6-4 6-4 on Pietrangeli for Tapia/Coello, and 6-4 6-4 on Centrale for Belasteguin/Tello, with nearly equal lengths and winning match-points just minutes apart. After winning their opening match on the Foro Italico courts on Thursday, the final two highly anticipated pairs in the BNL Italy Major also secured a spot in the round of 16. The “Boss” Bela arrived in Italy following the first seasonal semifinal held in Bordeaux. In the year that will mark the conclusion of the most successful career in padel history, he is spending his final days in Rome and hopes to play a major part this year as well as between 2022 and 2023. With a double 6-4 victory against Windahl/Solano and a comeback from 0-3 in the second set, they proved they had what it took to advance to the quarterfinals, where they will play Campagnolo/Leal on Thursday.
Rather, a packed Pietrangeli celebrated the return to Rome of the defending champions, Coello/Tapia, who are leading the league in wins this season and last. One of their main goals is to win the Foro Italico Major, and they achieved this goal last year in a more closer match than anticipated against qualifiers Mario Huete and Adrian Marques. Don’t worry, though; the best people are adept at consuming energy and know when to pick up the pace.
The next pairing, Franco Stupaczuk and Martin Di Nenno, also got off to a strong start. In their match against Sanchez/Valdes, they were able to take leads of 6-0, 2-0, and three double break points (from 40-0) before facing a slight downturn that gave his opponents the opportunity to tie the match and force a 7-5 finish. However, this does not imply that it is a bad thing because it will help to remind them that they must remain vigilant in order to prevail. not even during the premiere.
