as the Valencia Premier Padel P1 turned La Fonteta into one of the sport’s loudest stages. The tournament ended with two finals to match that atmosphere: Ariana Sánchez and Andrea Ustero confirmed their rise, while Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia produced one of the most dramatic comebacks of the year to defeat Federico Chingotto and Alejandro Galán in another unforgettable chapter of Premier Padel’s biggest rivalry.

Sánchez and Ustero opened finals day by claiming the women’s title with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 victory over Claudia Fernández and Sofía Araújo. After knocking out Gemma Triay and Delfi Brea in the semi-finals, the Spanish pair carried that momentum into the final and started with authority, controlling the opening set and putting themselves in position to close the match in two.

But Fernández and Araújo refused to let the final slip away. The fourth seeds turned the second set around with a crucial break and suddenly looked capable of completing the comeback, pushing the match into a decider and chasing what would have been their first title together. Sánchez and Ustero, however, recovered their composure when it mattered most, raising their intensity in the third set to secure their second Premier Padel title of the season after their victory in Riyadh.

The men’s final then took the drama to another level. Coello and Tapia defeated Chingotto and Galán 6-7, 6-1, 7-6 after two hours and 14 minutes, recovering from 2-5 down in the deciding set and later from 1-5 down in the final tie-break. It was a spectacular response from the world number ones, who added a fourth title to their 2026 season and made it back-to-back wins over their closest rivals after also beating them in the Italy Major final one week earlier.

Chingotto and Galán had taken the first set in a tie-break and seemed on course for the title when they built a 5-2 lead in the third, but Coello and Tapia found another gear at the edge of defeat. With Tapia decisive in attack and Coello holding firm under pressure, the top seeds forced a final tie-break and completed a remarkable turnaround to leave Valencia as champions. A week that brought more than 40,000 fans to La Fonteta finished with the perfect headline: the number ones are back on top, but the fight for supremacy in Premier Padel is far from over.

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