BRINDISI – The adventure of the girls of Bellaria padel Brindisi ends with applause and a pinch of regret, who played the play-offs for the A series in the beautiful atmosphere of the Villa Mercede Padel Club in Frascati.
The eight strongest teams in Italy faced each other openly, giving life to high-tension and spectacular matches and with a large crowd that attended the 3-day event on Lazio soil. The Brindisi team was composed of Claudia Noemi Cascella, a Pugliese transplanted to Tuscany, the Sicilians Marina Garsia and Francesca Pezzillo and the eighteen-year-old from Brindisi Flavia Coppola. Contending to pass to the next round was the very strong team from Florence that was deservedly promoted to Serie A in the end, but the series against the Brindisi team was balanced despite the final score not rewarding Bellaria.
In the first match the Brindisi couple Garsia/Coppola was defeated with the final score of 6-3, 6/4, failing to take advantage of several break points that came during the match. In the key moments of the match the very strong Spanish player from Florence Martinez asserted her 21st world position with shots of great talent that decided the outcome of the match.
In the second match Bellaria fielded the pair Cascella/Pezzillo who in the first set were surprised by the Tuscans losing 6/3. In the second set there was a prompt reaction from the Brindisi players who took the lead 5-2 and had several set points available that they were unable to exploit. The opponents came back to 5-5 and then to 6-5. The tie break was not lucky for Cascella/Pezzillo with some decisive errors that saw the Tuscan team prevail. In the third match with the result already acquired the pair Pezzillo/Garsia after having won the first set 6-2 suffered the comeback of their opponents (fresher physically because they had not played the two previous matches) losing the second set 6-4 and the third in the tie break.
A flattering result for the Brindisi team that played these playoffs under a scorching heat and without the support of the Spanish player Canovas who was injured a couple of months ago. The satisfaction of a season full of satisfactions remains with a playoff sought and found by these girls who have nevertheless shown that they can play against everyone also in the next season.
The Spanish coach of Bellaria Marc Salart is very satisfied: “We are satisfied with the results of our team. Getting into a playoff in Serie B as a rookie is not an easy task. The girls have given their all and the experience they have gained will help us in the future. Furthermore, our entire club is growing with many kids who participate in our courses and the number of members who are registered with us. For a project that was born recently, I think the results speak for themselves”.
“A truly exciting experience – says General Manager Dario Recchia – the one lived in Frascati in the presence of so many truly competitive teams and top-level Italian and Spanish players. Our girls have shown that they care a lot about the jersey and that they are now a solid and close-knit group that often makes the difference in sports. Furthermore, as Bellaria we have shown that we are a club organized and structured like the best Italian clubs, working every day on every detail and taking advantage of the advice and any mistakes that are made on a growth path. I am convinced that the passion that we have combined with the desire to do well of President Giorgino can only help to achieve the company objectives”.
“I am truly proud of how our girls played these playoffs – says Francesco Giorgino President and Sports Director of Bellaria Sporting Club Brindisi – it’s just a shame that we lacked that pinch of nastiness and lucidity in some moments that could have changed the outcome of the entire match. On the other side we met a team that has shown it deserves the A series. For our part we are happy with what has been done both in terms of the growth of the club opened a few months ago and the results on the field. In addition to the playoffs for access to the A series, two of our teams (one male and one female) have won their championships and next year will play in the C series. A special thanks goes to all the staff, the coaches, our commendable collaborators but above all to the sponsors without whom all this would not be possible. The hope and the promise is that next year we will do even better to bring Brindisi to the Olympus of national padel”.
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