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00:00Coginieto, Ixor, Sarr!

00:05These two, they're good mates, they've been a partnership all year long

00:08and the fact that they'd already announced a separation for 2025

00:11hasn't bothered them here in Barcelona at all.

00:14They disposed of Stupacic and Ianguas in the big shock in the quarter-finals,

00:18that draining three-setter.

00:20Disposed of Momo Gonzalez and Edu Arroyo in yesterday's semi-final.

00:24Iaustin, Dambià!

00:27Of these two, the world number ones,

00:31the guys that are on this extraordinary streak of wins.

00:34They have not lost since July the 7th, the final at Genova.

00:40They have played 14 title matches, won them all.

00:45They've only failed to reach a final once, and that was a semi-final in Sevilla.

00:50And they come swaggering in here on the back of a couple of victories.

00:55The last act of Premier Battle 2024, the men's final.

01:13Great block from Nieto.

01:152-2.

01:26He's looking for a very, very tight-angled airtap here and doesn't get it.

01:41Does that go? Nope, not against him.

01:46These half-volley lobs, amazing that they can get so accurate with them.

01:55Too much heat on that.

02:15Oh, my goodness me.

02:19How close was that?

02:35What a pick-up. Yeah, really.

02:45Yeah, that goes.

02:47But that doesn't, yeah.

02:50Agustin Tapia looking to consolidate it.

02:58Wow, what a touch.

03:01And then Cuello says, oh, has Nieto got that? What a shame, what a shame.

03:06Oh, it was a great risk.

03:08It's a perfect split.

03:11Does that go?

03:16Great rescue work from Nieto this time.

03:23Sands for the put-away.

03:25They fight off the set point.

03:31And then Cuello.

03:33Sands for the put-away.

03:35They fight off the set point.

03:43He got that one as well.

03:45He might get that.

03:50It was neat.

03:53Yeah.

04:02Yeah, it doesn't go, so Sands will put it away to bring up a second break point.

04:23Oh, my goodness.

04:25What defensive work here from Tapia.

04:27Just defending the undefendable.

04:30And eventually Sands wins it.

04:33Had to win that three times.

04:47Wow. Stealing.

04:49Yeah, that's crazy. It was a clever shot from Nieto.

04:56Well, keep pushing. Just push, push, push.

04:58You never know what's going to happen.

05:00Exactly. Make him serve it out.

05:05Don't go easy.

05:07Oh, wow.

05:11I mean, that is just ridiculous from Tapia.

05:15Somehow they dug themselves out of that.

05:18Incredible defending from Cuello.

05:30Good enough. John Sands with a flash of defiance.

05:33They've done it. They have held.

05:45No, I don't think that's going to go.

05:48Tapia looking to finish with a flourish there, isn't he?

06:02Oh, that's clever.

06:07Got a chance.

06:10Got a chance.

06:20Sands for the break. Doesn't get it.

06:23Doesn't get it. Koki with the rescue.

06:25Tapia.

06:27Good enough. Good enough.

06:30Oh, how close was that to the break?

06:33I mean, the moment they forced Cuello and Tapia

06:37at the back of the court, they had their chance

06:40and then, oh, just not quite enough.

06:43And then Tapia brings out that smash when he needs it.

06:52Uh-oh.

06:54Oh, my goodness.

06:56Oh!

06:58It's going to come back.

07:00Oh, incredible.

07:02Unbelievable blocking.

07:04Another break point. How have they got this back?

07:07Not once, but twice.

07:09And then, to tease the error out of Tapia.

07:14Like two goalkeepers at the back of the court

07:16just trying to get a racket on the smashes.

07:25They've got to convert one of these break points.

07:35And they have! They have!

07:38Listen to that ovation.

07:45That is a mammoth effort from them to get that break back there.

07:49They had to work so hard for it.

07:51Tapia still going for that smash as well.

07:54Again, I love that fearlessness about...

07:57You can guarantee that Tapia and Cuello are going to attack this set.

08:05Come on, come on.

08:13Oh!

08:14So, two of Sands and Nieto.

08:16He's going to make for a shoot-out here.

08:25Oh, my goodness.

08:34Come on.

08:38I think he enjoyed that one.

08:56Yeah, that'll work. That'll work.

09:05That's going to travel as well.

09:08Holy smoke, what are we seeing?

09:11They've got a bit of a way to go just to get back in their own games.

09:15That looked out.

09:17Bearing in mind, it wasn't that long ago, it was two tournament points.

09:21And they've almost got their speeches ready.

09:34Come on.

09:50There he goes again.

09:54I tell you, if Cuello is poor...

09:56Job done. We're the number one seeds.

09:58We won all these games in a row. We're finished.

10:01It's almost too easy.

10:03Yeah, somebody forgot to tell these guys.

10:05That's more like it.

10:07If they're not awake now, they never will be.

10:09And now, all of a sudden, they're having to scrap.

10:27Wow.

10:28Too good. Too good.

10:30Tournament point, Nieto and Sands.

10:33At the Barcelona party. Tournament point.

10:36Yes!

11:02I tell you.

11:03So close.

11:06Juice.

11:22John Sands doing a great job of causing problems on that side.

11:26Tapia puts it away.

11:57Again.

11:58Surely. Surely not.

12:00Yeah.

12:01Pulls it off. Pulls it off.

12:03Only just. Only just enough.

12:20Unbelievable.

12:22Oh, my goodness.

12:24They're the gatecrashers of all time, these two.

12:26They shouldn't even be in this final.

12:29But in their very last game together,

12:31Koki Nieto and John Sands

12:34have come up with the story of the season.

12:40That's incredible.

12:42They weren't supposed to be here.

12:44Stupacuk and Llanguis were supposed to dispose of them.

12:46Didn't happen.

12:48And then, when Chingallan fell to Gonzalez,

12:51when Chingallan fell to Gonzalez and Arroyo,

12:54they took full advantage,

12:56booked themselves this place in the final,

12:58and everything was going according to plan.

13:01Tournament points for the number one seeds,

13:04who somehow have lost control of the match.

13:08And Koki Nieto and John Sands have ripped it from them,

13:11torn up the script and said,

13:13guess what, we're going out on the highest of highs.

13:16That is an incredible, incredible performance of these two.

13:21I mean, we spent the first set and a half there

13:23talking about how they were too dominant, Tapia and Cuello,

13:26and there really was no chance for their opponents.

13:29And with two championship points for the world number one,

13:33suddenly, it came out of nowhere.

13:36I mean, unfair play to them.

13:38Not only did they win that set,

13:39they fought and fought and fought the whole way through the third set.

13:43And, yeah, some amazing, flawless paddle there.

13:48I think that was the key for them, Sandy.

13:50They never gave up on a point, did they?

13:52Even when they were just getting blown off the floor,

13:54as we saw earlier in that first set and much of the second set as well,

13:57they never gave up, ever.

13:59So much of this game is determination and consistency and focus.

14:04And, you know, even the world number ones,

14:07the magical Tapia and Cuello, they have dips.

14:11Every player goes through it.

14:13And if you can just be there when it happens as they do,

14:16you're there when it happens as their opponents.

14:18And that's what they did.

14:20Really, really impressive that they were able to maintain that

14:23through the rest of the match as well.

14:25And it's a shame to hear about them separating for next season,

14:29although they may have to rethink that.

14:33Well, I'm sure there's a part of them, they can't believe it either.

14:37I mean, it's an incredible story.

14:40Their game plan as well was so fantastic.

14:42They just stuck with it.

14:44Many other players would have been tempted to either throw in the towel

14:48or just keep going for too much, thinking that too much is needed.

14:53And, well, they stuck to it and got exactly what they deserve.

15:00And I genuinely think, as we look at that match point again

15:03and Koki's face, that he can't believe it.

15:05I mean, they've done it.

15:08They've done it.

15:10But I genuinely think there was just a tiny hint of complacency

15:14in Koi on Tapia when they got to Tournament Point.

15:16It's like, we've done this so many times.

15:18We've done this 47 times in a row.

15:20It's all over, and it wasn't.

15:23Well, you felt like Tapia was trying to finish it with something special,

15:26wasn't he?

15:27I mean, he did the running across jump, which he does anyway,

15:30and, you know, sometimes successfully.

15:33And then he tried to go for that drop shot,

15:35and you just think, if he'd have been a little bit more sensible,

15:38and, I mean, it almost just turned around from that very moment, didn't it?

15:42They fought, lost that game.

15:45They lost the game, but, obviously, Koki and John Sands won it,

15:48and, I mean, there was almost no looking back.

15:51Yeah.

15:54So, Juan Lebron and Martin Domeno, in their final act together,

15:58will pick up a bronze,

15:59and in their first and only performance together,

16:02it'll be Delphi, Brea and Vero Verceda,

16:06who will collect bronze medals,

16:10which is a significant achievement,

16:12as they'd never played together before arriving in Barcelona earlier this week.

16:19It's Lebron and Domeno,

16:22who will claim their medals first,

16:25followed by Delphi, Brea, nearest to us,

16:28and Vero Verceda.

16:37Now, with great pride, we present the silver medallists.

16:42A big round of applause for Gemma Triai,

16:45Claudia Fernandez, Arturo Coelho and Agustin Tapia.

16:50Well, the number two seeds here,

16:52Gemma Triai and Claudia Fernandez,

16:56will join Arturo Coelho and Agustin Tapia

17:02on the podium for their silver medals.

17:06Bittersweet moment, I suspect, for Claudia Fernandez,

17:08but a year ago, could she have even dreamed of being here?

17:11Still only 18,

17:13and her partnership with Gemma might be over,

17:15but her future is just beginning.

17:18And for Arturo Coelho and Agustin Tapia,

17:25confirmation that there are other good paddle players out there,

17:29and for the first time since early July,

17:32they are not top of the pile,

17:34but class acts that they are,

17:37smiling with silver.

17:56And here are our gold medallists then.

17:59Arianna Sanchez and Paola Jose Maria,

18:01we expected them to be there.

18:05Koki Nieto and John Sands,

18:07nobody expected them to be there.

18:10What a story.

18:19Earlier it was Paola and Ari

18:21confirming their dominance of the women's game,

18:24a tenth title for them in 2024,

18:27and a second for Koki Nieto and John Sands.

18:31They won in Bordeaux as the number five seeds

18:33this surely eclipses

18:36just about anything they've ever done.

18:39They can't stop smiling, can they?

18:44It's not a dream, it's really happened.

19:04Now it's time to crown the champions

19:09with the trophy that symbolizes their victory.

19:13And that's why we have the pleasure

19:16to invite David Sanjen and Luigi Carraro

19:20to deliver the trophy.

19:24Congratulations!

19:27Ari Sanchez, Paola Jose Maria,

19:30Koki Nieto and John Sands,

19:32for these extraordinary finals

19:36that you gave us here at the Palau Sant Jordi.

20:02And now, for all the audience present,

20:05we're going to ask for your collaboration

20:08because we want that final photo

20:10of this extraordinary event

20:12at the count of three

20:14and the trophies up there.

20:16Join us at one,

20:19at two,

20:21and at three.

20:23Cheers, champions!

20:26They are the champions.

20:29They are the champions.

20:33Arianna Sanchez and Paola Jose Maria

20:36alongside Jorge Koki Nieto and John Sands

20:41are Premier Paddle Finals champions

20:44after a wonderful four days of play

20:47here in Barcelona.

20:59You can find out more about the Paddle Finals

21:01at www.paddlefinals.org

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