Rotterdam P2: the main draw gets underway — Day 1 matchups and Lamperti one win away

The CUPRA Rotterdam Premier Padel P2 (Rotterdam Ahoy, September 27 – October 4, €264,534 in prize money and 500 FIP points for the champions) opens its main draw this afternoon: at 18:30 — no time difference with Spain — the men's round of 32 begins with four matches, after a morning that settles the last spots in qualifying. The tournament is played indoors, across four courts set up in the Rotterdam venue.

Lamperti, one win from the draw in his farewell tour

The morning (from 12:00) resolves the men's Q3 and the women's Q2 — the four men's winners complete the qualified spots of the draw. The name of the day in qualifying is Miguel Lamperti: at 47 years old (born November 11, 1978) and on his announced 2026 farewell tour, the Argentine, No. 111 in the world, is one match away from the main draw: he and Octavio Álvarez (seventh seeds in qualifying) take on Zapata-Naranjo (04).

The other Q3 matchups: Roglan Pons-Aragón Herrera (01) against E. Mouriño-Navarro Porras, Ortega-Axelsson (02) against Insa Sotillo-Miñano Ortinez (08) — who won their Q2 yesterday with a commanding 6-4, 6-1 — and the local pair Roper-Släryd (Thijs Roper plays at home) against Moragues Moltó-Fonteny (05), also winners yesterday (6-4, 7-6). On the women's side, the Q2 leaves two Dutch pairs, Hemmes-Luttikhuis and Groenveld-Betz, one win away from the draw: a good barometer of the local padel the tournament wants to celebrate.

The afternoon: four matchups with a catalog flavour (18:30)

• Goñi-Alonso vs Montiel-Santigosa (Center Court): the breakout pair of the Paris Major — quarter-finalists after knocking out Yanguas-Nieto — make their Rotterdam debut with Aimar Goñi freshly selected for Spain ahead of the FIP World Cup in Doha (November 2-7). Edu Alonso plays with his Nox EA10 Ventus Attack 12K XTREM by Edu Alonsofrom 193,80 €. The winner meets Tapia-Coello in the last 16.
• Rodríguez Martínez-Abbate vs Libaak-Alfonso: two of the season's breakout pairs go head to head. Abbate-Rodríguez were the surprise of the Madrid P1 and already won at the start of Lyon; Libaak-Alfonso are the pair that knocked out Lebrón-Augsburger in the Madrid P1 round of 16, and Tino plays with the Siux Diablo Pro 2026from 199,90 €.
• Aguirre-García Rodrigo vs Tello-Arce: the partner shuffle goes on. Juan Tello, who played the FIP Platinum Lyon with Di Nenno, lines up in Rotterdam alongside Maxi Arce, with the Bullpadel Vertex 05from 208,90 € as the catalog reference.
• Lijó-Gil vs Quilez-Mouriño (Court 2) wraps up the afternoon session.

The seeds wait: Di Nenno-Paquito debut their partnership

The official draw — released on Sunday by the tournament direction — gives the top four seeds a bye straight to the last 16: Tapia-Coello (01), Galán-Chingotto (02), Augsburger-Lebrón (03) and the tournament's novelty: Di Nenno and Paquito Navarro (04) play together in Rotterdam, with 11,346 FIP ranking points between the two of them. Paquito's Hack 05 is in the catalog.

Wednesday (12:00) completes the men's first round: Stupa-Sanz (05) — runners-up in Lyon on Sunday — against a qualifier, Yanguas-Nieto (06) versus Rubio-Fernández Lancha, FIP Platinum Lyon champions Leal-Guerrero (07) against Goenaga-Collado and González-Campagnolo (08) versus Hernández Quesada-Javier Martínez, plus the two local wild cards (Prins-de Kroon and Richters-Olsson).

The women's bracket starts tomorrow: all eight seeds rest

The eight seeded pairs in the women's bracket rest in the first round: Triay-Brea (01), Josemaría-González (02), Sánchez-Ustero (03), Fernández-Calvo (04), Ortega-Araújo (05), Guinart-Alonso de Villa (06), Salazar-Osoro (07) and Jensen-Escacena (08). The eight round-of-32 matches are played tomorrow; among them, Dutch wild cards Koek-Weterings against Talaván-Castelló and Sharifova-Collombon versus a qualifier stand out.

Today's rackets in our catalog

• Edu Alonso — Nox EA10 Ventus Attack 12K XTREM by Edu Alonsofrom 193,80 €: diamond shape with 12K Xtrem carbon and an MLD Black Eva core.
• Tino Libaak — Siux Diablo Pro 2026from 199,90 €: hybrid with 18K TeXtreme + 3K carbon.
• Juan Tello — Bullpadel Vertex 05from 208,90 €: diamond with a Multieva core.
• Miguel Lamperti — Nox ML10 Ventus Control 3K by Miguel Lampertifrom 199,85 €: his lifelong signature, a control round.
• Paquito Navarro — Bullpadel Hack 05from 284,99 €: 18K TriCarbon diamond, waiting in the last 16.
• Franco Stupaczuk — Siux Electra Pro IT 26from 232,99 € and Jon Sanz — Drop Shot Axion Attack 2.0 2026from 149,95 €: the Lyon runners-up play tomorrow.