Coello and Tapia make it three in a row in Rotterdam as Sánchez and Ustero win again

Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia won the CUPRA Rotterdam P2 on Sunday 4 October, beating Franco Stupaczuk and Jon Sanz 6-3, 6-2 in an hour and nine minutes. In the women's draw, Ari Sánchez and Andrea Ustero defeated Paula Josemaría and Bea González 6-4, 6-4. The Premier Padel titles went to the same two pairs who won the Paris Major at Roland Garros in mid-September.

Three in a row in Rotterdam

The world number ones dropped serve early in the final but quickly found their level and never looked back. According to FIP match statistics, they hit 41 winners to their opponents' 27. It is their third straight title in the Dutch city, after 2024 and 2025, and their tenth of the season. The win stretches their lead over Alejandro Galán and Federico Chingotto in the Race, the season standings that decide who plays the Finals in Barcelona, to 1,780 points.

Sánchez and Ustero keep rolling

The women's final was longer and tighter, lasting an hour and 41 minutes. Second seeds Josemaría and González broke back after falling behind in both sets, but it was not enough. Sánchez and Ustero had already knocked out top seeds Delfi Brea and Gemma Triay in the semi-finals, so they took the title by beating the two highest-ranked pairs in the draw. It is their fourth title of 2026 and their second in a row, and it was also the 100th final of Ari Sánchez's career. "We have worked very hard to play these kinds of matches," Ustero said afterwards.

What comes next

Each winning pair collects 600 points for the FIP ranking and for the Race. There is no time to rest: the German P2 in Düsseldorf is played this week, followed by the Milan P1. Tapia described the run of three tournaments in a row as one to take a match at a time.

Source: FIP and Padel Addict.

Photo: Virpana via Wikimedia Commons, public domain (CC0).