From the qualifiers to the round of 16. Once again this year, Rama Valenzuela is living his Italian dream: paired with Fede Mouriño, the young Argentine – who gave Chingotto and Galan a hard time on Centre Court in 2024 – equalled that result by beating two Argentine padel icons, Sanyo Gutierrez and Tolito Aguirre. After losing the first set, Valenzuela and Mouriño turned the result around, closing in three sets (3-6 6-1 6-3) and earning a rematch in the round of 16 in Rotterdam against Momo Gonzalez and Fran Guerrero (double 6-3 against Jimenez/Sanchez), seeded number 7.
Lucas Bergamini, finalist in 2022, also made a good debut, pairing up with Javi Leal in Rotterdam and regaining his confidence at the Allianz Cloud thanks to a 6-3 6-2 victory over Rodriguez/Rubini. However, Italian-Argentinian Facundo Dominguez was defeated 6-3 7-5 by Inigo Jofre and Alex Arroyo (13).
The first results are also in for the women’s draw, with Lucia Sainz and Patty Llaguno starting their last tournament as a pair with a 6-3 7-5 victory over Araceli Martinez and Alix Collombon. In the P2 in Newgiza, Lucia is paired with the young Raquel Eugenio (2008), who is playing in Milan with Jimena Velasco and managed to overcome the first round, 6-4 7-6 against Melania Merino and Ana Catarina Nogueira.