Milano, November 30th – One more week before the Premier Padel Finals in Barcelona. At the Allianz Cloud, from Monday 2nd to Sunday 8th, the Milano Premier Padel P1 will put up for grabs the last 1,000 points in the FIP Race that will complete the list of the magnificent 16 players who will be on stage in Spain from December 19nd to 22nd for the final stage of an exciting season. The draw has defined the road to the final, to be able to write one’s name in the Milano Premier Padel P1 roll of honour after those of Juan Lebron and Ale Galan (winners of the men’s tournament) and Delfi Brea and Bea Gonzalez, champions of the women’s tournament in 2023.
MEN The men’s draw, like every P1, consists of 48 pairs, with the 16 seeds qualifying directly for the second round. Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia, already sure with their qualification to the semifinals of the Acapulco Major to end the season at the top of the FIP ranking, will face José Solano Marmolejo and Victor Mena or two qualifiers; for Fede Chingotto and Ale Galan (2) there are Alvaro Cepero and Miguel Benitez or a pair from the qualifiers. Two qualifiers or Victor and Javi Ruiz for Martin Di Nenno and Juan Lebron (3), thus drawn in the same half as the ‘Chingalan’. Number 4 Franco Stupaczuk and Mike Yanguas, on the other hand, drew Javi Martinez and Guillermo Collado or Enrique Goenaga and Teo Zapata. Also on the schedule is the Italian derby in the first round between wild cards: Marco Cassetta and the Spaniard Miguel Angel Solbes will face Lorenzo Di Giovanni and Riccardo Sinicropi. These are the potential quarter-finals: Coello/Tapia (1)-Cardona/Navarro (5), Gonzalez/Alonso (8)-Stupaczuk/Yanguas (4), Di Nenno/Lebron (3)-Nieto/Sanz (6), Garrido/Bergamini (7)-Chingotto/Galan (2).
WOMEN There will be 32 pairs starting in the women’s tournament. Paula Josemaria and Ari Sanchez will start against a qualified pair; Gemma Triay and Claudia Fernandez (2) drew Ana Catarina Nogueira and Laia Rodriguez. Marta Talavan and Julieta Bidahorria will be the defending champions’ first opponents, with Marta Ortega and Sofia Araujo (4) facing Agueda Perez and Patri Martinez. Hypothetical quarter-finals: Josemaria/Sanchez (1)-Castelló/Salazar (6), Jensen/Icardo (7)-Ortega/Araujo (4), Brea/Gonzalez (3)-Sainz/Llaguno (5), Osoro/Virseda (8)-Triay/Fernandez (2).