A decision primarily linked to season management
The most solid explanation remains sporting. Coello and Tapia are coming off a busy Premier Padel season, in which the best pairs have to choose their priorities. A P2 is still a useful stage, but it doesn’t carry the same weight as a Major or a P1, either in terms of prestige or ranking.
The accounting aspect reinforces this logic. A P2 title earns 600 points, but the number 1s still have a comfortable lead. As of April 9, Agustín Tapia and Arturo Coello had 20,910 points each, against 17,340 for Federico Chingotto and Alejandro Galán. Under these conditions, skipping NewGiza won’t erase their current margins in one fell swoop. This cool reading of the calendar reflects a real strategic maturity.
For a pair who play every week under pressure, retrieval becomes almost as important as the raw result. With their status, Coello and Tapia can take a long-term view of their season, protecting their freshness ahead of Brussels, scheduled for the following week on the official calendar.
The regional context reinforced this decision
But to stop at physical management alone would be reductive. The absence of Coello and Tapia is also part of a springtime that has become more unstable for the circuit. As we explained in our article on the postponed Qatar Major, Premier Padel had to react after the official postponement of the Doha Major, announced on March 16 by the FIP due to an unprecedented situation in the region.
In this frame, NewGiza is no longer just another P2 in the season. It finds itself caught up in a more sensitive international context, where safety, logistics, travel and schedule stability once again take on greater weight in team decisions. For a number 1 pair, each trip is now judged on a much broader scale than just sporting opportunity.
This accumulation of parameters is enough to give meaning to their choice. Coello and Tapia’s impasse is therefore less a boycott than a cold management of the benefit-risk ratio. It’s not a message against the tournament, but a way of protecting their season at a time when the padel spring is still dependent on the evolution of the international calendar.
An absence that is already changing the face of the tournament
In sporting terms, the spin is immediate. Without the world No.1s, the hierarchy becomes more fragile and the race for the title much more open. Galán and Chingotto naturally regain their status as favourites, while other seeds see a rarer-than-usual opportunity open up.
For the chasers, it’s a precious window: a P2 with 600 points at the end and without the pair that usually locks the table. NewGiza loses a major big match-up, but gains in uncertainty, tension and importance in this early season. This absence tells a broader story: today’s champions don’t just manage their matches, they also manage the right moment not to play.
To remember:
- Coello and Tapia focused on scheduling and retrieval.
- The relative weight of a P2 made the impasse easier to assume.
- Their lead in the ranking limits the immediate impact of this absence.
- The international context of spring 2026 has reinforced the caution surrounding NewGiza.
- The men’s table opens up significantly, with Galán and Chingotto among the first beneficiaries.
