Day 3, The feat of the day is of Benitez-Cepero. Ahead Coello-Tapia

The Comunidad de Madrid Premier Padel P1 round of 16 draw is complete. All the big names of world padel are there, but also some pairs that performed great feats in the first round. After that of Luis Hernandez and Inigo Jofre on Tuesday, today it was the turn of Miguel Benitez (number 65 in the FIP ranking) and Alvaro Cepero (48), who in two sets (6-4 6-1) eliminated Juan Tello and Fernando Belasteguin, the number 7 seed. Winning debut, on the other hand, for the number 1 seed, Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia, who in 40 minutes eliminated 6-1 6-3 a fearsome pair such as Alex Chozas and Leo Augsburger. Martin Di Nenno and Juan Lebron (3), also highly awaited at the WiZink Center, also didn’t fail, 6-1 6-3 to Ignacio Piotto and Adrian Marques. Among the results against the odds in the men’s draw, José Diestro and Andres Fernandez Lancha’s 6-2 6-4 to Javier Barahona and Teo Zapata (15) stands out. Tomorrow the round of 16, with Coello/Tapia facing Gonzalo Rubio and Pablo Lijo (16) and Fede Chingotto and Ale Galan opposing Maxi Sanchez and Lucho Capra (11).

WOMEN In the women’s draw, the week began with a victory (6-0 6-3 over Lorena Rufo and Bea Caldera) for FIP number 1 Paula Josemaria and Ari Sanchez: tomorrow they will face qualifiers Noemi Aguilar and Teresa Navarro in the round of 16. Four (6-3 6-1) games left Marta Ortega and Sofia Araujo (4) to Carolina Orsi and Nuria Rodriguez. Winning debut for the new pair formed by Ale Salazar and Jessica Castelló (5), 6-4 6-2 to Borrero/Nogueira. Among the most interesting of the round of 16 scheduled for tomorrow is Claudia Jensen and Daiara Valenzuela against Delfi Brea and Bea Gonzalez (2), while Gemma Triay and Claudia Fernandez (3) will play Giorgia Marchetti and Lea Godallier.