Milano P1: Garrido and De Pascual stun Navarro and Di Nenno in last 16

Fifth seeds Francisco "Paquito" Navarro and Martín Di Nenno are out of the OYSHO Milano Premier Padel P1. On Thursday at the Allianz Cloud, Javi Garrido and Juani De Pascual, seeded 16th, beat them 6-2, 6-3 in the round of 16. The official Premier Padel report called it a "major upset", and it was the only seeded casualty in a men's round that otherwise went to form.

The result sends Garrido and De Pascual into a quarter-final against third seeds Juan Lebrón and Leandro Augsburger. For Navarro and Di Nenno, Milan ends in the last 16.

A straight-sets statement from the 16th seeds

The scoreline shows how complete the win was. Garrido and De Pascual never let the fifth seeds settle and closed it out in two sets. They had already warned the field at the Düsseldorf P2, where they came close to knocking out the second seeds in the round of 16, according to Spanish outlet El Neverazo. In Milan they finished the job against a top-five pair.

Lebrón and Augsburger reached the last eight by beating Eduardo Alonso and Aimar Goñi 6-4, 6-2. That quarter-final is scheduled for Friday on Court 1. Play on that court starts at 15:00 CEST, and the men's match follows the women's quarter-final between Claudia Fernández and Martina Calvo and Marta Ortega and Sofía Araújo.

Libaak and Alfonso set up a Chingalán showdown

The other big story of the bottom half is Valentino Libaak and Gonzalo Alfonso. They beat Miguel Yanguas and Pablo Lijó 6-1, 7-6 and are now in the quarter-finals at a second straight Premier Padel event. This season they have also won two FIP Silver tournaments.

Their reward is a meeting with the defending champions. Federico Chingotto and Alejandro Galán needed only 58 minutes to beat Xisco Gil and Ramiro Valenzuela 6-1, 6-1. Galán has won three of the four previous editions of the Milan event, and the Chingalán are favourites again. Libaak and Alfonso, though, arrive with more momentum than any other pair in their part of the draw.

The bottom half also carries a bigger subplot. If Galán-Chingotto and Lebrón-Augsburger both win on Friday, Galán and his former partner Lebrón will meet in the semi-finals.

Top half: Coello-Tapia cruise, Momo and Campagnolo need three

World number ones Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia, who arrive on a three-title run after Paris, Rotterdam and Düsseldorf, beat José Jiménez and Alejandro Arroyo 6-2, 6-2. Next up are sixth seeds Francisco Guerrero and Javier Leal, who got past Diestro and Sintes in straight sets.

Franco Stupaczuk and Jon Sanz matched that 6-2, 6-2 scoreline against Javier García and Alejandro Ruiz. They will face Jerónimo "Momo" González and Lucas Campagnolo, who needed three sets to beat Jairo Bautista and Lucas Bergamini 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.

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Friday's men's quarter-finals:

Coello/Tapia vs Guerrero/Leal
González/Campagnolo vs Stupaczuk/Sanz
Lebrón/Augsburger vs Garrido/De Pascual
Libaak/Alfonso vs Galán/Chingotto

How to watch

Action on Centre Court starts at 09:00 CEST, and the Libaak-Alfonso vs Chingalán match is scheduled for the evening session. In Spain, the quarter-finals are on Red Bull TV, free to watch, and Movistar Plus+. Internationally, coverage is split between ESPN, beIN Sports, Sky Italia, Canal+ and other regional broadcasters. Whoever wins the Garrido/De Pascual vs Lebrón/Augsburger match will be one step from a possible meeting with Galán in the semi-finals.