VIDEO | Premier Padel Italy 2024 Women's Final Highlights: Paula Josemaria & Ari Sanchez vs Lucia Sainz & Patty Llaguno
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00:19...honour them play.
00:20Francesco Totti, Daniele De Rossi, a big paddle fans.
00:24Paolo Jose Maria!
00:25They'll certainly be watching from somewhere.
00:28And they'll be watching the number one seeds.
00:31Beaten in the final last year.
00:46Nicely done by Sanchez, took the pace off that time.
00:49Mixed it up well there, Sanchez and Jose Maria.
00:53Starting pretty solid.
00:57But we wouldn't see many errors.
00:59But I think that Patti and Lucia,
01:02they are feeling a little bit of rush or pressure
01:06by Paola and Adi.
01:08They know they need to win the point against them
01:11because they're not going to give them anything
01:13and they're rushing a little bit so far.
01:17Let's see.
01:18Lovely touch from Sanchez.
01:19And now Jose Maria.
01:21She pounces for the break.
01:24The perfect start for the number one seeds here.
01:33Huge opportunity.
01:34Yes.
01:35And that might bring pressure also, right?
01:38I think it is bringing pressure.
01:40Nine minutes in.
01:41Sanchez and Jose Maria with a three-love lead.
01:48Watch the chess match, watch the ballet almost.
01:50We can just see how Sanchez and Jose Maria
01:53are dominating.
01:55Even here.
01:56Unlucky for Lucia there.
02:09Sainz and Iaguno need something to happen,
02:12need to make something happen.
02:14And fast here.
02:16Lazing down those very tight ones.
02:18It's hard to see with the naked eye.
02:20Yeah, for sure.
02:23Beautifully done from Ari Sanchez.
02:25Five-love lead in this first set.
02:29Yes.
02:32For sure.
02:37They're on the board.
02:42Maybe it looks easy,
02:43but then after it bounces on the wall with that spin,
02:47it's very hard to control.
02:53Another one.
02:58Completely dominant in the first set,
03:00Sanchez and Jose Maria.
03:03They take it by six games to one.
03:06It's Sainz and Iaguno who need answers,
03:09and they need them fast here on center court in Rome.
03:13This, the clinical blow to seal that first set.
03:18And if we carry on in this fashion,
03:20and if we carry on in this vein,
03:22it's going to be over very, very quickly.
03:25They're a little bit slow today.
03:29Maybe moving forward.
03:31I don't know if it's about they're hesitating a little bit
03:34or maybe tired.
03:36I don't think they're tired,
03:39but that's the way they need to play.
03:41So she shouldn't regret that.
03:44Look at the fizzle there from Sanchez.
03:48Just wrong-footed, everybody.
03:54We talked of Sainz and Iaguno finding your weaknesses,
03:57but that's what Sanchez and Jose Maria do as well, isn't it?
04:00Yeah.
04:01And the pressure just stays and stays.
04:06There's no answer at the moment,
04:08and it's running away here from Sainz and Iaguno.
04:14It will have to be on second serve.
04:19Yes.
04:24Got it.
04:28There's another of those power lobs.
04:45And it's long.
04:47Chess out.
04:56Poor love.
05:01The title that got away from them in a thriller last year
05:07is going their way in a one-sided affair at the moment.
05:10Along with Ale Salazar,
05:13these two helped write the book on the sport.
05:16Yeah.
05:17Absolute legends of it.
05:19Exactly.
05:27On her knees there, Sainz.
05:34This feels like a gradual coronation.
05:38Two further break points.
05:42Yes.
06:03There's that Rulo from Ari Sanchez.
06:05And it's long.
06:07And it is five, love.
06:09And they're going to come back out now
06:11to serve tournament points.
06:13The Sanchez and Jose Maria.
06:17They've smiled their way through.
06:21What's that old saying?
06:23The gift is to play like it means nothing when it means everything.
06:28And they do it just perfectly.
06:33To set the seal on perfection.
06:36Here they go.
06:38On the fence.
06:41More threats there from Ari.
06:42And Paola recovers.
06:44Oh my God.
06:46Keeps going.
06:56Another fence.
06:57She got it.
06:58Oh my God.
06:59Sanchez sinks to her knees.
07:03There is the moment.
07:05Utter dominance here on center court.
07:09Paola and Ari have done it.
07:12Pure dynamite.
07:13Pure magic.
07:15From the very, very best in the world.
07:18Certainly the very, very best this week here in Rome.
07:22The day belongs to Sanchez and Jose Maria.
07:26What a stunning performance.
07:28What can we say about it?
07:30I mean, that was probably the best point of the match, right?
07:34The match point?
07:39And having been beaten here last year, it means so much to them, doesn't it?
07:44Because that was agony the way they lost.
07:46Yeah, for sure.
07:50You have to feel for Sainz and Diaguno.
07:53But they'll take it in their stride.
07:55And they'll be enjoying their good form at the moment.
07:57It just wasn't there for them today.
08:00When they look at each other and they know that they've been working for this, right?
08:09Yes.