Gemma Triay and Ari Sánchez won their 19th Major title together at Roland Garros on Sunday, defeating Paula Josemaría and Alejandra Salazar 6-2, 6-4 in a final that underlined exactly why the Andorran-Spanish partnership remains the unchallenged force in women's padel.
The scoreline tells most of the story. Triay was immovable at the net — she won 18 of 21 net exchanges in the first set alone — and Sánchez's smash, the most powerful in the women's game, was given free rein by the Roland Garros clay that Triay describes as "the surface that shows what padel really is."
19 Majors: The Context
No pair in women's padel history has won more Major titles together. The previous record, held by Triay herself with her former partner Lucía Sainz, was 14. This partnership has rewritten every benchmark the women's game had established.
Sánchez, speaking at the trophy ceremony, was direct: "We are playing the best padel of our careers. I don't see a ceiling." Triay smiled alongside her. Neither of them looked like they were planning to stop.
Josemaría and Salazar
The final was a reminder that the gap between the top pair and everyone else remains significant. Josemaría and Salazar competed hard in the second set and created real pressure at 3-4, but Triay's ability to absorb and redirect pace — to turn defence into attack in a single shot — denied them the break that might have changed the match.
There will be other days. Roland Garros, though, belonged to Triay and Sánchez.