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The world No. 1s are back. Arturo Coello, Agustin Tapia, Delfi Brea and Gemma Triay chose the same evening to reclaim a title that had eluded them since Cancún. They did so in Rome, at the BNL Italy Major Premier Padel, in front of a packed Foro Italico (more than 9.000 fans) that celebrated a week of padel destined to be remembered for many reasons. From the longest match ever played on the Premier Padel circuit (the semi-final won by Ari Sanchez and Andrea Ustero against Paula Josemaria and Bea Gonzalez) to the first Major semi-final reached by an Italian player (Giulia Dal Pozzo). Then came the finals, which provided further highlight

Miracles happen at the Foro Italico, and Giulia Dal Pozzo seems to be producing them. The left-hander who is learning how to become a champion is clearly no longer satisfied with simply breaking Italian records. Less than 24 hours after becoming the first Italian woman ever to reach the quarter-finals of a Major, the player from Romagna and her Spanish partner Nuria Rodriguez delivered another masterpiece, earning a place in the semi-finals of the BNL Italy Major after defeating, and ultimately overwhelming, Claudia Fernandez and Sofia Araujo, ranked No. 6 and No. 8 respectively in the FIP world rankings. It was a fairytale result, achieved o