Tapia & Coello Survive Cancún Thriller — Triay/Brea Unstoppable
Tapia and Coello come back from a set down to beat Lebrón/Augsburger in a three-set epic. Triay/Brea win their 7th consecutive final. Miami P1 — the biggest US padel event ever — starts today.
Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia don't lose. And when they're losing, they come back.
The world number ones beat Juan Lebrón and Leo Augsburger 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-5 in the Cancún P2 men's final — a nearly two-hour war that went the distance. Lebrón and Augsburger took the first set tiebreak and looked ready to pull off the upset. Then Tapia and Coello did what they always do: raised their level when it mattered most. They took control in the second, broke early in the third, and held on to clinch their second title of 2026.
That's 18 consecutive finals. Two titles. One loss all season — to Galán/Chingotto in the Gijón P2 final last week. Lebrón and Augsburger are the only pair who've taken them to three sets twice this year. The gap at the top is real, but it's getting narrower.
For Lebrón and Augsburger, reaching their first final together is a statement. Lebrón flattened Sanyo Gutiérrez and Gonza Alfonso 6-1, 6-2 in the semis — vintage form. This pair is gelling fast. The Riyadh three-setter wasn't a fluke.
In the women's final, Gemma Triay and Delfina Brea demolished Paula Josemaría and Bea González 7-6(4), 6-1. Their second straight title, seventh straight final — zero sets dropped in the last two events. The first set was tight: Josemaría and González clawed back from 3-5 down and forced a tiebreak. Triay and Brea took the breaker 7-4, then rattled off five straight games to end it. The stats: 50 winners to 34, just 26 unforced errors. Clinical.
What makes Triay and Brea's dominance scary: Josemaría and González went from QFs in Riyadh to SFs in Gijón to a final here — and still couldn't stay with them in the second set. The gap at the top of women's padel isn't closing. It's widening.
Source: El Neverazo — Triay/Brea win Cancún, Padel Magazine — Lebrón/Augsburger reach first final
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