Playing at home is always more enjoyable, exciting and motivating. Italian players know this well, and they will have the chance to experience those emotions at the Allianz Cloud. During the presentation of the OYSHO Milano Premier Padel P1, taking place from 12 to 18 October, the wild cards were also officially announced: four for the main draw (three for the 48-pair men’s tournament and one for the 28-pair women’s tournament) and three for the qualifying draws, which will be played between Saturday and Monday.
Just a few weeks ahead of the FIP World Cup in Doha, Simone Iacovino and Giulio Graziotti will play the Milano Premier Padel P1 thanks to a wild card, as will Marco Cassetta (with Argentine Fabian Oviedo) and Aris Patiniotis, who will partner Spaniard Diego Garcia. Less than two months ago, Iacovino and Cassetta won the bronze medal together at the Mediterranean Games in Taranto, with the Turin native also claiming silver in the mixed event alongside Giulia Dal Pozzo, who, like Carolina Orsi, has been awarded a place in the women’s main draw in Milan. The pair of Abruzzo’s Lorenzo Di Giovanni and Calabria’s Giuseppe Fino (2006) will instead attempt to earn a place in the main draw, with the latter one of the emerging talents of Italian padel alongside Matteo Sargolini (2007, from Civitavecchia), who will partner Turin’s Matteo Rosingana.
Rome’s Giorgia Marchetti, who won bronze in Taranto alongside Orsi, will also travel to the World Cup with the Italian national team and will play in the main draw of the OYSHO Milano Premier Padel P1 with Spaniard Lara Arruabarrena. The wild cards for qualifying have instead gone to two very young players: 17-year-old Umbrian Matilde Minelli and 19-year-old Roman Camlla Livioni.