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The Circuit
A short dispatch from the club, every Monday: what we noticed, the padel worth watching, and what has just gone up on The Alborán. The women's game leads.
What this is
The Circuit is the weekly dispatch, the letter the club sends its members while the monthly issue is being made. It goes out every Monday morning, written that morning; the issue itself publishes on the first Monday of the month.
It is a note, not a scoreboard: the padel week read through our own eyes, and the women's Court leads.
The editions
12 October 2026 · Edition №12Fernandez and Calvo beat Sanchez and Ustero in Dusseldorf: Claudia Fernandez and Martina Calvo won the P2 final 6-3, 6-0 against the pair we led on last week, and we could not establish a result for the FIP Silver in London →
6 October 2026 · Edition №11Sanchez and Ustero beat the top two seeds in Rotterdam: Ariana Sanchez and Andrea Ustero beat the top seeds and then the second seeds, and in Bristol, Aimee Gibson and Catherine Rose keep their national title →
30 September 2026 · Edition №10Great Britain's women qualify for the World Cup: Great Britain's women beat Poland 2-0 in Madrid to reach Doha, and the men lose 2-1 to Germany, every match won from a set down →
22 September 2026 · Edition №9Spain's women and Argentina's men win the Senior World Cup: Spain beat the United States 3-0 and Argentina beat Spain 3-2 in Buenos Aires, and 55 teams go to Madrid for four places in Doha →
14 September 2026 · Edition №8The last three holders of one record, in one Paris final: Andrea Ustero and Ari Sanchez beat Claudia Fernandez and Martina Calvo 6-2, 6-0, and Coello and Tapia won Paris for the fourth year running →
7 September 2026 · Edition №7Ale Salazar's last tournament at home: The federation's own profile records 158 Premier Padel matches and no titles, and Brea and Triay took the Madrid title from Josemaria and Gonzalez →
1 September 2026 · Edition №6Spain beat Spain for the women's gold: Sainz and Llaguno took the Mediterranean Games women's title from Velasco and Rodriguez, and a sister and brother won the mixed for Portugal →
24 August 2026 · Edition №5Padel's first medals, all on one Friday: the sport makes its debut as a medal sport at the Mediterranean Games in Taranto, and it is one of five medal events inside eighteen months →
17 August 2026 · Edition №4A tournament week, converted: September's Premier Padel window becomes a Hexagon event, and the Hexagon event moves to January →
10 August 2026 · Edition №3The youngest champion, and the weekend padel came to London: Calvo makes history at Olympia, and we go courtside for padel's first UK P1 →
27 July 2026 · Edition №2Two directions at once: Pretoria makes sub-Saharan African history, and the celebrity circuit gets serious →
21 July 2026 · Edition №1One rivalry, told twice: Bea one point from home glory, and Britain's Rocks Lane winners →
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See you at the club. Andy Galt & Alex Robinson, Editors
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