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The last qualifying phase of the final draw of the Premier Padel tournament in Milan has been played. Sixteen faced each other in the last eight qualifying matches, to get the last tickets for the final draw, which will begin to be played this Monday. The two seeded couples in the previous round, Miguel Lamperti with José Jiménez, and Salva Oria with Nacho Vilariño, did their homework and did not have too many problems to get a place among the teams that would compete in the final draw. of the Milan tournament. .

The duo formed by Miguel Lamperti and José Jiménez won in three sets, 6-3/2-6/6-3, over Marcos Córdoba and Álvaro Montiel. In the first set the Spanish-Argentine couple controlled the pace of the match. They achieved two breaks that they would take advantage of to score the first round. In the second Córdoba and Montiel reacted and with a very solid serve during the set they equalized the match. However, Lamperti and Jiménez were once again superior in the last set and sealed the victory with a 6-3. Their rivals in the first round will be the Italians Flavio Abbate and Marco Cassetta.

Salva Oria and Nacho Vilariño also managed to qualify for the final draw after quickly beating Luis Pozo and Belar Vela 6-1/6-4. The match began with a very fast pace imposed by Oria and Vilariño, who quickly gained a great advantage on the scoreboard. They also broke their rivals’ serve three times and comfortably took the first set. The second round was more even, Pozo and Vera managed to enter the match. Both couples were solid on serve and gave their rivals practically no option to break. Oria and Vilariño took advantage of one of those opportunities to win the match. They will face Raúl Marcos and Emilio Sánchez.

In the rest of the matches in the qualifying phase, the Spanish-Argentine duo formed by Ignacio Piotto and Miguel Ángel Solbes achieved victory in a very tough match against the French Maxime Moreau and Dylan Guichard by a double 6-4. They will face Enrique Goenaga and Javi Martínez in the first round of the final draw. Ferrán Insa and Thomas Leygue also got their ticket after winning 7-5/6-1. Jaime Muñoz and Jairo Bautista await you in the final draw.

The couple formed by Aitor García and Benjamín qualified for the final draw, after coming back 3-6/7-6/6-4 against Adrián Marqués and Jaime Fermosell. They will face in the first round another couple from the previous round, Víctor Mena and Nicolás Suescun, who achieved a hard-fought victory against Emiliano Martín and Pablo Castillo by 6-1/2-6/6-1, the match was played and decided in a third set where Suescun and Mena were superior to their rivals.

Alonso Rodríguez and Pedro Araujo also advance to the final draw, who did not give Gonzalo Pérez and José Román Martínez an option. Rodríguez and Araujo controlled the match from the beginning and took the victory comfortably 6-3/6-0. Toni Bueno and Marc Quilez await them in the first round of the final draw. The last couple that got a place to play in the final draw of the Milan Premier Pádel was the one formed by Iñigo Jofre and Luis Hernández, who obtained a great victory 6-2/6-4 against Mario Ortega and Carlos Martí. His rivals in the first round will be José Solano and Daniel Windahl.

The final draw begins on Monday with the first sixteen matches of the first round of the tournament. In them, a total of thirty-two couples will seek to advance to the round, to the round of 32, where some of the serious leaders who are exempt from playing the first round will begin to come into play.