At forty Tito Allemandi lifts his first WPT title

It is a heterodox classic in the WPT, but no one would say that Tito Allemandi had not won a final in an official tournament until today. At the age of 40 (December, 1980), in Calanda (Teruel), he finally entered the book of champions, with the Madrilenian Coki Nieto as a partner, and with whom this campaign has already touched success on other occasions. The couple prevailed Perino and Ayats, the revelation of the Challenger, for a double 6-3, although Arnau Ayats’ physical problems on his right wrist made him more accessible to the winners.

Allemandi is Argentine, but atypical and different from his compatriots, so much so that he did not land in Spain to practice a foreign sport for him. Tennis monitor expanded his offer with paddle tennis, and realized that if he stood out he would have more students, and he improved, tested himself, and slipped into the professional ranking, in which he has been a couple of two of the best Spaniards ever, Paquito Navarro and Juan Lebrón, and now guardianship on the track to roceño and national promise Coki Nieto, He has also been a partner of Silingo and Lamperti, for example, and despite everything, with that quality, he has never won a final until now, despite playing them in Master and Open. He had a won tournament, with two match balls, with Lamperti at his side, and in front of Juan Martín Díaz, but he got involved in an argument with the referee over a questionable ball, and they expelled him. Now he has more tattoos, experience and peace of mind. Let’s say the WPT owed you a tournament.

The women’s final was for a newly minted tandem after many years faithful to their previous partners. Carolina Navarro and Eli Amatriain, in their best years, leaders of the ranking, they carried out the final against Alix Collombon and Jessica Castelló, who were playing their third consecutive final in the four disputed Challengers. In the previous tournament this clash was played in the semifinals, with which the winners in Calanda were removed his little revenge and avoiding the third set when he was against the ropes (2-5): 6-4 and 7-6.