00:00Semi-finals in Riyadh and survived a mighty scare against Bayer Caldera and Carmen Goanaga
00:05back in the round of 16 to book their first final together as Premier Paddle players.
00:12Yeah, I think that's probably one of the biggest scares of all time that they would have seen there in
00:16the round of 16.
00:17But thank you, Nick, and hello to everyone as well for joining us here on a Sunday.
00:22Straight finals. Here they are, the number one seeds, the defending champions,
00:28Gemma Triay and Delphi Brea reach the final in Riyadh,
00:33losing out to Ari Sanchez and Andrea Ustero, but getting their revenge.
00:38Last time out in Gijon against the same pair.
00:41That was their first title since Rotterdam and they will want to keep that winning streak going.
00:48So Cancun P2 women's final underway.
01:02Nice loosener there from Paola Jose Maria.
01:05Let us go.
01:35Oh, that's a very, very firmly struck him from Bea González.
01:40I mean, yeah, she's straight into it, this cross-court duel already, isn't she, Nico?
01:46Yeah, you're exactly right.
01:51Looks like she's just trying to impose herself early on Gemma here, hey?
01:55You've got me to deal with on the cross-courts today.
02:01Yeah, again, I mean, Bea is 5-0 in her last five matches against Triay and Brea.
02:09And I'd say that in all of those matches, she was by far the MVP.
02:40Again, looking for double-glass, Gemma Triay.
02:47Most dangerous player on court right now, Gemma.
02:57Aloe, aki.
02:59Love is a skunk, baby.
02:59Are you going to walk?
03:01Go now.
03:07Go then, aila.
03:09Come on, pa.
03:19Atrás.
03:20Do you wanna go?
03:22Gemma, atrás.
03:24Dos, dos.
03:34Great series of volleys, Paula Jose Maria going outside first to the forehand of Brea
03:39then looking for the middle, trying to get both players to commit, force the short lob
03:45and let Brea Gonzalez clean up the mess, 40-15.
03:5940-15, Jose Maria.
04:15That's really nice, really nice and deep from Delphi Brea.
04:22But they have been on the back foot for most of this match.
04:41Really nice from Brea, the way she switches hands there.
04:47That's trouble.
04:49That is a break and it was all set up by that beautiful cross court from Delphi Brea enabling
04:55her partner to put it away and it's the defending champions and the number one seeds here who
05:00draw first blood in this Cancun B2 final.
05:03This first set here then, 40-30.
05:16Oh, it wouldn't go.
05:18There's that net cord coming in again and they fight off two set points here.
05:27And again, Bea and Paula looking for that straight on encounter, you know, that sort of head-on collision
05:35at the net where they go into the pinball machine where the ball never bounces.
05:41It's just volley back and forth and back and forth, trusting their instincts and they survive.
06:02That's a nice lob.
06:08Oh, that's such a touch of skirt.
06:11I think Gemma Triai, that point was already over.
06:13Yeah, sportingly acknowledged there by Gemma Triai.
06:22Well, from 40-15.
06:35Great shot.
06:37Oh, she redeems herself brilliantly and what a break back and that is Paulita.
06:42Dinamita at her brilliant best.
06:48When she has to rise to the occasion, Paula Jose Maria appearing once again.
06:54A sort of tennis double-handed backhand.
06:57We know Paula Jose Maria came up as a huge tennis prospect before switching to paddle.
07:03And that's one of the residues that she still has from her tennis-playing days.
07:09Lovely, lovely, lovely, flat double backhand that even Delphi Brea couldn't cover anymore.
07:16All to play for.
07:32Well, you mentioned earlier just a little shift of the dial here.
07:36The pendulum has...
07:38Let's go.
08:11I tell you, that was some contraperette under pressure there from Bear Gonzales earlier in the rally. It really was.
08:19She's doing anything she can.
08:24To just put it back one more time into the opposition's court.
08:30Even when under pressure, just keep that rally going. You never know.
08:34Exactly. You never know. Keep it alive.
08:39Now, if Paola Jose Maria can hold her two serves here, they will be on the brink of sealing this
08:46first set.
08:47I don't think it's going to be that simple. It never seems to be in this match.
08:58Great coverage from Bear.
09:02Gonzales went to really spring a surprise there.
09:05Oh, oh, oh, come on.
09:07Come on. What was that from Delphi Brea? Outrageous.
09:19Yeah.
09:22There was 7-1 in that tiebreaker against Guinart and Verceda.
09:25This one has been a lot tighter, but here it is.
09:27The set on the line.
09:36Oh, fabulous, fabulous down-the-line winner. What a way to win a set from Delphi Brea.
09:43Well, we needed something special to separate them, and Delphi Brea may have come up with the shot of the
09:50set right at the very end of it.
09:52This was a thing of beauty.
09:59It's coming back to you.
10:06Well, now they're going to break bad here now.
10:12Oh, strong first serve.
10:18Do you have a tree eye?
10:20She's got that glint in her eye, just looking at Gemma Tree eye there.
10:23She's got that, that, I'm going for the kill look.
10:27You know what I mean, Nico?
10:28Suddenly, she just smells blood and says, this is it, we're going.
10:40They're best friends out of the courts, Delphi Brea and Bea Lontares, but once they enter this bit of astroturf,
10:48Delphi Brea is a killer and is a champion.
10:55So is everyone standing on this court, by the way.
10:57I mean, Bea Lontares is the only non-number one on this court, and even then, she is the most
11:06successful player ever to have never been number one.
11:10She has 22 titles in her career.
11:12Nobody else has won more careers than her without, at some point, having been number one of the world.
11:20She will move past her former partner, Claudia Fernandez, up to number five at the end of this tournament, whatever
11:26the result here.
11:27But that number one ranking is still a long, long, long way off, and I'll tell you, that was an
11:31unbelievable service game.
11:34I mean, there is a danger here that Jose Maria and Gonzalez are breaking bad.
11:42So we do it again.
12:04This is for the title.
12:07Oh, brilliant.
12:08Absolutely brilliant.
12:11Well, they gave it a good go, and they're still a work in progress, Paola Jose Maria and Bea Gonzalez,
12:17but it is all starting to come together.
12:19But, no doubt about it, the queens of Cancun, for a second year running, are Gemma Triay and Delphi Brea,
12:29who've seen off Paola Jose Maria and Bea Gonzalez in two very different sets.
12:34The first one's so close, the second one, well, just a runaway express train in the end, wasn't it?
12:42And it is, there's a replica going on here, as Nico had mentioned earlier.
12:47They won in Heon, just as they did last year.
12:50They came to Cancun and won, just as they did last year.
12:53And then, next stop, Miami, where these two won there.
12:56And that's where they'll be getting a plane tomorrow morning to defend their title there.
13:00No question about it.
13:02Gemma Triay and Delphi Brea.
13:04They've gone through Cancun, winning it without dropping a set, Nico.
13:11It's impressive, isn't it, with how tricky the conditions have been all week long.
13:17We've seen top seeds dropping like flies all week long, and still, they rise to the top without dropping a
13:24set.
13:24Like you said, there's the Brea family.
13:29But you can see how much this means to them, I think, as well, because they have been really, really
13:36struggling against Bea González in particular.
13:38They had not beaten Bea since the Tarragona P1.
13:41Five straight defeats against González.
13:44That was back in August.
13:46I mean, it's a very long time ago.
13:48At the start of August, as well.
13:53So, this will mean a lot.
13:56I mean, yes, these are 600 points that they win in the rankings, and that goes for a lot as
14:02well.
14:02But I think the psychological one-up that they'll have now over Bea and Paula, heading into wherever the next
14:10encounter might be, whether that's next week in Miami or anywhere else, that's something that they'll get to keep.
14:18But I do have to say that Mexico, being the only outlier, so far outdoors, they have done really well
14:26against Bea González.
14:31And that was the moment that the title was secured and successfully defended.
14:37And that is title number 54 for Gemma Triay, which brings her level with Ali Arisánchez and just four behind.
14:48The soon-to-be-retired Ali Salazar, as well.
14:51I don't think that's going to be the last time she lifts her hands in the air at the end
14:56of a week of Paddle either this year.
14:58There's a few more titles to come for these two in 2026.
15:04Yeah, they certainly look good value for it.
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