{"id":329541,"date":"2026-05-31T19:19:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T17:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/?p=329541"},"modified":"2026-05-31T19:19:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T17:19:44","slug":"the-foro-italico-draws-chingotto-galan-target-a-third-consecutive-title-in-rome-brea-and-triay-aim-to-stop-josemaria-and-gonzalez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/2026\/05\/the-foro-italico-draws-chingotto-galan-target-a-third-consecutive-title-in-rome-brea-and-triay-aim-to-stop-josemaria-and-gonzalez\/","title":{"rendered":"The Foro Italico draws. Chingotto-Gal\u00e1n target a third consecutive title in Rome, Brea and Triay aim to stop Josemar\u00eda and Gonz\u00e1lez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Foro Italico<\/strong>, one of the most iconic venues in world sport, has once again turned blue for the fifth edition of the <strong>BNL Italy Major Premier Padel<\/strong>, with Rome welcoming the world\u2019s best players for an unmissable week of competition. In the men\u2019s draw, <strong>Fede Chingotto<\/strong> and <strong>Ale Gal\u00e1n<\/strong> are targeting a third consecutive title following their victories in 2024 and 2025. In the women\u2019s tournament, <strong>Delfi Brea<\/strong> and <strong>Gemma Triay<\/strong> will defend the title they won last year while also attempting to end the run of five consecutive tournament victories achieved by <strong>Paula Josemar\u00eda <\/strong>and <strong>Bea Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong>. The leading players are already in Rome, with <strong>Ari S\u00e1nchez<\/strong>, <strong>Andrea Ustero<\/strong>, <strong>Arturo Coello<\/strong> and <strong>Giulio Graziotti<\/strong> taking part in the draw ceremony for the main draws, which begin on Tuesday following the conclusion of qualifying.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Draw_Rome.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-329546 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Draw_Rome-1024x671.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Draw_Rome-1024x671.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Draw_Rome-300x197.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Draw_Rome-768x503.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Draw_Rome-1536x1006.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Draw_Rome.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MEN<\/strong>\u00a0A total of 48 pairs will compete in the men\u2019s tournament, with the top 16 seeded pairs receiving a first-round bye. Coello and Tapia will begin their campaign against Italians <strong>Flavio Abbate <\/strong>and <strong>Alvaro Montiel<\/strong> or a pair from qualifying. In the top half of the draw are <strong>Franco Stupaczuk<\/strong> and <strong>Mike Yanguas<\/strong>, winners of the FIP Platinum Albania in Tirana, who will face Italians <strong>Simone Iacovino<\/strong> and <strong>Giulio Graziotti<\/strong> or <strong>Castano\/Gil<\/strong> in their opening match. In the bottom half, <strong>Fede Chingotto<\/strong> and <strong>Ale Gal\u00e1n<\/strong> will start against <strong>Libaak\/Chozas<\/strong> or <strong>Mouri\u00f1o\/Qu\u00edlez<\/strong> and could meet <strong>Juan Lebr\u00f3n<\/strong> and <strong>Leo Augsburger<\/strong> (4) in the semi-finals. Lebr\u00f3n and Augsburger have been drawn against <strong>S\u00e1nchez Blasco\/Guti\u00e9rrez<\/strong> or a qualifying pair. There is also significant interest in the reunion of <strong>Paquito Navarro<\/strong> and <strong>Martin Di Nenno<\/strong>, finalists in the inaugural edition of the BNL Italy Major Premier Padel in 2022. The projected quarter-finals are: <strong>Coello\/Tapia (1) vs Garrido\/Bergamini (8), Di Nenno\/Navarro (6) vs Yanguas\/Stupaczuk (3), Lebr\u00f3n\/Augsburger (4) vs Nieto\/Sanz (5), and Leal\/Guerrero (7) vs Chingotto\/Gal\u00e1n (2).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WOMEN\u00a0<\/strong>After five consecutive titles, <strong>Paula Josemar\u00eda<\/strong> and <strong>Bea Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong> face the challenge of the Major and a tournament won last year by <strong>Delfi Brea<\/strong> and <strong>Gemma Triay<\/strong>. The women\u2019s main draw features 40 pairs, with the top four seeds (<strong>Brea\/Triay, Josemar\u00eda\/Gonz\u00e1lez, S\u00e1nchez\/Ustero and Fern\u00e1ndez\/Ara\u00fajo<\/strong>) receiving a bye into the round of 16. It will be the final appearance at the Foro Italico for the legendary <strong>Ale Salazar<\/strong>, who, following her runner-up finish in Tirana, will begin against <strong>Rodr\u00edguez\/Dal Pozzo<\/strong> or <strong>Bellver\/Merino<\/strong>. <strong>Marina Guinart<\/strong> and <strong>Veronica Virseda<\/strong>, champions in Albania, will open against <strong>C\u00e1novas\/Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong> or <strong>G\u00f3mez\/Arellano<\/strong>. The projected quarter-finals are: <strong>Brea\/Triay (1) vs Icardo\/Jensen (5), Salazar\/Alonso (7) vs Fern\u00e1ndez\/Ara\u00fajo (4), S\u00e1nchez\/Ustero (3) vs Guinart\/Virseda (8), and Ortega\/Calvo (6) vs Josemar\u00eda\/Gonz\u00e1lez (2).<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Foro Italico, one of the most iconic venues in world sport, has once again turned blue for the fifth edition of the BNL Italy Major Premier Padel, with Rome welcoming the world\u2019s best players for an unmissable week of competition. In the men\u2019s draw, Fede Chingotto and Ale Gal\u00e1n are targeting a third consecutive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":329542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[296],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-329541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-italy-major-premier-padel"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329548,"href":"https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329541\/revisions\/329548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padelfip.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}