Germany Completes World Cup Double as Premier Padel Returns in Rotterdam

Bea Caldera and Carmen Goenaga defeated Alix Collombon and Ksenia Sharifova 6-2, 6-3 in the FIP Platinum Lyon semifinals. They advance to today's final against Martina Fassio and Agueda Perez.

Juanlu Esbri and Inigo Jofre reached the Lyon semifinals after defeating Martin Di Nenno and Juan Tello 6-4, 6-2 in the quarter-finals, a major result in their first tournament together.

Manuel Vives and Olivier Guy de Chamisso have announced an amicable end to their partnership after competing together during the 2026 international season. Their next partners have not yet been confirmed.

Spanish pair Carmen Goenaga and Bea Caldera defeated Collombon and Sharifova 6-2, 6-3 and will play Martina Fassio and Agueda Perez for the FIP Platinum Lyon title.

Spain was already qualified for Doha. Germany and the Netherlands have now secured the remaining European men's places, while Germany and Great Britain take the remaining European women's places.

Germany's men defeated Great Britain 2-1 and the women's team came from behind to beat Denmark 2-1, completing a double qualification for the FIP World Cup.

Great Britain's women defeated Poland 2-0 in the decisive qualification tie and completed the European qualifiers without losing a tie.

Men's Q1 begins at Ahoy Rotterdam at 10:00 today. Q2 follows Monday, Q3 Tuesday and the men's main draw begins Tuesday evening.

Paraguay's Martin Abud and Facundo Dehnike won the historic first men's padel gold, while Argentina's Victoria Vilchez and Maria Belen Mosca won the women's title in front of a sold-out 4,100 crowd in Rafaela.

The pair have publicly confirmed an amicable separation. No replacement partnerships are confirmed, so speculation about their next teammates should not yet be treated as fact.

Men's first-round qualifying begins at 10:00 at Ahoy Rotterdam. Watch which lower-ranked combinations emerge as credible contenders for the four main-draw qualifying places.

Lyon concludes today with 300 ranking and Race points available to the champions. Bea Caldera and Carmen Goenaga face Martina Fassio and Agueda Perez in the women's final.

Germany, the Netherlands and Great Britain can now prepare for Doha. The final global men's and women's places will be decided at the Asia-Africa qualifiers in Kuwait from 26 to 30 October.