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00:00Nico, good afternoon.
00:03Good afternoon, Emily.
00:05Great to be here with you on the call.
00:07And I'm very much looking forward to this one.
00:10Last week in Cancun, it was a great final,
00:13although eventually in the second set,
00:15Brea and Triay did kind of take off.
00:18But now it's very different conditions.
00:20Jose Maria and Gonzalez said that they have learned their lesson from that.
00:24So let's see how much they've learned their lesson
00:26and see if they can take down their opponents here.
00:34So what we have here is, we'll see this as well for the men's final,
00:38we've got Mr. Drip, who's created a live painting.
00:41And we'll be doing that throughout the matches
00:43that's being signed by the players.
00:45That semi-final, the first one of Baurin Béa
00:48against Rostero and Ari Sanchez.
00:50That was a classic comeback.
00:51And it was a joy to watch from front to back, really.
00:54But this is a whole new challenge, isn't it?
00:57Against the reigning number ones in the world now.
01:00And here they come.
01:01This is Gemma Triay and Delphi Rea.
01:04They will also come and sign the painting for us.
01:08Two titles in 2026 for them.
01:11So far out of their 11 together as a pair.
01:18They'll be coached by Seba Neroni on the bench.
01:22We'll have Claudio Ghilardoni on the bench
01:23of Paolo Josemaria and Béa Gonzalez, of course,
01:27up against a pair that they've only met once before.
01:30And it was Triay and Brea.
01:32Happens in the next couple of hours here.
01:55Nice confidence start from Josemaria and Gonzalez.
02:01That is Paolo Josemaria serving at the moment.
02:05The lefty.
02:09Constant communicator.
02:10I think she needs to get that confidence up early.
02:13Paolo Josemaria, that early winner,
02:15will have done her a lot of good.
02:31Really nice from Gemma Triay up at the net.
02:34You're right, it's going to be a true battle
02:37in the cross court here this afternoon, Nico.
02:40You can sense it.
02:41You can feel it in their expressions,
02:43in their body language, in their eyes.
02:45I think we're in for a real treat.
02:49Gemma is such a champion.
02:51I mean, only two players in all of the tour
02:54have a winning record against Gemma Triay in finals.
02:57And both of them are standing on the court.
02:59One of them, luckily for Gemma, perhaps,
03:01next to her in the Delphi Brea.
03:03The other one is Béa Gonzalez,
03:06who has a 9-6 head-to-head in finals
03:09against Gemma,
03:10which is mightily impressive
03:12considering, you know,
03:13the CV of Gemma Magnifica.
03:32Paola Jose Maria very much taking her time.
03:34We don't want to take too much longer with that serve.
03:37There's the shot clock in play this season, of course.
03:39There's a bit of miscommunication down the middle there
03:42from Triay Mbrea.
03:44In a row, so they do come here in fine form
03:46and with their confidence at an all-time high, probably.
03:50And as the defending champions as well.
04:05Beautiful angle on that from Béa Gonzalez
04:07from the bajada off the back glass.
04:10Just need a couple of passages like that
04:14to gain a bit of confidence coming in
04:17against a pair that,
04:19as we said earlier,
04:21they know so well.
04:23A repeat of that final
04:25just last week in Cancun.
04:27It was a very quick turnaround.
04:30But Béa's just
04:33lacking a little bit of consistency
04:35in these opening few rallies.
04:38Does one beautiful bajada
04:40and then pretty clumsy error
04:42just like that one.
05:03It was well got to up at the net
05:05by Gemma Triayis.
05:06Anticipated it well.
05:08Just fine margins.
05:12Again, a mishit though
05:13on the smash from Béa
05:15who really is not at the races here early on.
05:41A lovely lob from Jose Maria.
05:43A response with a lob of her own
05:45from Delphi Brea.
05:46from Delphi Brea.
05:54Back in that cross court now between González and Triay.
05:59Better from Bea González.
06:01She fires it down towards the feet of Delphi Brea.
06:07Love the shot does Bea.
06:10But Gemma Triay kind of teeing her up with that.
06:13I think she was meaning to play Chiquita.
06:15But when you play the Chiquita is that high.
06:47Lovely lobs from Bea González trying to turn that defence into an attacking position up at the net.
06:58Engaged in the cross with Gemma Triay switches it up towards Brea.
07:15Oh and Delphi Brea has to stretch on the volley down the middle.
07:19And look at that.
07:20The tables have turned as Jose Maria and González break back.
07:27So well played this rally from Paula Jose Maria who was moving Delphi Brea with every volley that came her
07:33way.
07:34Middle out, middle out.
07:35Then forcing her forward to the net.
07:37Playing it back deep into the middle.
07:39Delphi Brea is a warrior.
07:41She has three lungs.
07:43But even she I think ran out of legs a little bit there by the end of that rally.
07:46But that was all Paula Jose Maria winning that break.
07:54So we're back on serve after four games in this final.
08:00Told you we had a couple more breaks.
08:08And there's a little bit more in this I guess at stake this afternoon.
08:14In number of titles where Gemma and Delphi are currently tied with Ali Sanchez for the most Premier Paddle titles.
08:22A win here.
08:23It got to her.
08:25That was very odd.
08:49Great reach from Jose Maria.
08:52That's a stretch.
08:53But there it is out of the court.
08:54It's from Delphi Brea as Gemma Drea gives her an applause.
09:05That pick up from Jose Maria on the bounce was pretty tremendous.
09:09But then Brea staying with the play to keep herself in the rally.
09:14And a ruthless finish at the end of it.
09:16Jose Maria was creating the highlights throughout the points.
09:20But Brea has the last laugh.
09:21Break points the other way again.
09:32And a lovely angle there from Delphi Brea.
09:34And she roars as she roars as they exit the court.
09:39You couldn't have predicted this.
09:41It's a break straight back for 3-Eye and Brea.
09:44It means that it spins down.
09:46It is really difficult to return in that corner.
09:49Juice number two.
10:01Beautiful.
10:02Bahara down the middle from 3-Eye.
10:04But Bea Gonzalez with the angle.
10:08Low to the feet of 3-Eye.
10:11A chance at a break again.
10:15Claudio Girardoni said on the previous bench that whoever can suffer with the opponent's overheads the best will win this
10:23match.
10:24And that was a case of Bea Gonzalez dealing with the bajada excellently from Gemma Triay in her cross court.
10:44Oh Bea Gonzalez tries to get there, but there's that power that we haven't seen too much of so far
10:53from Gemma Triay, but it wins the point and we have our second star point of the match so far.
11:02And still a break point chance then for Josemaria and Gonzalez.
11:11And the receiving team will choose who returns it, so it is Josemaria.
11:18Sudden death on this point.
11:27Excellent block by Josemaria.
11:44Back to Gonzalez in the corner and that's out.
11:47We can't believe it.
11:49That is out.
11:51From Delphi Brea by such a fine margin and on the star point.
11:57Josemaria and Gonzalez get another break.
12:00The third break in a row.
12:04Risk that Delphi Brea really does not need to take there.
12:09Here's a chance.
12:23One of them saved, though.
12:26One of them saved, though.
12:39Giorno's back in the corner, who's down on her knees, but they'll have another chance at a break.
13:06Contraparade from González.
13:11Oh, it skips off the net.
13:13Yeah, it gets a little bit lucky there, doesn't she?
13:19Yes.
13:19Yes.
13:32Yes.
13:35Yes.
13:36Yes.
13:37Yes.
13:39Yes.
13:46Yes.
14:07What a point in there from Gemma Triay.
14:19Second news.
14:48Yeah, that was definitely out.
15:02Getting a bit hot under the collar there, Paula Jose Maria.
15:06Jeez.
15:11Lovely angle.
15:12As she comes in, goes towards the fence again.
15:19Delphi apologises.
15:24But secretly inside might be pretty happy.
15:28It's another chance at a break.
15:30That will not...
15:35It's another chance at a break.
15:36It's another chance at a break.
16:14That aggression from Jose Maria Gonzalez pays off.
16:17It's not another break here for Triay and Brea.
16:19They close the gap, but just ever so slightly.
16:23It's 3-1 to the number ones in this second set.
16:27And we've had some agreement here on the Premier Battle Instagram,
16:33predicting that it will go to a final set.
16:36We've got one that's come in and says when Delphi and Gemma are comfortable,
16:40they become unstoppable beasts and thinks they will eventually go on to win.
16:49What a change of direction there from Gemma Triay.
16:53Goodness me, she's feeling it right now.
16:56Playing a lot of shots now, suddenly switching directions to the parallel,
17:01something that Coach Seba told her to do in the first set already,
17:06to start playing with that idea a little bit more.
17:23Oh, Bear Gonzalez goes up to try and smash that one back down.
17:30Seba Nerone on the bench, scheming in his head.
17:37Wondering how he continues as a coach, his unbeaten streak here.
18:09A look from Costa Maria, allowing them to come in.
18:12Be aggressive at the net, a little Chiquita again.
18:15There it is from Triay.
18:18Softer from Costa Maria, she takes the pace off down the middle.
18:23Got to go for one of those though.
18:26And there is the Portres.
18:28A cross between a Portres and a Portquatro out the corner.
18:34From Delphi Brea.
18:39It just felt like Jose Maria and Gonzalez had a couple of moments where they could have put the point
18:46away.
18:47Didn't quite take it.
18:48You feel like they can't hesitate against this pair as Delphi Brea comes in and smashes it out the park.
18:57Yeah.
18:58Again, interesting that Jose Maria went for that tactic of playing the backhand short volley,
19:03the sort of drop shot like shot to that fence to Brea because it's been working so well.
19:09At that time, Brea found the passing shot through the middle.
19:12So, under the top.
19:41back and not let their opponents get any forward momentum.
19:45What a pickup that is from Jose Maria.
20:17That was not the moment for that error.
20:23The lob came super high from Jose Maria, but that was the earlier get from Paula.
20:33What a save.
20:50Furti, Lombard.
20:59Olu.
21:13Oh, what a response that is.
21:34It's out, and just like that, Josemaria and Gonzalez win three games on the bounce, and what was looking like
21:45a relatively easy second set win.
22:24Excellent work from Josemaria Gonzalez to maintain that net position, here they come again.
22:33As Brea really trying to push Josemaria back with the lob, and again.
22:44And Josemaria just with a bit too much on that, it was excellent patience from Delphi Brea, and it gives
22:55them a set point.
22:58Josemaria played this to perfection with the hard bajada forcing Brea to play back up and then attacking the follow
23:04-up, and then just a pure unforced error.
23:09It's up that point by forcing Josemaria down into the corner, and reads it so well up at the net
23:16to finish it down the middle.
23:22It's amazing to me how much joy Triay and Brea are finding in the middle of the courts.
23:29I mean, Josemaria and Gonzalez stand quite far apart as Gonzalez hits the deck there.
23:34Wow, what a passing shot from Josemaria as well.
23:38That's commitment.
23:41I think she even got an applause there from Gemma Triay.
23:47Full of the 15th.
23:57We talk about consecutive shots there from one of each.
24:02It was just pure, you know, really, really wanting it, putting your body on the line.
24:10But then they follow it up with that.
24:33It's just a bit of a lot of time, and this is the biggest moment of the match so far.
24:38He's got a lot of pressure, but Severo Neroni said,
24:40this is the moment to pressure. This is it.
24:44And as you said, Nico, Gilardone even clearer that this is the key.
24:51Have faith. Think.
24:58Neroni also liked that lob down the line from Gemma Triay.
25:02I just asked Delphi Brea for an inch more precision in her game.
25:45They'll take that one at this stage.
26:11First break point of the set, I do believe.
26:30Dinamita, Dinamita, but Delphi Brea reads it perfectly and gets the touch.
26:38And they have a break. They have seized this moment and will now be serving for the title.
26:52And that's what it is.
26:52Jose Maria has to either clear this for 4 or put it on the top of the glass and bring
26:58this back.
26:58She's just allowed Brea back into the play when it should have been over.
27:03That's all on Jose Maria who prepared it ever so well, but again struggled to finish it off.
27:105-3 then. Another break at 4-3.
27:14Just like in the first set.
27:17And it will take something pretty extraordinary for Brea and Triay to let this slip now.
27:231-2.
27:43Low 15.
27:44First rodeo here.
27:45.
27:46.
27:47.
28:15and let's just let that sink in
28:41here comes bear this time there is no doubt and just like that
28:47a love game for Jose Maria and Gonzalez and we are guaranteed more fantastic battle here in Miami for this
29:01final
29:03we knew it was going to be close but five all in a third set what a treat
29:12just checking my database here I mean we're already into the top 10 for longest premier paddle finals
29:19ever male or female and it's going to go for a little longer isn't it what's our record for the
29:27longest the current record is three hours 22 Madrid 2023 and we got within two minutes of that last
29:37year in Germany I remember commentating that one and the common thread in in all of those
29:43is that both Brea and Jose Maria were involved in all of them
29:50aha so
29:54could happen
29:56could well happen
29:57two minutes two minutes two hours in fact two hours 45 minutes played in this final in Miami
30:10looks like Jose Maria and Gonzalez want to close this out soon though love
30:32and
30:33and there Gonzalez with the winner they've gone and done it two breaks on the bounce as they lead 6
30:42-5
30:45and will come back out to serve for the title
30:52as Gonzalez over on the right-hand side finishes with a beauty
31:10they absolutely can it is game set and match to Paula Jose Maria and Bea Gonzalez who pick up
31:20their first title as a pair here in Miami it is pure elation
31:27as they beat the world number one and end their winning streak what a match
31:38Wow almost three hours of gritty hard-working rolled up sleeves paddle from these two but look at how much
31:50the match it means to be a good sign is that Paula Jose Maria there's a lot of pressure on
31:56this project
31:57a lot of expectations on this project they did not get off to the best starts after that quarter-final
32:04exit in Riyadh the semi-final in Gijon but now they have finally done it and queue the celebrations this
32:12will be a long night for them in Miami what's a performance and remember what a turn around from five
32:19three down in the
32:20the third sets as well they're making a bit of a habit of a habit of this from staging big
32:25and late third set comebacks
32:27and look at Bea there with her father
32:31what a performance
32:34Bea's first title since that premier paddles finals win in Barcelona in December
32:43Paola's trophy was the last one she got was in the Fit World Cup pairs in Kuwait in November but
32:50they have done it here today in a grueling battle in Miami this could be the start of one of
33:00the most exciting duels that will unfurl in 2026
33:08and look at those smiles that is what it means to this pair
33:14Paulita, Diramita and Bea Gonzalez get the title we will hear from them
33:22and get their reflections on this win down court side in a few moments
33:28but a reminder after all that excitement we're not done yet we have got another final on the way
33:37we have got another final on the way it's Tapia and Guaya taking on Galan and Chingotto
33:43and if this final was anything to go by I'm incredibly excited to see what comes up next
33:51yeah I think we all need a little bit of to catch our breaths a little bit before that happens
33:57because
33:57we have just gone through an absolute emotional rollercoaster here in this final
34:03three hours of tense tense paddle
34:07I mean even for me you know commentating on this completely tensed up just wondering what it's going to happen
34:15next
34:15what this match is going to throw our way because there were about you know two or three separate instances
34:21where you think perhaps this is over perhaps from this moment on out they don't look back
34:26but then another twist in the tail came and this will do them so much good in terms of the
34:34confidence
34:34and knowing now that they can win knowing that this is a title winning project like you said earlier in
34:40the broadcast
34:40and this has been a long time coming from all the way back in the COVID year in 2020
34:46they never won a title back then but now they're finally off the mark and let's see if it will
34:52be like London buses now
34:53and if they can get on a bit of a of a streak
35:21just reliving this
35:24so
35:24you
35:28you
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