{"id":14464,"date":"2026-08-13T00:12:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T22:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/peu-araujo-and-pedro-graca-win-the-2026-fip-bronze-in-portimao\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T15:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T13:02:50","slug":"peu-araujo-and-pedro-graca-win-the-2026-fip-bronze-in-portimao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/padelinformacion.com\/en\/peu-araujo-and-pedro-graca-win-the-2026-fip-bronze-in-portimao\/","title":{"rendered":"Peu Ara\u00fajo and Pedro Gra\u00e7a win the 2026 FIP Bronze in Portim\u00e3o"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peu Ara\u00fajo<\/a><\/span><\/strong> and Pedro Gra\u00e7a<\/a><\/span> claimed their second CUPRA FIP Tour title of the season.<\/strong> Having been crowned champions at the FIP Bronze in Madeira last February, the Portuguese pair have now added the 2026 FIP Bronze in Portim\u00e3o<\/strong> to their tally, after comfortably defeating the Spanish duo Samuel Rivas<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>and Pepe Aliaga<\/a><\/span><\/strong> 6-3, <\/strong>6-3<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really pleased with this win. Winning is always special (…). It\u2019s also down to all the hard work that goes into it and knowing that we\u2019re on the right track. It gives us confidence and motivation to keep working and push ourselves even harder,\u201d says Ara\u00fajo<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Between 5 and 9 August<\/strong>, the Portim\u00e3o Municipal Tennis and Padel Complex <\/strong>(Portugal) witnessed the victory of the European runners-up, the Portuguese national team. Their path to the title included victories over Henrique Orge and Gon\u00e7alo Valente<\/strong> (6-3, 3-6, 6-3) in the round of 32; Juan Carlos Guti\u00e9rrez and Adri\u00e1n Molina<\/strong> (4-6, 6-2, 6-3) in the round of 16; Manuel Sousa and Tiago Val\u00e9rio<\/strong> (6-1, 6-3) in the quarter-finals; Sergio Icardo and Jordi Casanova<\/strong> (6-4, 6-3) in the semi-finals, before reaching the final against the fifth seeds, Samuel Rivas<\/strong> and Pepe Aliaga<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the first set of the final, the match remained evenly balanced until the seventh game. It was then that Ara\u00fajo and Gra\u00e7a broke the Spaniards\u2019 serve and took a 4\u20133 lead. With the set well under control, the third seeds did not take long to secure another break and close out the set 6\u20133<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

At the start of the second set, Rivas and Aliaga set the pace and took the lead with a break in the third game. Ara\u00fajo and Gra\u00e7a\u2019s response was immediate: in the sixth game, they broke their opponents\u2019 serve and levelled the score (3\u20133). From then on, the Portuguese pair dominated the match unquestionably, securing another break in the eighth game and closing out the match with a final score of 6\u20133<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn the final, I felt a mix of emotions. On the one hand, it was a huge sacrifice. I woke up the day before with the flu, and it was a very physically demanding tournament, both because of that and because of the extreme heat in which we played. On the other hand, it felt good to finally break the run of poor form we\u2019d been going through recently, with lots of third-set defeats. We went out there very focused and managed to play our game. It was a very closely fought tournament, but we were very solid at the crucial moments,\u201d says Peu Ara\u00fajo<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

With this victory, the current number one and two in Portugal\u2019s absolut\u00b4s national rankings <\/strong>have added 40 points<\/strong> to their FIP rankings and will each receive a cash prize of \u20ac950<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tournament details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Fechas<\/td>Del 5 al 9 de agosto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sede<\/td>Complexo Municipal de T\u00e9nis e Padel Portim\u00e3o, Portugal<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tipo de torneo<\/td>Outdoor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prize money<\/td>10 000\u20ac<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

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