Milano P1 2026: the top seeds debut at the Allianz Cloud and these are their rackets

The Oysho Milano Premier Padel P1 heads into its second day of round-of-32 action at the Allianz Cloud this Wednesday with the big names finally on court: the top four men's seeds all make their debut today. Tapia-Coello (1) open against qualifiers Ayats-Sánchez Chamero, Galán-Chingotto (2) meet the Portuguese Deus brothers, Augsburger-Lebrón (3) face Quílez-Mouriño and Stupa-Sanz (4) close the day against Solano-Pereyra. The women's draw also wraps up its first round today, with the top four favourites — Triay-Brea, Josemaría-Bea González, Sánchez-Ustero and Fernández-Calvo — spared the first round and debuting straight into Thursday's round of 16.

Tuesday's scare

The first day of the round of 32 delivered the tournament's first big upset: Jofre-Esbrí (12) fell 6-3 6-3 to Diestro-Sintes, while the other seeds were made to work hard to varying degrees. Di Nenno-Paquito Navarro (5) gave Jensen-Gala no chance (6-3 6-3), Yanguas-Lijó (8) beat Ruiz-González (7-6(5) 6-2) and Momo González-Campagnolo (7) needed a comeback against Barahona-Piotto (4-6 6-3 6-2). Seeds 6, 11, 15 and 16 — Guerrero-Leal, Bautista-Bergamini, Libaak-Alfonso and Garrido-De Pascual — all wrapped it up in straight sets too. In the women's draw, Salazar-Osoro (8) posted the day's most commanding scoreline (6-0 6-3 over Collombon-Sharifova) and Velasco-Eugenio caused a stir by knocking out Guinart-Alonso (7), 4-6 6-4 7-5.

Milan, the penultimate European stop of the year

The tournament — a fifth edition in Milan, €479,068 in prize money and 1,000 points for the champions — lands right in the middle of the race for No. 1: Tapia-Coello (39,822 FIP ranking points) defend their status with 11 titles in 2026 and the Paris-Rotterdam-Düsseldorf European treble, while Galán-Chingotto (35,446) want to lift the trophy again at the Allianz Cloud, where they won last year. The top two seeds sit in opposite halves of the draw, so a rematch can only come in Sunday's final. Behind them, Stupa-Sanz enter their first event as fourth seeds after three finals without a trophy (Lyon, Rotterdam and Düsseldorf) — and they already know what it takes to beat the world's second-best pair this season.

The favourites' rackets, in our catalog

The rackets seen between the walls of the Allianz Cloud are the usual suspects, all listed in our catalog: Agustín Tapia plays the Nox AT10 Luxury Genius 18K Alum 2026 by Agustín Tapiafrom 169,90 € and his partner Arturo Coello the Head Coello Pro 2026from 142,11 €. Ale Galán competes with the Adidas Metalbone 2026from 241,99 € — the HRD+ version for big hitters is also in the catalog — and Fede Chingotto with the Bullpadel Neuron 02from 213,90 €. Among the challengers, Stupa uses the Siux Electra Pro IT 26, Jon Sanz the Drop Shot Axion Attack 2.0, Lebrón the Babolat Viper 3.0from 189,90 €, and seed pair No. 5 share the Paquito Navarro Hack and Di Nenno's XPLO 02.

In the women's draw, the 2025 champions return separately

A year ago, Ari Sánchez and Paula Josemaría lifted the trophy together at the Allianz Cloud. In 2026 they return to the same stage with new partners: Ari with Andrea Ustero (the No. 3 seeds, who reached the 100th final of her career in Rotterdam aged just 29); Paula alongside Bea González (No. 2). Ahead of them, Triay-Brea arrive as the draw's top seeds, with the young Fernández-Calvo — champions in London and Düsseldorf — looming as the fourth pair. Women's rackets in our catalog: Gemma Triay plays the Bullpadel Elite 02from 241,99 €, Delfi Brea the Vertex 05 Woman, Ari Sánchez the Adidas Arrow HIT Light 2026from 175,99 €, Bea González the Pearl W 26, Claudia Fernández the Bullpadel Wonder and Alejandra Salazar — in what looks like her final season at 40 — the Flow 2027.

What's next at the Allianz Cloud

The round of 32 concludes this Wednesday (from 9:30, local time); the round of 16 follows on Thursday 15, the quarter-finals on Friday 16 (from 9:00) and the semi-finals on Saturday 17 (from 14:00) before Sunday's final (from 15:00). The tournament can be followed live on Premier Padel's channels — in Spain, via Disney+ — and Milan keeps raising the bar: the 2025 edition drew more than 35,000 fans, and Italian padel keeps booming — in Lombardy courts are up 180% since 2021 and the country is closing in on 1.5 million players, according to the organisers' own figures.