The draws. First Premier Padel tournament at La Fonteta: semi-finals and finals already sold out, wild card for Errani

Following the excitement of the BNL Italy Major, the Qatar Airways Premier Padel Tour arrives in Valencia for the first time. La Fonteta will host the world’s leading padel players for a week in the first of two consecutive tournaments in Spain, with the Valladolid P2 scheduled immediately afterwards. Anticipation is high, with tickets for Saturday’s semi-finals and Sunday’s finals already sold out, while local fans hope to support some of Valencia’s home-grown stars, including Edu Alonso, Alex Arroyo and Tamara Icardo. Among the wild cards, Sara Errani stands out. Just a few days after winning the mixed doubles title at Roland Garros, she returns to Premier Padel competition one year after the Rome Major 2025. Errani will play alongside fellow Italian Martina Parmigiani.

 

MEN A total of 48 pairs will compete in the men’s draw, with the 16 seeded pairs entering the tournament in the second round on Wednesday. Luis Hernandez and Lucho Capra or Arnau Ayats and Denis Perino will be the first opponents for Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia. Fede Chingotto and Ale Galan will begin their campaign against wild cards Josete Rico and Juan Cruz Forastello or qualifiers Curro Cabeza and Diego Garcia Cabeza and Mariano Gonzalez. Franco Stupaczuk and Mike Yanguas are in the top half of the draw and will face one of two qualifying pairs (Benitez/Patiniotis or Aragon/Roglan), while Juan Lebron and Leo Augsburger are in the bottom half and will open against Manuel Castaño and Xisco Gil or wild cards Adrian Naranjo and Pablo Sanchez. The potential quarter-finals are: Coello/Tapia (1) vs Nieto/Sanz (5), Navarro/Di Nenno (6) vs Yanguas/Stupaczuk (3), Lebron/Augsburger (4) vs Leal/Guerrero (7), Bergamini/Garrido (8) vs Chingotto/Galan (2).

 

WOMEN In the women’s draw, Paula Josemaria and Bea Gonzalez — beaten in the Rome semi-finals after a run of 22 consecutive victories — will begin their tournament against Marta Barrera and Jimena Velasco, who reached the quarter-finals at the Foro Italico, or against a qualifying pair. Delfi Brea and Gemma Triay head the 28-pair entry list, with the top four seeds receiving a bye into the round of 16, and have been drawn against Julieta Bidahorria and Marta Caparros. Ari Sanchez and Andrea Ustero (3) will face Carolina Orsi and Patty Llaguno or Aranzazu Osoro and Victoria Iglesias. Potential quarter-final match-ups include: Brea/Triay (1) vs Guinart/Virseda (8), Salazar/Alonso (7) vs Sanchez/Ustero (3), Fernandez/Araujo (4) vs Icardo/Jensen (5), Ortega/Calvo (6) vs Josemaria/Gonzalez (2).