Premier Padel, sensational Diestro and Esbrì: they beat the world number 1 pair Tapia-Coello

The Premier Padel Asunción P2 is the tournament of surprises. In the upper part of the men's draw, the least anticipated semifinal will be played, because the two seeded couples will not face each other. The magical week of José Diestro and Juanlu Esbri is not over yet: the couple, in their first tournament together, after Garrido/Libaak and Bergamini/Navarro, also sensationally eliminated the numbers 1 of the FIP ranking, Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia , with a score of 6-3 2-6 7-6.

A sensational feat by Diestro (number 37 in the ranking) and Esbri (31), who in the last match of a program that will start at 2 pm local time (7 pm CET) will challenge the 'Carburgers', Pablo Cardona and Leo Augsburger , protagonists of the other surprise of the day: the Spaniard and the Argentine, who had already reached the semi-final in Riyadh in the first tournament of the season, stopped the run of Franco Stupaczuk and Juan Lebron with a score of 6-3 5-7 6-2.

In the other semi-final, the one in the lower half, Fede Chingotto and Ale Galan (ahead thanks to a 6-0 6-2 win over Alex Chozas and Sanyo Gutierrez ) will face off against Martin Di Nenno and Juan Tello , who were ahead by a set before the retirement of Victor Ruiz and Xisco Gil .

Many surprises in the men's tournament in Paraguay, everything according to expectations in the women's tournament, where the first four couples of the seeding reached the semifinals. Doubles 6-1 for Paula Josemaria and Ari Sanchez over Marta Ortega and Ale Alonso and semifinal earned against Bea Gonzalez and Claudia Fernandez , who took advantage of the withdrawal of Tamara Icardo and Claudja Jensen .

In the lower half, however, 6-4 6-2 by Delfi Brea and Gemma Triay over Martina Calvo and Aranzazu Osoro , who were nevertheless the protagonists of a great tournament: in the semi-final, the number 2 players in the draw will face Sofia Araujo and Andrea Ustero , who were able to eliminate (7-6 6-3) Lucia Sainz and Patty Llaguno in their first tournament as a couple.