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00:00 Federico Chingotto and Paquito Navarro, Momo González and Sanyo Gutiérrez.
00:07 The seventh seeded pairing and what a pairing. First tournament together was the end of April.
00:14 On the left for the baseball captain, Momo González. To his right, Sanyo Gutiérrez.
00:20 14th and 12th respectively in the individual rankings. They are the seventh seeds here in Madrid.
00:27 To get to the final they will have to defeat runners-up in Rome, the third seed and also a new pairing in 2023.
00:35 Federico Chingotto who waves the crowd and Paquito Navarro.
00:40 They are the eighth and seventh ranked best players in the world of paddle right now.
00:46 At your service, Daniel Gutiérrez.
00:54 Good.
00:55 Four.
00:59 Five.
01:00 Six.
01:12 Seven.
01:27 Set up at a perfect height for Federico Chingotto to smash it away into a first blood.
01:56 It's always going to be very difficult for González and Gutiérrez.
01:59 Chingotto for the error.
02:01 Oh, it wasn't high enough. Didn't have to leap that much for Paquito Navarro. He's not the tallest at 5'9".
02:10 Up it went. Down it went. Opportunity here for a double break.
02:17 The break point.
02:20 Excellent disguise from Gutiérrez. Shaked up for power. Went for touch.
02:36 Oh, brilliantly played.
02:45 Again.
02:46 And again.
02:52 Oh, fabulous. Such versatility on the volley, Navarro.
03:10 14-15.
03:14 Just what he's capable of. Game points for 3-1.
03:17 Enough spin on the ball to take it out of the cage and take them to 3-1 first set.
03:30 Navarro, Chingotto, Teres, Hugo, Saúl, three games, 2-1.
03:34 Flows out to 15. So just the one breaker serve that came in the very first game of this semi-final separates the two.
03:52 20 minutes played.
03:54 The 30s.
03:55 Perfect placement into the body of Chingotto and opportunities to get us back on serve in this first set.
04:12 It's good play. It's a loud play.
04:23 Little, I'm sorry, I'm not really sorry, following it. That's how you're going to win the point.
04:27 Into the body. Could not get out of the way. Bunched him up completely.
04:30 Flew off the racket of Chingotto. You could see what he was trying to do. He put under a lot of pressure.
04:48 And there it is. Third time lucky for Chingotto and Navarro.
05:12 The gap was there. He left it Navarro again. He made the move to the centre.
05:25 They hold, they lead on serve.
05:37 That was a present for Navarro. He had all the time in the world to wait for it to come down to the perfect height.
05:55 Knifing through with the racket and volley.
06:19 Replay on.
06:26 Lovely dipping ball. The Chiquita for Chingotto. Somehow they keep it alive.
06:31 Juice in the 11th game.
06:33 More skill from the Argentinian.
06:47 Oh, he's not got it.
06:50 They got it. They've held. It wasn't easy.
07:10 The first set will be decided after an hour and five minutes on the tie break.
07:17 Constant applied pressure.
07:28 The first set will be decided after an hour and five minutes on the tie break.
07:34 Oh, misjudged it.
07:37 Too good.
07:59 Too good.
08:01 Oh, they got it. The first set point they take it. They were a breakdown.
08:17 They turned around this set and after an hour and 12 minutes they take it.
08:21 The seventh seed, Momo Gonzalez and Sanyo Gutierrez sit down a set away.
08:27 Clean hold to establish themselves in set two.
08:33 Drawn in by the little touch from Chingotto.
08:39 Clean hold to establish themselves in set two.
08:43 Drawn in by the little touch from Chingotto.
09:02 They got it. There it is. Fifth time of asking.
09:15 They make the breakthrough.
09:19 Two love, third seed lead.
09:29 Oh, it's a delight. Absolute delight.
09:33 There's a consolidation to give themselves that little bit of daylight they were looking for.
09:51 And Navarro asking the crowd for a little bit more reaction to that.
09:55 He gets the reaction he wants and they sit down three love to the good.
10:21 There's one for the crowd.
10:25 Perfection. It's about a millimetre away.
10:33 There's the break. Makes it a double break.
10:45 That's it. Set done. Set one. Third seed back on track.
11:00 It'll be one set to decide.
11:03 Oh, there again. This time it's kept in play.
11:23 Oh, what a defensive shot for the inside out forehand winner.
11:28 They got it. He knew it, Sanyo. He knew by the flight of the ball.
11:36 Oh, González wants to hear it from the crowd.
11:48 The frustration building in Navarro. Look at that for a touch.
11:53 Sweetly done by Sanyo Gutierrez. Quite cheekily done.
11:58 Three love with the break. Deciding set.
12:08 There's the hold to 15. They are on the board in this deciding set.
12:21 The smile is back on the face of Paquito Navarro.
12:36 They lock it in at 30-all.
12:39 No!
13:04 They do. It's netted off the return by Gutierrez.
13:27 And we are locked at three games all. Deciding set.
13:33 If needed, there would be a tie break to decide.
13:36 Yes, they can. Break points.
13:49 There we go.
13:52 Oh, no. Went for the big finish. Up he goes.
14:04 Down it goes.
14:09 And he's currently still down.
14:13 A lot of discomfort. Either he's pulled something or it's cramp. It's the left leg.
14:19 Break.
14:27 Break point for the third seed. They got it.
14:30 The backhand into the net from Gutierrez.
14:53 Hold to 15. A game away from the final. A game away from back-to-back finals.
15:04 What a feel for Gonzalez.
15:09 Too much, too good.
15:18 Pays off in the end.
15:23 Paul Gonzalez right now just being clobbered by the ball and off for two hours and 37 minutes.
15:29 Match points to the third seed.
15:45 He's gone for the big finish and he's got it.
15:50 There's the celebration we've come to know and love.
15:54 Back-to-back premier panel finals for the third seed.
16:00 Really good tournament for Sanyo Gutierrez and Momo Gonzalez.
16:04 Such disappointment for Gonzalez and his leg and his body giving way.
16:09 But another good win and another final for Paquita Navarro and Federico Chingotto.
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