Alejandro Galán kicked the board and announced that he will no longer play alongside Juan Lebron.
After four years and 32 titles, the best couple in the world of padel separates after the scandal in the round of 16 of the Premier Padel Qatar Major and a reconfiguration of the board is coming.
It was Ale Galán himself who was in charge of announcing the decision on his social networks.
The man from Madrid assumes having made the decision on his own, and took the opportunity to respond to the statements made by his former teammate Lebron at this point.
The trigger for the breakup of the Top 1 duo was the uncomfortable moment to which Lebron subjected Galán to having an argument, with insults and balls thrown into the air, against his rivals
Mike Yanguas
and
Javi Garrido,
in the middle of the round of 16 match. final in which they were eliminated from the Qatar Major.
"
It is not a sporting decision
," said Galán, making clear his annoyance at Lebron's reaction, someone who is characterized as a passionate player who is always on the verge of losing his temper.
"
I am a person who flees from controversy
. It is easy to explain it, something natural. Couples sometimes break up. It is something simple," added the player in dialogue with the Spanish media
El Partidazo
.
🧨And the KILOMBO was set up!
💥The wolf EXPLODES and confronts Mieres🤬
Yanguas: "Supervisor and out! He went to hit him and told him "fuck your mother's pussy, you son of a bitch."😮
Lebron: "What a liar he is el chavón!"#QatarMajor #Lebron #Yanguas #Garrido #Galán pic.twitter.com/OuHNoKfs2W
— Out Of Context Padel (@ocpadel) March 5, 2024
However, with the intention of calming the waters to the shock that the news generated in the circuit, Galán expressed: "
Juan and I have made a history in all of padel that will be remembered and that is what I am going to take away."
".
And regarding the attitude of his partner with whom he led the ranking since 2020, he defended him: "
Juan is an exceptional person but it is true that he is temperamental and on the track he revs very high
. There was no such thing in Doha." never had. He made a mistake, he acknowledged it and apologized. To me as soon as the game ended.
I don't want it to look like it's usually like that
."
Hours after what happened, Lebron himself acknowledged his mistake and apologized to both his teammate and those around him.
But it was already too late: "On Thursday afternoon he called me and told me that he didn't want to continue with me. He caught me off guard and surprised with the news, right, but it's his decision and we have to respect it. It's a very personal thing for him."
Under that version, Galán acknowledged: "I went home sad and quickly, on the first flight I could take. At the airport he apologized. I was still generally angry. I had been thinking about it for a while. It was a feeling that I had more and more recurrent. In the afternoon I had already made the decision.
I wanted to call him and told him that I did not want to continue so that he would also have time to look for the best possible option
.
It caught him by surprise
."
🗣️ @alegalan96, on @partidazocope, about her separation with Juan Lebron
📲 "He wrote to me to have a conversation again to talk about it well"
❌ "I told him I didn't want to continue"
📻 #PartidazoCOPE pic.twitter.com/ssOgGl45bS
— El Partidazo de COPE (@partidazocope) March 11, 2024
Galán confessed that he did not like leaving the tournament in the middle of a scandal: "As soon as I left the court, with the sadness of saying goodbye to a bad major, with a bad feeling about the game, with a bad feeling about what happened... it was unpleasant for everyone. It wasn't an easy day."
When asked if it would really be beneficial for his career to put an end to a duo with which he won
32 titles and marked history in padel
, he stated: "I had already valued everything and I think the best thing was not to continue and look for new projects. "We are very young but I felt that I had to finish the project.
I keep everything I experienced. It will be remembered in padel
. "
Despite how unexpected the decision was when it was made when the season had just begun, Galán has already found his new teammate:
the Argentine Federico Chingotto, number seven in the ranking
.
"The sensations are very good. I was even nervous to train with him. He was the first person I called.
I think we are going to fit in very well
," considered the 27-year-old Spaniard, who has already begun the countdown to start his new project in which he will try to stay at the top of the world rankings.
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