FIP Platinum Lyon 2026: the favourites hit the court in the round of 16 as Garrido-Sanyo fall on their debut

The FIP Platinum Lyon 2026 plays its round of 16 this Thursday, September 24: 16 matches (8 men's and 8 women's) from 11:00 (French time) across Centre Court Ville de Lyon and Courts 2 and 3 at the Palais des Sports de Gerland and the All In Country Academy. After Wednesday's first round, the top four seeds in each draw make their debut today following their byes: among the men, Stupaczuk-Sanz, Leal-Guerrero, Di Nenno-Tello and Momo-Campagnolo; among the women, Salazar-Osoro, Alonso-Dal Pozzo, Caldera-Goenaga and Rufo-Castello. (Sources: official order of play for September 24, padelmagazine.fr; results, studypadel.com and the official draws at padelfip.com.)

The upset of the first round: Axelsson-Guichard send Garrido-Sanyo packing

The match that opened the campaign of the No. 5 seeds ended in elimination: Javier Garrido and Sanyo Gutierrez fell to the home pair Adam Axelsson-Dylan Guichard 3-6 6-4 6-4 on Centre Court. The Spanish pair lost their grip after taking the opening set, and with them went the two catalog rackets that starred in the preview: Garrido's Wilson Defy Pro V1 — Wilson Defy Pro V1from 186,99 € — and Sanyo's StarVie Eternal 2027 — StarVie Eternalfrom 276,99 € —, with their player pages and Sanyo's still live on PalaComparer. Axelsson-Guichard, meanwhile, are enjoying their best week and today face Montiel-Santigosa, who beat the French pair Boronad-Robert 6-2 6-3.

The men's first round, result by result

• Esbri-Jofre d. Aragon-Roglan 6-3 6-1 — the 2025 champion is still alive in Lyon: today they meet Oria-Ortega.
• Abbate-Rodriguez d. Fonteny-Moragues (WC) 6-4 6-4 — they will be the opening exam for Stupaczuk-Sanz.
• Rubini-Chozas d. Quilez-Mourino 6-3 7-6 and Ruiz-Gonzalez Blanco d. Zapata-Naranjo 6-2 7-5 — they meet each other in the round of 16.
• Hernandez-Castano d. Garcia-Patiniotis 6-4 6-7 6-3 — their reward is a clash with Di Nenno-Tello.
• Goenaga-Collado d. Sanchez-Garcia Rodrigo 6-3 6-4 — they face Momo-Campagnolo.
• Moya-Leygue d. Lamperti-Alvarez 6-7 7-6 6-2 — the comeback that closed the day (it finished late, which is why the order of play had not yet reflected it) earns them a meeting with Edu Alonso-Aimar Goni.

The French women lead the first round

• Mansart-Dardaine (WC) d. Santamaria-Foguer 7-6(5) 6-4 — the French wildcards delivered the home performance of the day and today face the No. 2 seeds, Alonso-Dal Pozzo.
• Collombon-Sharifova d. Alonso De Lera-Dionisio 2-6 6-1 6-3 — a comeback by the No. 7 seeds: today against Val Lopez-Bahurel (6-4 6-3 over Sandu-Marcus).
• Marchetti-Arruabarrena d. Perez Parra-Guryanova 6-1 6-0 — the No. 8 seeds did not drop a single game in the second set: today against Morinigo-Martin (6-4 6-0).
• Fassio-Perez d. Betz-Groenveld 6-1 6-1 and Valenzuela-Godallier d. Sanchez Perez-Fernandez 6-2 6-3 — they face each other today.
• Sainz-Manquillo d. Pothier-Robinson 6-1 6-1 — today against Vano-Castillon (6-2 6-4).
• Guimet-Ryzhova d. Eugenio-Sanchez 6-3 6-1 — the first obstacle for Salazar-Osoro in their title defence.
• Aguilar-Escacena d. Portilla-Ordonez 6-3 6-2 — today against Rufo-Castello.

The round of 16 with catalog rackets on court

Stupaczuk-Sanz vs Abbate-Rodriguez (Centre Court, not before 3:30 PM). The No. 1 seeds open their campaign with both catalog rackets on court: the Siux Electra Pro IT 26 — Siux Electra Pro IT 26from 232,99 € — and the Drop Shot Axion Attack 2.0 2026 — Drop Shot Axion Attack 2.0 2026from 149,95 € —, with the player pages of Stupa and Jon Sanz already in the catalog. Stupa knows the way: this year he won the Platinum in Tirana alongside Yanguas and the FIP Gold in Belgrade with Sanz.

Hernandez-Castano vs Di Nenno-Tello (Centre Court, not before 1:00 PM). Juan Tello takes to the court with his Bullpadel Vertex 05 2026 — Bullpadel Vertex 05from 208,90 € —, with his player page live.

Momo-Campagnolo vs Goenaga-Collado. Momo Gonzalez plays with the Wilson Endure Pro V1 — Wilson Endure Pro V1from 203,99 € — on his player page.

Salazar-Osoro vs Guimet-Ryzhova. The title defence of Alejandra Salazar — in her final year as a pro — starts this afternoon with the Bullpadel Flow Woman — Bullpadel Flow Womanfrom 139,90 € — in hand, with her player page in the catalog.

Everything you need to know about the tournament started with our preview of the favourites' rackets. The entire round of 16 is played today; the quarterfinals come on Friday and the finals on Sunday the 27th. Next week, the Premier Padel tour resumes with the Rotterdam P2 at the Ahoy (September 28-October 4).