Forty-eight minutes yesterday, before Miguel and Nuno Deus withdrew, 58 today, the day of their first victory on the court. Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia are racing ahead and, with a 6-4 6-1 win over Alex Ruiz and Juanlu Esbri, have reached the quarter-finals of the Oysho Milano Premier Padel P1. The first set was no walk in the park for the FIP ranking number 1s: Arturito and Agus had to save four break points, but they struck at the first opportunity in the tenth game and immediately pulled ahead in the second set, which was dominated by the defending champions. The bar will be raised tomorrow, with Coello and Tapia facing Paquito Navarro and Jon Sanz (5), who defeated Inigo Jofre and Alex Arroyo 6-3 6-4. Momo Gonzalez and Fran Guerrero also reached the quarter-finals with a double 6-4 victory over Fede Mouriño and Rama Valenzuela.
In the women’s draw, Paula Josemaria and Ari Sanchez had a thrilling debut, forced into a third set by Noa Canovas and Laia Rodriguez: the number 2 seeds won 6-1 4-6 6-3 and tomorrow they will face Ale Salazar and Martina Calvo (7), who also played three sets against local idol Carolina Orsi, who came close to pulling off an upset before losing 6-2 4-6 6-2. The other quarter-final in the bottom half also went according to plan: Andrea Ustero and Sofia Araujo (4) defeated Lucia Martinez Gomez and Nuria Rodriguez 6-2 6-2 and will now face Marina Guinart and Veronica Virseda (8), who advanced thanks to a 6-3 6-2 victory over Marta Barrera and Marta Caparros.