Day5. Historic achievement for Libaak: first Premier Padel final for the Argentine. Bea Gonzalez chasing a hat-trick

Two years ago, at the 2024 FIP World Cup, Tino Libaak was the player who, alongside Leo Augsburger, secured the decisive point in the final against Spain to give Argentina the world title. However, Libaak had never reached a Premier Padel final. He has now done so in Dubai, partnering Gonza Alfonso (who, by contrast, played two finals in 2025, in Gijon and Cancun, alongside Tolito Aguirre), thanks to a 6-1 6-4 win over Javi Garrido and Juani De Pascual. The latter was making his semi-final debut, as were Flavio Abbate and Franco Dal Bianco, who were beaten 6-4 6-2 by Juan Lebron and Leo Augsburger in the first men’s semi-final. For ‘El Lobo’, just a week after triumphing at the FIP World Cup, and for Augsburger, it would be a second title of the season after Brussels, the only tournament before Dubai to have been won by a pair other than Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia and Fede Chingotto and Ale Galan.

 

WOMEN The men’s final will start no earlier than 8 pm local time (5 pm CET), while the women’s final will take place two hours earlier. Bea Gonzalez is aiming to win the Dubai P1 for the third consecutive year: she achieved that in 2024 with Delfi Brea and last year with Claudia Fernandez, who will be her opponent tomorrow alongside Martina Calvo. Bea, meanwhile, will be bidding for another title alongside Paula Josemaria, after their 6-4 7-5 win over Ari Sanchez and Andrea Ustero, who had won four of their previous five meetings. Fernandez, meanwhile, will be looking to defend her title alongside Martina Calvo, following their 6-3 6-1 victory over Tamara Icardo and Claudia Jensen. A seventh title of the season would be at stake for Josemaria and Gonzalez (matching the seven won by Delfi Brea and Gemma Triay), while Fernandez and Calvo are chasing their third, following their victories in London and Dusseldorf, both of which came since August.