PadelVibes Santiago

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4/3/2025

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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.

06:00Okay.

06:01Okay.

06:02Bring it outwards.

06:03Finish the movement.

06:04Go.

06:05Again.

06:06Well, more or less...

06:09More or less accomplished.

06:10But, well, the ball is going to go back to the net with the volley.

06:13You have to make some technical corrections, but ...

06:16Open more.

06:17Open more.

06:18Exactly.

06:19That's what you have to do.

06:20Exactly.

06:21Okay, we know it.

06:25The semifinals featured a big surprise.

06:27The 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 Coquinieto and Chingalán, again just

06:39like in Miami, was won by Galán 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.

06:50And however, the men's final didn't even take place as Franco Stupacuk developed a

06:55fever and had to withdraw.

06:57Automatically, Ale Galán 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 Josemaría and Ari Sánchez 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 and 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!

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