The Segovian Jimena Velasco with the Catalan Noa Cánovas in the women’s category, and Pablo Cardona and Javier Ruiz, in the men’s category, have been proclaimed winners of the second UPT tournament that has been held to date in Leganés.
Jimena Velasco and Noa Cánovas, a young couple of 19 years old who started in thirteenth position in the ranking, have completed a tremendous tournament, giving surprises in each of the days that they have progressed, and in the final, when it seemed who could have had a little more pressure against two already proven players like Lorena Rufo and Lucía Martínez (pair three), have shown surprising maturity and audacity, first for the way they won the initial set (6-2), and then for the way to react to increase the rivals’ advantage, not break down, and win in sudden death: 7-6. It is her first victory in a professional tournament, from a couple composition in which the left-handed Jimena Velasco is a hitter with the ability to hit the ball for three and four, while Ona, on the backhand and lower, moves by the court quickly reading perfectly where the play is going.
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The men’s final, in which Pablo Cardona and Javi Ruiz (one in the ranking) were in for the second consecutive time against the debutants, Iñigo Jofre and Luis Hernández (23!), did show that seniority is a degree, and such Maybe that’s why Javi Ruiz from Granada was the best in the final, because Cardona had more problems pulverizing the balloons with his left-footed punch. Of course, the first set was a breeze to reach a 6-1 lead. In the second round Jofre and Hernández were less timid and put up more of a fight (6-3), warning, without a doubt, that next time it will be a different story.
The tournament ended on Saturday because UPT understands that it is the best way to collaborate with the players who register for its tournaments, so that they win a day to travel and comply with the calendar of the Premier Padel Tour, which already begins with the Cancun tournament. (Mexico).