{"id":14419,"date":"2026-08-23T19:59:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T17:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/brothers-against-brothers-the-deus-deliver-a-flawless-debut-in-taranto\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T19:59:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T17:59:04","slug":"brothers-against-brothers-the-deus-deliver-a-flawless-debut-in-taranto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/brothers-against-brothers-the-deus-deliver-a-flawless-debut-in-taranto\/","title":{"rendered":"Brothers against brothers: the Deus deliver a flawless debut in Taranto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Portuguese padel made a striking debut on Italian soil with a commanding display.<\/strong> In a rare head-to-head clash, two pairs of brothers faced off: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/es\/player\/miguel-deus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miguel<\/a> <strong>and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/es\/player\/nuno-deus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nuno Deus <\/a>against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/es\/player\/lavdrim-krasniqi-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lavdrim<\/a> <strong>and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/es\/player\/leotrim-krasniqi\/https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/es\/player\/leotrim-krasniqi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leotrim Krasniqui.<\/a> The result was a masterclass from the Portuguese side, which ended in an <strong>unassailable 6-0, 6-0 victory.<\/strong>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At 5.00 pm, the Deus brothers took to the court at <a href=\"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/taranto-2026-padel-xx-juegos-del-mediterraneo\/\">Salinella Mediterranean Park<\/a> with determination and a winning mentality that was soon reflected on the scoreboard: 6\u20130 in the first set, with several games won to love and a breakneck pace that overwhelmed their opponents. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the second set, the Portuguese remained in control. The only tense moment came in the eleventh game, when, whilst Miguel was serving, a momentary lapse led to unforced errors that almost cost them a break.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, a decisive set point dispelled the danger and secured them the final 6-0.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With today\u2019s match, <strong>Miguel Deus <\/strong>made it clear that the injury he sustained in January 2026 \u2013 which kept him off the courts for more than five months \u2013 is now a thing of the past. <strong>\u201cI\u2019m 100 per cent back up to competitive pace,\u201d <\/strong>as he told <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P\u00e1del Informaci\u00f3n<\/span> <\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">last July.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In less than 45 minutes, <strong>the Deus brothers secured their place in the quarter-finals, <\/strong>where they face a tough match against the <strong>French pair Yoan Boronad <\/strong>(ranked 167th by the FIP) and <strong>Timeo Fonteny <\/strong>(144th), the tournament\u2019s eighth seeds.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Portuguese pair Miguel and Nuno Deus defeated the Krasniqui brothers 6-0, 6-0 to secure their place in the quarter-finals, where they will face the French pair Boronad and Fonteny<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"clasificacion":[],"pais":[],"tipo-de-torneo":[],"tipo-de-competicion":[173],"class_list":["post-14419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brief-news","tipo-de-competicion-mediterranean-games"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14419"},{"taxonomy":"clasificacion","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/clasificacion?post=14419"},{"taxonomy":"pais","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pais?post=14419"},{"taxonomy":"tipo-de-torneo","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipo-de-torneo?post=14419"},{"taxonomy":"tipo-de-competicion","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipo-de-competicion?post=14419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}