Insatiable. Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia took only 44 minutes to celebrate their first victory in the Milano Premier Padel P1. The number 1 seed in the men’s draw, now at their 41st consecutive success and already sure to end 2024 at the top of the FIP ranking, overcame 6-0 6-1 qualifiers Mario Ortega and Tonet Sans, and in the round of 16 they will face Argentinians Maxi Sanchez and Lucho Capra, the number 11 seed. A match, that of Arturo and Agustin (who arrived yesterday from Mexico after their 13th title of the season, their third in a Major after those of Doha and Paris), which will open the afternoon session on the Allianz Cloud centre court, not before 6 p.m..
Closing the programme of the round of 16 on the same court will be Fede Chingotto and Ale Galan, who were eliminated in the semifinals in the Acapulco Major as they had been in the P1 in Kuwait City. The debut of the Spanish, who is defending the title he won last year in Milan paired with Juan Lebron, and the Argentinean, on the other hand, lasted 52 minutes: a 6-1 6-2, the one over Alvaro Cepero and Miguel Benitez, which launches the ‘Chingalan’ to tomorrow night’s challenge against qualifiers Pol Hernandez Alvarez and Rama Valenzuela.
In between, what could be the last match of Fernando Belasteguin’s career, but even today he showed that he wants to enjoy this until the end. On court number 1, not before than 3.30 p.m., the pair that beat Chingotto and Galan in the last two tournaments, the one formed by Franco Stupaczuk and Mike Yanguas, will also be on court: the number 4 seed, who today beat Enrique Goenaga and Teo Zapata 6-3 6-2, will face Fran Guerrero and Jairo Bautista (12).