The Circuit

The lead note

In Rotterdam, Ariana Sanchez and Andrea Ustero beat the top seeds and then the second seeds on consecutive days: Delfi Brea and Gemma Triay on Saturday, 6-2, 6-3, and Paula Josemaria and Bea Gonzalez in Sunday's final of the P2, 6-4, 6-4. Ustero, in the International Padel Federation's report: "No era fácil derrotar a las dos primeras cabezas de serie en el mismo torneo, pero esto debe darnos todavía más fuerza para seguir trabajando, también gracias a la ayuda de nuestro equipo y de nuestras familias." In our English: "It was not easy to beat the top two seeds in the same tournament, but this should give us even more strength to keep working, thanks also to the help of our team and our families." It is their second title running, the FIP says, after the Major in Paris, and by its count the final was Sanchez's hundredth.

Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia won the men's final 6-3, 6-2 against Franco Stupaczuk and Jon Sanz, who broke first. It was Stupaczuk and Sanz's first Premier Padel final as a pair, the FIP says, a week after they lost the final of the FIP Platinum in Lyon.

At home

Aimee Gibson and Catherine Rose are national champions again. At Rocket Padel Bristol on Sunday they won the women's final of the LTA Padel National Championships 6-2, 6-0. LTA Padel's report says they had dropped two games in their three matches before it, so they conceded four games in the tournament; at the World Cup qualifier in Madrid the week before, they conceded three.

They came in as the top seeds and the holders, champions at the same club last year. They were Great Britain's first pair in Madrid, and the women's team goes on to the FIP World Cup in Doha, from 2 to 7 November.

The men's final took two hours and 33 minutes. Christian Medina Murphy and Alfonso Patacho, the second seeds, lost the first set on a tie-break to Louie Harris and Alex Loughlan, the top seeds and holders, and won 6-7, 7-6, 6-4. In LTA Padel's report the winners say: "This title means a huge amount to us, particularly after the disappointment of last week's FIP World Cup Qualifiers, and to achieve it together makes it even more special." Great Britain's men lost their deciding tie there to Germany, 2-1.

The senior titles, from LTA Padel's results table: the over-50s women's to Julie Hanger and Stephanie Trill, the over-60s women's to Nicky Horn and Ashley Mears, and the over-60s men's to John Byrne and Colin McGill. LTA's table does not list the over-40s.

This week in the game

Padel's medal matches at the Asian Games were played in Nagoya on Saturday. Japan won the women's gold, 6-3, 6-4 against Indonesia, and Qatar the men's, 6-3, 6-1 against Malaysia. The bronze medals went to Indonesia's women and Iran's men.

The week ahead

The Premier Padel tour goes straight on to a P2 in Dusseldorf, main draw from Tuesday 6 to Sunday 11 October, where Brea and Triay, and Fede Chingotto and Ale Galan, defend the titles. A P1 in Milan follows, main draw from Monday 12 to Sunday 18 October.

From the club

Issue Four of The Alborán is out, and Episode Four of The Sessions.

See you at the club.

How this was compiled. The National Championships are from LTA Padel's results report of 5 October, which gives the finals, the seeds, the games Gibson and Rose dropped before the final, the length of the men's final, the winners' words and the senior results table; the four games conceded is our sum of LTA's figures. Last year's title and the venue are from LTA Padel's preview of 28 September, and Madrid, the three games conceded there, Gibson and Rose as first pair and the World Cup dates from our edition of 30 September. Rotterdam is from the International Padel Federation's Spanish finals release of 4 October, read in the Spanish original, and, for the semi-finals, Lyon and the first final as a pair, its Day 5 report of 3 October. The Asian Games are from FIP's Spanish finals release of 3 October. Dusseldorf is from FIP's event page and its preview of 5 October, and Milan from FIP's event page. All pages read on 6 October 2026.