Hat-trick heroes Coello and Tapia win controversial Chile final!

BTG PACTUAL CHILE PADEL OPEN 2023

Hat-trick heroes Coello and Tapia win controversial Chile final!

Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia have won the BTG Pactual Chile Padel Open 2023, beating Juan Lebron and Alejandro Galan 6-4 6-7 7-5.

19-03-2023

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Coello and Tapia have now won all three tournaments in the 2023 World Padel Tour season, albeit in slightly controversial fashion.

When serving for the match at 5-3 in the second set, with the score tied at 30-30, Coello hit a point-winning shot to make it 40-30, thus generating two match points. However, the umpire on court misspoke and said "30-40" instead, although both couples and the umpire agreed the volley was in.

Tapia won the subsequent point, leading to celebrations as he and Coello thought they had won the match, only for Galan to step in and correct them as technically, because of the earlier call from the umpire, the score would now be 40-40.

Lebron and Galan would subsequently break and win the second set in the tie-break, and have a match point at 5-4 in the third set.

Impressively, two-seed Coello and Tapia persevered and mustered a break in the game after, eventually taking the final set 7-5.

Watch the match highlights in the video below!

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