Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00 Here we go, Rome winners against Rome runners-up, Cuello and Tapio against Chingotto and Navarro.
00:06 Here we go, they're out first because they're the lower ranks of the two. On the left,
00:11 six foot three inches of Arturo Cuello. To his right, good friend Augustin Tapio. It's a Spanish
00:18 Argentinian combination that is working wonders. They won a title in their first tournament together
00:25 and they picked up the premier pedal Rome major crown. Here we go, he's a crowd pleaser, Paquito
00:34 Navarro just behind his partner Federico Chingotto. Started together in April of this year and it's
00:41 already their third final together which tells you how well this Spanish Argentinian partnership
00:49 is working.
01:17 He read it, gave himself an awful lot of time and just
01:20 rolled it back. That's all you need to do. Just touch their side of the court.
01:27 Power has its place with those first.
01:42 Oh just missed, skim the side of the cage, must touch the
01:46 floor of the cage before the walls, side or back.
01:50 Oh he's not had much joy with his overheads.
02:08 Oh and again, that's four overheads now from Cuello, two in the first game
02:15 and two in the second that he doesn't finish off. And it's a game of peace.
02:21 A little bit too much off the return.
02:37 Looking for the Chiquita, doesn't pull it off.
02:39 How about that? It just needed the touch, the fist bump from Navarro, break points.
02:51 That's all it needed.
03:04 How about that? Point one, break done, first breakthrough in this final. Goes
03:12 to where the third sees Federico Chingosa but Keita Navarro, they lead 3-2.
03:17 Oh
03:20 it's a great get but again it's the side hoardings that have come into play
03:44 and this is not good to see. We saw this with Franco Stupicuk.
03:49 I think he's okay.
03:53 You saw the charge out there and you can see him fly over at the side.
04:01 And then the look for Navarro when he realized that his partner,
04:11 but once he is bandaged up he will be back on court, he'll get a roar from the crowd.
04:20 And there's the break back.
04:39 Didn't get it, just evaded him.
04:41 And there's the roar saying I might not have made that serve and I should have done and I thought I
04:52 had. Clever, clever, just touched it over, drew them in.
05:04 Hole to 15, business end first set, 5-4 the Rome champions lead.
05:15 There it is, they know at the very least it'll have themselves a tie break.
05:32 How about that for poaching, it's what the very best do.
05:36 And it's a forehand volley into net for Navarro and that is the set done.
05:59 Have a look at this. He puts it away, he touches the net, he voids the point, it's 30-all.
06:07 Oh boy, it's gonna be sought, keeps them in the game.
06:22 And there it is, the roar, the reach, the break and the two love lead.
06:42 Consolidation complete, a set and three love for the Rome champions.
07:07 No, no, no, no.
07:29 Consolidation complete, a set and three love for the Rome champions.
07:34 He's out, he's got it, oh he's nailed it and he says to the crowd come on,
07:45 show me what you think of that.
07:57 You think he touched it? I'm sure he did.
08:01 Well, well, well, where was it? Just there?
08:12 Breakback point.
08:22 Oh no, again. That is the third one this game for Cueo. Third time he just put it through the middle.
08:33 Oh, they've got it, another opportunity to break.
08:48 That is the roar of Arturo Cueo.
09:01 Oh, great work from Tapia, kept his eyes on the ball, followed it the whole way.
09:14 He says his backhand is his favourite shot, his special shot.
09:21 And to be a game away from being crowned champions in Madrid.
09:27 And there it is, they had their opportunities, four of them,
09:37 but it's five two and a game from the title for Tapia and Cueo.
10:03 Tapia wasn't even looking then when he hit that backhand.
10:11 After an hour and 18 minutes.
10:25 Championship points for the champions in Rome.
10:31 (Spanish)
10:34 (Spanish)
11:01 It's another title for Cueo and Tapia, they are champions in Madrid.
11:06 They are an unstoppable force in the world of paddle right now. They came together at the start
11:15 of the year and they have gone from strength to strength. Your champions in Madrid, Arturo Cueo
11:22 and Augustin Tapia, closing it out in an hour and 19 minutes, straight set, 7-5, 6-2.
11:30 (Spanish)
11:32 Congratulations to your Madrid champions, what a fight, what a turnaround for these two.
11:44 A set and a double breakdown, they were not to be defeated, they turned it round.
11:54 It's even bigger, the winner's trophy. They'll get one each, look at that, a balancing act,
12:00 racket and trophy, need a little bit of help. Here they are, the unstoppable force,
12:07 that is Arturo Cueo and Augustin Tapia, back to back premier paddle titles.
12:13 Champions in Rome, now champions in Madrid. Forceful, fierce and ferocious duo.
12:23 They are coming together and taking the world of paddle by storm. A new pair for this year,
12:29 the call came in from Tapia, Cueo said yes and they've just gone from strength to strength.
12:37 What a title in the first tournament together on tour and now they have two
12:44 premier paddle titles to add to their collection.
12:47 (Spanish)
12:49 Smiles, a bit more of a smile there from Arturo Cueo, there we go, he's just about smiling.
13:12 Ah now there's streamers and the glitter and the celebrations can begin.
13:20 (Music)
13:32 [BLANK_AUDIO]