EXCLUSIVE: Chingotto confirms partner for Master Final and potential partnership for 2023

Federico Chingotto and Juan Tello ended their seven-year partnership at home in Argentina among friends and family. In an exclusive interview with Padel Alto, Chingotto confirms who he will be playing with in the World Padel Tour’s Master Final in Barcelona and who he aims to play with next season.
— There’s a good chance we’ll play together next season, Chingotto says. 

It was a tearful farewell as Federico Chingotto and Juan Tello, the couple who have been together the longest, said goodbye at home in front of friends and family in La Rural in the WPT Buenos Aires Masters.

The couple, who have stayed together as partners for seven years, are best friends, and Federico Chingotto is even the godparent of Juan Tello’s children. 

But in the semifinals of Buenos Aires, the Chingotto/Tello saga came to an end. For Padel Alto, Federico Chingotto now elaborates on the feelings of the breakup.

— We believed until the end that we could win the semifinal. It was very emotional. I was very happy to have all our family there to see us. To have the people who saw us in the beginning, see us in our last match was the perfect gift for the couple.

” He deserves everything.”

Most recently, Juan Tello and Federico Chingotto faced each other for the first time in the semifinals of the Mexico Open. A match that Juan Tello won together with Paquito Navarro, and in the end, they stood as the winners of the title. 

— I wrote to him as soon as he won. He deserves everything he achieves because he is one of the most responsible and persevering people I know.

Federico Chingotto now plays with Javi Garrido. A player who is not among the top 16 when the World Padel Tour’s Master Final is decided in Barcelona. Left without partners among the 16 qualified players are Chingotto and Martin Di Nenno. 

The player confirms they will pair up between 15-19 December. The question is which of the two forehand players will move to the backhand side. 

— That’s something we have saved until the last moment. We will try it out, and in the weeks before, we will try to train a little bit together and decide on the date. Whoever plays on the left will do the job as if we were playing on the right. And if it not works, we will change, haha.

He continues: 

— What we do promise is that we will fight to the death.

”Good chance that we’ll play together next season”

The first time with Javi Garrido has been up and down. Adjusting to a new partner from having played with “El Gato” for so long is an adjustment, according to Chingotto.

— The beginning was tough. We had tough matches against Maxi and Capra and in Egypt against Moyano and Sanz. Above all, we missed some understanding on the court because we could hardly train. We had no experience together. 

He goes on to elaborate on the reasoning.

— That added to the fact that I had to change the style of play and that I didn’t have Juan by my side after so many years. But little by little, I think we are doing well. He is loosening up more, and I feel very well in terms of the game and desire.

Will you continue with Javi Garrido next season? 

— We’ve been talking about it in the last few days, we haven’t finalized it, but there’s a good chance we’ll play together next season. We want to try more pre-season training to fit better as a couple. 

Right now, they are playing the last Major of the Premier Padel together, the Mexico Major. On Wednesday, they played the first round and advanced easily 6-1, 6-4 against Spaniards Francisco Ramirez and Diego Gil Bautista. 

— I felt a bit calmer on the court with Javi today (read yesterday). I think we are getting better after several matches. We made the break fast and found a good rhythm. Because of the altitude (1000 meters above sea level), the ball comes out a lot, and it’s ideal for Javi.

On Thursday, Federico Chingotto and Javi Garrido once again face Maxi Sanchez and Lucho Capra.