
Sport
Local stars fall at the final hurdle in an otherwise perfect start to the World Padel Tour season
marina rivas
Saturday was a historic day for sport in Malaga as padel players from the province reached the final in the men's and women's section, respectively, of the same tournament for the first time. Bea González from Malaga city, 19, and Álex Ruiz from ... Alhaurín de la Torre, 26, both reached the showpiece of the Adelsas Madrid Open, which kicked off the 2021 World Padel Tour season. For González, Sunday was the fourth Open final of her fledgling career and her second chance to win a title after she and ... former number one Marta Ortega claimed the Vuelve a Madrid title in July 2020, which made González the youngest ever winner of an Open. However, alongside Lucía Sainz, González lost out in Sunday’s final to the number three ranked pair, Paula Josemaría