Fernando Belasteguín first smiled, greeted like a gentleman and, only later, burst into tears. Pressing his face against the acrylic of the court set up in the Milano Premier Pádel P1, the Argentine, the best padel player in historysaw his 30-year career pass in his tear-filled retinas after his path ended this Thursday by losing alongside his compatriot Valentino ‘Tino’ Libac in the round of 16 of the tournament taking place in Italy.
At 45 years old he played his last game as a professional, in a career in which He became number one in the world for sixteen seasons. Belasteguín, partnering with Libaak, lost to the Spaniard Javier Garrido and the Brazilian Lucas Bergamini by 6-3 and 6-4.
‘Bela’, padel legend, turned professional when he was 15 years old. In his three decades of career he won 230 tournaments and between 2002 and 2017 he was at the top of the world ranking.
In addition, the one born in the Buenos Aires city of Pehuajó was twice world champion in pairs and six times in national teams representing Argentina.
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