This is the day of celebration and the final of Roland Garros, where more than 8,000 spectators are expected to attend the grand final of the Greenweez Paris Major 2023. The second edition, which has already been a success both in terms of spectator attendance and in terms of the matches themselves and the impeccable organization.
Yesterday the semi-finals delivered their verdicts, brutal in particular against Alejandra Salazar and Sofia Araujo, who upset the world number one, or the men’s world number one Juan Lebron and Ale Galan, the title holders in Paris.
Rome’s Revenge
But the four qualifying pairs – two women’s and one men’s – have what it takes to fulfill the public’s dream of a high-profile final that will determine the best teams of this 2023 Major Premier Padel.
On the women’s side, there are track queens Ariana Sanchez and Paula Josemaría. Along the way, they will meet Gemma Triai and Marta Ortega with the goal of getting revenge in the final of the Rome Major in July. Sanchez and Josemaria then lost 6/3 6/3, making Triay/Ortega the first women’s pair to win the Premier Padel.
In Paris, the dust-smelling match will be played from 2pm on Center Court, whose roof could be closed again, as it was yesterday and Friday, to guarantee shade for players and spectators.
Grains of sand in the car
After the women’s final, the men’s final poster has everything to please padel fans: two Spanish-Argentine pairs compete against each other. On the one hand, Agustin Tapia and Arturo Coelho, although only seeded No. 3 here, are the undisputed No. 1s in a season during which they have won everything. As some of their opponents say, there’s not much you can do against them (other than encourage them) when they’re at 100%.
But their modern opponents are not those who applaud without fighting or trying to push grains of sand into the machine. Paris fourth seeds Paquito Navarro and Federico Chingotto have dominated the competition so far, beating LeBron and Galan by a clean 6/2 6/3 yesterday. Already a finalist last year, we are waiting for the great Paquito today: a crowd favorite is never better than when he puts on a show and lights up stadiums, especially crowded ones, no matter how crowded they are, says Philippe-Chatrier. .
Therefore, the location for the show will be in this building, which was already a temple to tennis, and now features padel and its stars in the foreground.
You can follow the matches in France on Canal+.
You will find the updated tables below:
After 40 years of tennis, Jerome fell onto the padel plate in 2018. Since then, he thinks about it every morning while shaving… but never shaves with a shovel in his hand! A journalist from Alsace, he has no other ambition than to share his passion with you, whether you speak French, Italian, Spanish or English.