Lorena Vano wins home-soil FIP Bronze title in Chieti

Lorena Vano and Xenia Clasca Vidiella completed a dominant run through the FIP Bronze draw in Chieti, beating Caterina Baldi and Ana Varo 6-3, 6-1 in the women’s final after a 6-0, 6-1 semifinal over Natalia Molinilla and Bo Luttikhuis. The Italian title landed with force on home soil, and it did so without much doubt once Vano and Clasca Vidiella found their rhythm across the weekend.

The semifinal was the clearest marker of how sharp they were. A 6-0, 6-1 scoreline against Molinilla and Luttikhuis left no room for recovery and set up a final in which Vano and Clasca Vidiella stayed in control against Baldi and Varo. They handled the pressure of playing in Italy and converted that expectation into a clean, convincing finish.

The Chieti win was their second title together in 2026 after the pair lifted the FIP Silver in Bandol in June. That matters because it frames this not as a one-off home triumph, but as a partnership building repeatable results across the CUPRA FIP Tour. Their season already included FIP Bronze titles in Limerick and Lucena in 2025, giving the Chieti run added weight as part of a sustained climb rather than a sudden surge.

For Italian women’s padel, the result also landed at the right moment. Vano delivered in front of a home crowd and translated that setting into a title run that matched the occasion, exactly the kind of result that keeps the domestic game moving forward. Chieti also underlined how valuable local support can be for emerging players who are learning to turn strong draws into actual trophies, especially when the margins are decided by confidence as much as shot-making.

The men’s event added to the significance of the week in Abruzzo. Argentina’s Juampi Andrada and Fabricio Parra Heck won their first CUPRA FIP Tour title by edging Giulio Graziotti and Fabian Oviedo 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 in the semifinal before beating top seeds José Luis González and Álvaro Meléndez 7-6, 6-2 in the final. For Vano, though, the headline in Chieti belonged to a home-soil breakthrough that now looks like part of a larger, more durable pattern.