{"id":15113,"date":"2026-10-01T13:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T11:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/opinion\/pedro-graca-and-peu-araujo-are-at-present-the-best-portuguese-male-pair\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T13:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T11:40:29","slug":"pedro-graca-and-peu-araujo-are-at-present-the-best-portuguese-male-pair","status":"publish","type":"opinion","link":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/opinion\/pedro-graca-and-peu-araujo-are-at-present-the-best-portuguese-male-pair\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedro Gra\u00e7a and Peu Ara\u00fajo are, at present, the best Portuguese male pair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the international scene, <strong>Pedro Gra\u00e7a and Peu Ara\u00fajo are currently the best Portuguese male pair<\/strong>, with a total of <strong>444 points <\/strong>obtained over <strong>21 FIP (International Padel Federation) tournaments.<\/strong> In a joint effort, they have competed in all these tournaments side by side, thus demonstrating that <strong>a structured project based on teamwork undoubtedly bears fruit.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Although both players occupy different positions in the FIP ranking\u2014due to the transition and the counting of points from the previous year\u2014at <em>P\u00e1del Informaci\u00f3n<\/em> <strong>we prefer to highlight exclusively the points earned throughout the current season<\/strong>. With this approach, we aim to reflect who is truly active and competing at the highest level, avoiding the illusion of the FIP ranking, which still accounts for points corresponding to 2025. <\/p>\n<p>We also highlight <strong>Nuno Deus<\/strong> for his resilience, as he continued playing while his brother, <strong>Miguel Deus,<\/strong> was recovering from an injury sustained in early 2026. The forced break of the duo ended up interrupting the playing patterns they had already established. As a result, they lost points and positions in the standings, which further complicated the entire reintegration process.  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Opinion and Text: Cristina Arroja<\/p>\n<p>Text revision: Catarina Castanheira<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the international scene, Pedro Gra\u00e7a and Peu Ara\u00fajo are currently the best Portuguese male pair, with a total of 444 points obtained over 21 FIP (International Padel Federation) tournaments. In a joint effort, they have competed in all these tournaments side by side, thus demonstrating that a structured project based on teamwork undoubtedly bears [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15114,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tema-de-opinion":[184],"tipo-de-torneo":[],"class_list":["post-15113","opinion","type-opinion","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tema-de-opinion-top-10-of-the-year"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opinion\/15113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opinion"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/opinion"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opinion\/15113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tema-de-opinion","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tema-de-opinion?post=15113"},{"taxonomy":"tipo-de-torneo","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipo-de-torneo?post=15113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}