They may not even have thought about the possibility of joining their paths but, before the endless change of couples that was lived in the World Paddle Tour just a few weeks ago, decided to play together. Temperamental and with a lot of character, they want to give more than a fright from the Estrella Damm Palma de Mallorca Open.
Padel World Press .- They are about to start a new stage in their careers, to face a challenge in which, to start, Fede Quiles will have to return to the backhand position, in which he had not performed for almost three years. Under the orders of Leo Padovani, who makes his debut as a coach, both have completed their first week of training and, for now, the feelings are being very positive ... As they recognized before the World Padel Tour teammates, they will arrive with great enthusiasm and a lot confidence in his coming out as a couple in Palma de Mallorca.
If we review the draw for the Main Draw of the Balearic event, we will verify that the Argentine and the Canarian will have to measure their forces in the first round with those of Cristian Calneggia-Roberto Saba on the Central Court of Son Moix.
With a view to what is to come, they wanted to analyze the reasons that led them to link their careers. In that sense, Quiles said: "The project with Agustín had very good moments. The possibility of returning to play the drive gave me an important leap on a personal level, it has made me a more complete player and I think we became a very competitive couple as we showed in the last tournaments. I think we lacked to be more united in the hard moments and I think that in this final stage, with Rodri, we had achieved that regularity that we did not have ".
For his part, Jordi confessed: "With Aday we had the illusion of playing together again but we were not at the level we wanted. Personally nothing has changed with Aday. We are still friends but on the track things did not work. My injury last year also gave us a little bit of an invoice in that aspect. "
With regard to the present, and the first task of discovering the new partner, Fede said: "Since the minute one I have felt very comfortable with Jordi. We are very fast, we know what we have to do and this week of training in Madrid has been very productive ". In turn, Jordi added: "I have gone through very hard moments after the separation with Aday. I was very discouraged in Dubai during the exhibition because I had no partner and I spent a few complicated days. When I opened this possibility with Fede I was reborn. "
One of the main changes that will be seen in this couple will be the return of Quiles in the reverse position: "Actually, adapt to the drive was less than I expected. In training I found myself very well and now I play with more pause than before. That is what the experience of having played on the right brings. From these moments, I see the widest track and Jordi's way of playing opens up many possibilities for me. I'm very good at the net and it leaves me very free to do what I want ".
Character and temperament
Both Fede and Jordi are two players who like to shout on the court. They do it to motivate themselves, to come up, to add a little more tension to the game. According to Quiles: "It's great to have two competitive personalities on the track and if it goes wrong, it will be because the opponent was better. We are temperamental. We like to compete even in training and Jordi has shown me this week. I needed a partner to pull forward, just like me. "
In that aspect, Muñoz said: "I really liked having a player who encourages me, who sees it burned like me. It's my way of seeing the sport. I have a lot of fun playing like that. Fede will bring that to me. It's very fast and I like that it goes to death to all the balls; it never wrinkles. "
Tenth seed, do not have as a priority to be among the first eight. Fede said: "The main thing is to fit in and think about getting back to a semifinal, a final and if we enter the Masters it will be spectacular. There is a tough fight in those positions, so we have to worry about having good results and good feelings with our game. "
It will be necessary to follow very closely the evolutions of a couple who, by their talent and their courage, can give more than one shock to anyone.
The show does not stop and we can only say… Enjoy the Game !!!
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