Milano P1 Day 2: Dal Pozzo and Orsi carry Italy, Velasco-Eugenio stun

One day after every Italian pair went out on the opening day of the Oysho Milano Premier Padel P1, the home crowd at the Allianz Cloud got something to cheer about. On Tuesday, the second day of play, Giulia Dal Pozzo and Carolina Orsi both reached the next round of the women's draw. In the men's draw, Francisco Navarro and Martin Di Nenno opened with a win as the chase for the last Premier Padel Finals places gets serious.

Dal Pozzo wins the Italian derby, Orsi fights back

Dal Pozzo and Nuria Rodriguez won the all-Italian clash with Giorgia Marchetti and Lara Arruabarrena 6-0 6-3. The 6-0 opening set settled the match early. The pair came to Milan in form after winning a CUPRA FIP Tour title in Croatia the previous weekend, according to the International Padel Federation (FIP). Next up is a round-of-16 match against Alejandra Salazar and Aranzazu Osoro. Salazar and Osoro lost only three games against Alix Collombon and Ksenia Sharifova, also winning 6-0 6-3.

Orsi had a harder day. She and Patricia Llaguno dropped the first set to Sofía Saiz and Marta Talavan, then took control to win 4-6 6-3 6-2. With two Italian players through, the tournament now has a home storyline to follow.

Velasco and Eugenio knock out the seventh seeds

The biggest upset of the day was in the women's draw. Jimena Velasco and Raquel Eugenio came from a set down to beat seventh seeds Marina Guinart and Alejandra Alonso 4-6 6-4 7-5. The deciding set went all the way to 7-5.

There was another surprise in the men's draw. Padel Addict reported that José Antonio Diestro and Marc Sintes beat the 12th seeds, Iñigo Jofre and Juanlu Esbri, 6-3 6-3.

Navarro and Di Nenno start cleanly, Yanguas plays without Nieto

Fifth seeds Navarro and Di Nenno beat David Gala and Enzo Jensen 6-3 6-3. Francisco Guerrero and Javier Leal were just as convincing, beating Álvaro Cepero and Andrés Fernández Lancha 6-3 6-2.

Jeronimo Gonzalez and Lucas Campagnolo needed three sets. They lost the first to Nacho Piotto and Javier Barahona and then won 4-6 6-3 6-2.

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Miguel Yanguas played in Milan without his usual partner. Padel Addict reported that Jorge "Coki" Nieto is out injured, so Yanguas teamed up with Pablo Lijó. They beat Javi Ruiz and José Luis González 7-6 6-2 after a tight first set.

Wednesday: the top seeds start

The biggest names in the men's draw play their first matches today. World number ones Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia are going for a fourth title in a row after Paris, Rotterdam and Düsseldorf. They start against qualifiers Arnau Ayats and Emilio Sánchez Chamero.

Defending champions Alejandro Galán and Federico Chingotto play the Portuguese brothers Nuno and Miguel Deus. Juan Lebrón and Leandro Augsburger also start today, as do Franco Stupaczuk and Jon Sanz, who reached the finals in Rotterdam and Düsseldorf. The four top-seeded women's pairs, including Gemma Triay and Delfi Brea, start on Thursday.