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World number one duo bank third Dutch victory in a row as Sánchez and Ustero wrap up women’s title.
Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia cruised to their third Premier Padel Rotterdam P2 title in a row on Sunday as Ariana Sánchez Fallada and Andrea Ustero Prieto held off Bea González and Paula Josemaría Martín to gain revenge for their recent Valladolid P2 defeat. Here is all you need to know:
- Top seeds Coello and Tapia were looking to extend their lead over big rivals Alejandro Galán and Fede Chingotto in the rankings on finals day against fifth seeds Franco Stupaczuk and Jon Sanz, the pair needing just 69 minutes to see off the outsiders 6-3 6-2 in a ruthless display of dominance.
- Tapia, 27, revealed: “The truth is that the goal is clear: now we have three weeks in a row. We’re thinking day by day, rather than week by week. We started from a lower level and improved as the tournament went on. We finished the final playing at a very, very high level.”
- The Ahoy Rotterdam arena saw some thrilling quarter-finals with Coello and Tapia needing to come back from a set down to defeat unseeded Argentines Valentino Gabriel Libaak and Gonzalo Alfonso 4-6 6-3 6-3 as Galán and Chingotto bowed out 6-4 6-4 to the shock duo of Stupaczuk and Sanz.
- Stupaczuk and Sanz then saw off sixth seeds Miguel Yanguas and Jorge Nieto Ruiz – who had already accounted for third seeds Juan Lebrón and Leandro Augsburger – as Coello and Tapia were taken to three sets again on Saturday before defeating Jeronimo Gonzalez and Lucas Campagnolo 6-1 3-6 6-1.
- Argentine Stupaczuk was bidding to become one of the few players to win a title in 10 consecutive seasons, but him and Sanz folded under the pressure as the final became one-way traffic.
- Coello, 24, said: “I need to be more focused in this moment, because they started incredible. We found the solution fast and played an incredible match. We are so, so proud for our level this week.”
- The women’s event did not offer up many surprises during the week, the top four seeds advancing to the semi-finals where Sánchez and Ustero demolished top seeds Gemma Triay Pons and Delfina Brea Senesi 6-2 6-3 while González and Josemaría beat Claudia Fernández Sánchez and Martina Calvo 6-3 6-4.
- Sánchez and Josemaría won this event together in 2024, but were on opposite sides of the court on Sunday – third seeds Sánchez and Ustero combining to defeat the second seeds 6-4 6-4 in one hour and 41 minutes which halves the rankings gap between them leading into the next European stop.
- Sánchez, 29, said: “They’re a very difficult pair to beat; you have to play with a lot of concentration. In the end, I had a goal, a challenge, which was to be able to win two finals in a row, something we hadn’t done before. We’re in a very good moment.”
- Ustero, 19, added: “We worked really hard in Barcelona so that we could be ready for these kinds of matches. We’ve had a very, very complete tournament together with the whole team. Beating the number one and number two pairs in the same tournament is not easy at all.”
- The players now go straight into the Germany P2 event in Düsseldorf from October 4-11.
- The 2026 season is another exciting chapter for Premier Padel as the unified global tour expands under the governance of the FIP. With 25 tournaments in 17 countries across five continents, watch the world’s best players compete hard with all the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals streamed live on Red Bull TV.
- The free-to-play mobile game “Red Bull Padel: Court Legends” is available for download now on iOS and Android through the AppStore and Google Play Store respectively, so padel fans can experience the action for themselves.
Watch the 2026 Rotterdam P2 event replay on Red Bull TV HERE.
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