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A padel player crashed through the glass wall of the court during a match on Saturday― but incredibly sustained no serious injury, according to a report.
Paquito Navarro had to retire from the match and was treated at a hospital for cuts after the glass-shattering accident during the Oeiras Valley Portugal Padel Masters.
Incredible scenes in the semifinals of the Portugal Padel Masters.
Paquito is hospitalized but okay: had to withdraw from the semis when he was about to win pic.twitter.com/4rqPTAhTsw
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) September 22, 2018
Paquito Navarro suffered multiple cuts, but nothing too serious. They were about to win the SF and obviously had to retired at 6-3, 5-5.
Glass was already replaced and the tournament is underway again. pic.twitter.com/f5Eu7UfXdE
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) September 22, 2018
“I’m doing better than you’d think, judging by the images,” Navarro told the tour. “I’ll be back soon, diving head first for every ball.”
Padel, a combination of tennis and squash usually played on a court enclosed by four glass walls, is “not a dangerous sport,” he added. “I’ve spent my life on a court and this has never happened to me. I’ve suffered an accident that could have happened to anyone.”
Navarro gave the thumbs-up in a photo posted by journalist Jose Morgado the next day.