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The Circuit
19 October 2026 · Edition №13
How This Was Compiled
Every source behind this edition, and what we took from each.
Milan is from the International Padel Federation's Spanish finals release of 18 October, read in the Spanish, which gives both finals, the scores and the words of Ustero and Coello, and, for the rounds before them, its Day 6 and Day 5 reports, carrying publication stamps of 16 and 17 October; that the last eight were played on the Friday is established from the Day 5 report's own publication stamp of 16 October at 22:36 UTC together with its forward reference to Saturday's semi-finals, not from the date it was listed; the dates of the main draw are from the Federation's event page. Salazar's ranking and her title count for this season are from the Federation's own profile of her, read this morning; her stated decision to stop at the end of the season, and the home-city tournament, are from our own edition of 7 September. Putting the quarter-final and the final beside each other is ours. The fourth tournament in a row, the twelfth title of the year and the ten sets are all the Federation's counts, not ours. Stratford is from the Federation's champions release and the LTA's report, both of 12 October, with the play dates from the Federation's event page; the British results and the two injuries are from The Padel Paper, Mike Dale, 13 October. Rose's match in Seville is from the Federation's Day 1 report from the FIP Gold there, listed 17 October. Kuwait is from the Federation's release of 22 September and Doha from its release of 26 September; that nothing has been published for the draw is from the Federation's own World Cup page, which carries nothing since July. Setting that absence beside the two weeks remaining is ours. The UK Padel Convention is from the organiser's own registration page, and what we said about Stratford a week ago is in our edition of 12 October. Two limits are worth stating. The Federation's own two language editions are the only published account of the Milan finals, and nothing independent had carried them when we read; the English renderings of its Spanish are ours, and each quotation above was read from the page source and checked at both ends. And the Federation had published no result from any of the six Cupra FIP Tour events due to finish this weekend when we read its pages this morning, so none appears above. All pages read on 19 October 2026.
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