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00:00Welcome to Santiago de Chile, the South American capital that debuts as the first city in the
00:13Southern Cajon to host the most important professional paddle circuit in 2025.
00:18The most outstanding male and female players are ready to display their skills and show
00:22the world why paddle is growing so much every day.
00:27This is Paddle Vibes from Santiago de Chile.
00:35Premier Paddle moves to Santiago, Chile in San Carlos de Poquindo.
00:41Up to 35,000 people are expected to attend.
00:47The venue has a main court and three support courts.
00:50There are also food trucks and resting areas to enjoy the best matches.
00:58Miami sure served many surprises.
01:01The biggest one was undoubtedly the fall in the semifinals of the tournament's number one couple
01:06formed by Coelho and Tapia against Lebron and Stupazú.
01:10Mike Yanguas and Koki Nieto, meanwhile, played an incredible three-hour semifinal
01:15against Federico Chingotto and Ale Galán.
01:18The last ones claimed victory in the third set tiebreak in the most closely fought match of the American tournament.
01:25The Chingalán duo won the final in the second set tiebreak against Stupazú and Lebron in a match filled with tensions.
01:32They were crowned champions of the first Miami P1, winning their first title of the season.
01:38Meanwhile, the girls with the new duo formed by Gemma Triai and Delphi Prea won their third consecutive title
01:45displaying solid play that led them to also be crowned champions in Miami against Ari Sánchez and Paula José María.
01:52And since we're talking about the Miami winners, we'll dive deeper into Ale Galán.
01:57Here's his technical profile.
02:00Alejandro Galán, the Madrid icon and the most elegant in the tournament.
02:05With more than 11 titles in his career and multiple times ranked as the best player in the world,
02:11he has formed historic duos, first with Lebron and now with Federico Chingotto,
02:16with whom he forms the pair known as Chingalán.
02:20Martín Dinerno is one of the best Argentine players in Premier Paddle,
02:24and we sat down with him to talk about his change of partner and the toughest moments of his professional career.
02:31Well, Martín, the year 2025 has just begun, many interesting tournaments ahead.
02:36What are your feelings?
02:38Well, we're trying to adapt.
02:40The truth is, we're trying to get along as quickly as possible with Javi.
02:45Now everyone is stopping you on the street.
02:47In a paddling club, it's normal for people to know you,
02:50but on the street, it's true that people practice it a lot,
02:54and maybe they know you, but far from being able to walk.
02:57At least that's me.
02:59On the way to success or to dreams, there is always a much more complicated moment,
03:06and you had to go through a pretty hard one, which was a car accident.
03:12Well, the doctors in their day said that I was going to have these difficulties to walk,
03:17that I have them for something, they tell me, well, Rengo is my nickname,
03:21which is a bit of the motto, Cojo.
03:24But well, nothing, I am quite positive, I am very stubborn,
03:28and I always like, even if they tell me not to, to try.
03:31I saw many interviews of not only athletes, but people in another field,
03:35who have had things like that, and it clicks for everyone.
03:39It's a shame that something like this always has to happen to us.
03:42To realize.
03:43To realize or change certain habits.
03:45Martín, from the 18 that happened to me, to today that I am 28, I changed a lot.
03:51I mean, I changed a lot.
03:52I mean, they are things that I keep in my backpack,
03:54with the ones that happened to me and with me.
03:57Well, thank you very much.
03:59Good luck with everything that remains of the year, tournaments and everything.
04:02We will continue to see each other.
04:04And follow Martín Dineno.
04:06Well, thank you very much.
04:08Agustín Gómez Zilingo, the former player and star coach of several pairs in the tournament,
04:14showed us all the tricks for hitting the backhand volley.
04:17Give me.
04:18Who was going to tell me that you were going to end up teaching me?
04:21The first thing is, if the ball comes from here, well, where do you have to cover the track?
04:27Here.
04:28Well, the first thing you have to correct is the position on the track.
04:31If the ball comes from here, your position has to be more towards here, Ana.
04:36Ah.
04:37Why?
04:38I'm going to cover the center.
04:39Why?
04:40Because if I play from here, I have the possibility of playing.
04:42You have to cover three angles in attack.
04:44Three angles, there is one that is the most difficult of all, which is the short angle.
04:48So, the first thing I'm going to ask you, without any technical correction,
04:52is that you touch the ball in front of you.
04:54So, don't hit it here, but touch it forward.
04:57Okay, here?
04:58Yes, exactly.
04:59The only thing you're going to take the ball over there is the impact point.
05:02If you touch the ball here, look at the face of the ball.
05:05Where does it point?
05:06Where does it point?
05:07Up.
05:08There.
05:09If I touch the ball here, where does the ball go?
05:10There.
05:11Good.
05:12And if I touch it here, where does it go?
05:13There.
05:14Exactly.
05:15Ah, this is a technical change.
05:16A technical change.
05:17Okay.
05:18Just worry about touching the ball in front of you.
05:19Okay.
05:20Okay?
05:21Okay.
05:22Come on, touch it forward.
05:23Good.
05:24Notice one thing.
05:25You touch forward, I want you to touch outwards.
05:28Okay.
05:29Okay?
05:30So, I want you to touch and I want you to throw it outwards.
05:31Touch it forward.
05:32Good.
05:33This is very important.
05:34The wrist should be locked.
05:35If you break the wrist, you start to have less strength.
05:36Okay.
05:37If you lock the wrist, you start to have more strength.
05:38So, from here, I want you to do this.
05:39Okay.
05:40Not this.
05:41Okay.
05:42I'm going.
05:43Better.
05:44Come on.
05:45There.
05:46Go.
05:47It's okay.
05:48I'm going.
05:49Good.
05:50Good.
05:51Good.
05:52Good.
05:53Good.
05:54Good.
05:55Good.
05:56Good.
05:57Good.
05:58Good.
05:59Good.
06:01Come on.
06:02Take it outwards.
06:03Finish the movement.
06:04Go.
06:05Again.
06:08Good.
06:09More or less.
06:10More or less achieved.
06:11But hey, it's going to be in the ball back to the net.
06:14We have to do some technical fixes, but ...
06:16Open more.
06:17Open more.
06:18Exactly.
06:19Exactly.
06:20Okay.
06:21We already know that.
06:25The semifinals featured a big surprise.
06:27prize, the match between Juan Tello and Gabriel Livac, who despite having won against the
06:31tournament's top seed, fell to Lebron and Stupa.
06:35The other semi-final between Mike Yanguas and Coqui Nieto and Chin Galan, again just
06:39like in Miami, was won by Galan and Chingotto.
06:43The time for the finals arrived and everything that could have gone wrong in Chile went wrong.
06:48They were delayed a day due to the weather conditions, and however, the men's final
06:52didn't even take place, as Franco Stupacuk developed a fever and had to withdraw.
06:57Automatically, Ale Galan and Chingotto won premier pedal in Chile, who claimed their
07:01second consecutive trophy.
07:05The women's team had better luck.
07:07Yen Matriay and Yelzi Brea faced Paula Josemaria and Ari Sanchez again.
07:11The humidity on the court prevented them from continuing their play just as the match was
07:16in the third set.
07:17Both pairs and the referee decided the court was unsafe after several slips and both decided
07:23to split the points in prize money to avoid having to return another day.
07:27It was definitely a very eventful tournament.
07:30And that was all from Premier Pedal in Chile.
07:33See you in Qatar!