Friday is quarter-finals day The clou is Lebron/Galan vs. Yanguas/Bela

There are 16 pairs left, eight in the men’s and eight in the women’s draw, to play for the throne of the BNL Italy Major Premier Padel. And Friday will also be a day not to be missed. Six matches will be played on the Centre Court, two on the Pietrangeli; two in the morning session, starting at 9.30 a.m., and the remaining six in the afternoon session at 4 p.m. The women’s matches begin: on the Centre Court, Aranzazu Osoro and Lucia Sainz (6) will try to stop Delfina Brea and Bea Gonzalez (3), while on the Pietrangeli it will be the turn of Frenchwoman Alix Collombon and Spaniard Victoria Iglesias Segador (10) to face the Sanchez Alayeto twins (5).

At 4 p.m., on the Centre Court, the all-Argentinean derby between Maxi Sanchez/Luciano Capra (9) and Franco Stupaczuk/Martin Di Nenno (2), while on the Pietrangeli at 5 p.m. Coello/Tapia (4)-Bergamini-Ruiz (11) will precede the match between Gemma Triay and Marta Ortega (2) against Castello/Araujo (8).

From 6 p.m., show on the Centre Court: Ari Sanchez and Paula Josemaria (1) will face Veronica Virseda and Claudia Jensen (7), then the most awaited match is that between Juan Lebron and Ale Galan (1) facing Mike Yanguas and Fernando Belasteguin (6). Finally, the surprising Spaniards Mario Del Castillo and Miguel Benitez – the only pair left in the running among the non-seeds – will also try to stop the run of Fede Chingotto and Paquito Navarro (3). The weekend is coming…