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Updated Friday, March 8, 2024-12:09

  • News Definitive crisis (now) of the numbers 1 of padel: Ale Galán breaks up with Juan Lebron

Yanguas: "I ask for it, I ask for it!"

Lebron

: "What? Come on man, fuck off, Yanguas, really.

What are you telling me? Don't fuck with me, huh.

I'm telling you, the last one."

Last Tuesday, March 5,

Juan Lebron and Alejandro Galán

were winning their round of 16 match of the

Qatar Major

, the second tournament on the

Premier Padel

calendar , against

Javi Garrido and Mike Yanguas

.

They had been better in the first set tiebreak (7-6) and in the second they had serve to tie at 4-4.

There began a discussion that today, three days later, ended in the breakup of the

number 1 couple in the world ranking

.

Lebron and Galán had decided to stay together in December despite the fact that the relationship was no longer going through its best moment.

They leaked to their close circle that they could break up

and picked up several phones to evaluate their options, but finally they agreed to continue for a few more months.

Three months later and despite winning the first tournament of the course in

Riyadh

, their relationship has ended.

That request from Yanguas provoked Lebron's anger and a brawl that triggered Galán's decision.

Yanguas considered that Lebron had fouled his foot on the serve and he did not accept it.

"

Is it a foot fault?

Fuck off. You've never refereed,

you don't know what a foot fault is

," he insisted, to the silence of a Galan who was already beginning to look desperate.

Yanguas and Garrido won the second and second sets in the tiebreak and halfway through the third the most important discussion came.

After losing his serve and going 3-4 down in the third, Lebron repaid his anger

by throwing a ball in the direction of Yanguas

, which angered his coach, Juani Mieres, who reprimanded him.

Lebron faced him while Galán, once again, silently went to his bench.

"Supervisor and out. Disqualified!" they asked from Yanguas and Garrido's side.

"

He went to hit Juani

. That's disqualification. He told him 'fuck you' and '

son of a bitch, your mother's pussy'

," Yanguas explained to the referee.

A few meters away, Lebron, next to a Galán with a lost look, shouted "

what a liar

the guy is."

The punishment remained a warning and the game continued while the exchange of statements continued.

"Juan! It doesn't matter! Let's go!" Galán shouted at Lebron on the court.

Yanguas and Garrido ended up winning the set (4-6) and the match, and on the bench, Galán did not hide his disappointment by continually shaking his head and saying something to

Jorge Martínez

, their coach.

Thus ended the relationship of the couple that has dominated world padel tennis in recent years.

They have won 32 tournaments

from 2020 until the last one in Riyadh and only in 2024, with several injuries, have they not been number 1, bending the knee before the emergence of the young

Tapia and Coello

.

They will have to play the next

Acapulco

tournament together, because the entry list was closed a few days ago and they would have to argue physical problems for not being able to attend, so it will be their farewell.

From there, Galán will play with the Argentine

Fede Chingotto

, with whom he was already close to reaching an agreement in December.

The South American played until now with the Andalusian

Momo González

.

For his part, Lebron will have to evaluate options.

Alex Ruiz, Juan Tello or even Momo González

are names that are on the table.