Milan, November 30th – Like two years ago, there will be an Italian derby in the first round of the Milano Premier Padel P1. The draw made today at the Allianz Cloud pitted Marco Cassetta and Miguel Angel Solbes against the all-Italian pair of Lorenzo Di Giovanni (present at the draw) and Riccardo Sinicropi. Cassetta and Di Giovanni, who were part of the Italian team that finished fourth in the last FIP World Padel Championships in Doha, also faced each other in the first round in the first edition of the Milano Premier Padel P1, that of 2022; Cassetta played with Cremona, Di Giovanni with Cattaneo. It ended 6-3 6-3 for Cremona/Cassetta. Simone Cremona will play this year with the Spanish Jaime Fermosell and, in the first round, finds the Spanish Emilio Sanchez Chamero and the Chilean Javi Valdes. Pending the conclusion of the qualifiers, all the Italians admitted to the main draw are at the top half: Aris Patiniotis and Jesus Moya have drawn Luis Hernandez and Javi Rico; for Facundo Dominguez and Nacho Piotto there are Alvaro Melendez and Cristian Gutierrez.
WOMEN In the women’s draw there will be four Italians playing in the main draw, awaiting the qualifiers: wild cards Martina Parmigiani and Chiara Pappacena drew Noemi Aguilar and Teresa Navarro, while Italy’s number 1 Carolina Orsi paired with Spanish Nuria Rodriguez finds Sandra Bellver and Barbara Las Heras. For Giorgia Marchetti and French Lea Godallier, finally, the duel with Bea Caldera and Lorena Rufo.