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Coello & Tapia. Four in a row. — Milano final · 4-6 6-3 6-2 over Lebrón / Augsburger
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Coello and Tapia Make It Four in a Row in Milano

Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia won the Oysho Milano Premier Padel P1 on Sunday. They beat Juan Lebrón and Leo Augsburger 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the final. It is their 12th title of 2026 and their fourth in a row, after Paris, Rotterdam and Düsseldorf.

For one set, it looked like the run would end. Lebrón and Augsburger took the first 6-4, their first set against the world #1s in eleven attempts. In the second, they led 15-40 on the decisive third game.

Then Augsburger missed a smash on a break point. Coello and Tapia saved three break points, broke in the next game and won the second set 6-3. The third was 6-2. Coello admitted the challengers played better in the first set, but they could not keep it up.

The run now stands at 18 matches won in a row. Coello also reached his 300th career win on the circuit in the semifinal against Franco Stupaczuk and Jon Sanz, a first.

Our read: the men's tour is being decided weeks before Barcelona. The only pair who looked able to stop them this week was the one that lost in three sets.

The women's final deserves equal billing. Ari Sánchez and Andrea Ustero, the No. 3 seeds, beat Paula Josemaría and Bea González 7-6 6-3. They came back from 2-5 down in the first set to win the tie-break.

It is their third title in four tournaments and their fifth of 2026. It also puts Sánchez on 58 career titles, level with Gemma Triay and Alejandra Salazar at the top of the women's all-time list. The 2026 head-to-head with Josemaría/González is now 4-4.

Next up is the Kuwait Major, where Coello and Tapia arrive chasing a fifth straight and Sánchez arrives chasing the record outright.

Source: COPE, Indy, Padel Magazine UK, Sportmediaset

Quick Hits

  • Galán and Chingotto blow a 6-0 set. The defending Milano champions won the first set of their semifinal 6-0 against Lebrón/Augsburger, then lost the next two 6-2, 6-2. They are still second in the FIP Race, but a 6-0 set is a warning, not a lead. (Indy)
  • The FIP bans paid partnerships. At its 36th General Assembly in Madrid on 12 October, the FIP approved a new Code of Ethics and Disciplinary Code. Paying a partner, or being paid to partner someone, is now sanctionable, with fines no longer capped at €30,000 and bans of two months to five years. (World Padel Network)
  • The women's Finals cut is a knife fight. Verónica Virseda holds the 16th and last Barcelona place, only 240 points clear of Bea Caldera and Carmen Goenaga in 20th. In the men's race, Javi Leal holds the last ticket on 2,785 points, 478 ahead of Juan Tello. (VibrandoPadel)
  • 2027 ranking rules are set, the calendar is not. As of 16 October, the 2027 calendar was still unpublished. The FIP ranking will count a player's best 21 results instead of 22, and early rounds at Majors, P1s and P2s will carry more points. (TiebreakNews)
  • Rocket Padel raises €8m for 20 London courts. The round funds 11 courts in a former film studio in Shepherd's Bush and nine in East Croydon, due early 2027. Its Battersea flagship is 95% booked, which explains the appetite. (The Cap Table)

Weekend Results

Oysho Milano Premier Padel P1, Allianz Cloud, Milan

Men's

  • Final: Arturo Coello / Agustín Tapia (1) def. Juan Lebrón / Leo Augsburger (3) 4-6 6-3 6-2
  • Semifinals: Coello/Tapia def. Stupaczuk/Sanz 6-4 6-3. Lebrón/Augsburger def. Galán/Chingotto 0-6 6-2 6-2.

Women's

  • Final: Ari Sánchez / Andrea Ustero (3) def. Paula Josemaría / Bea González (2) 7-6 6-3
  • Semifinals: Sánchez/Ustero def. Triay/Brea 6-1 6-4. Josemaría/González def. Fernández/Calvo 6-2 7-6.

Elsewhere: France P1000 events

  • C5 Stadium, Bastia: Adrien Maigret / Romain Sichez won.
  • Arsenal Padel: Matthieu Escalé / Damien Lozano won, Escalé's first P1000 title.
  • 4PADEL Limoges: Quentin Bernard / Peloux won in 2h13.
  • Drag'N Ball: Julien Biron / Benjamin Tullou won.

Source: Indy, COPE, Padel Magazine UK

Coming Up Next

Kuwait Major, 26-31 October, The Arena Kuwait. It is indoors, with 2,000 points for the winners and €1,044,849 in prize money.

The draw has 48 men's pairs and 40 women's pairs. Qualifying starts 23 October, the first round is 25 October and the finals are on Saturday 31 October.

  • It was a P1 until the April Qatar Major was postponed. It is a Major for 2026 only.
  • Coello/Tapia arrive on four straight titles. Galán/Chingotto beat them here in 2024 but have not beaten them in a final since.
  • Stupaczuk/Sanz and Lebrón/Augsburger are the other men's contenders.
  • In the women's draw, Triay/Brea and González/Josemaría each have six titles this year, Sánchez/Ustero four and Fernández/Calvo two.
  • Coki Nieto has been out injured and is targeting Kuwait. The entry list was not yet published at time of writing.

Follow the early rounds on Premier Padel's YouTube channel and its broadcast partners. (TiebreakNews, SCUD)

FIP World Cup, Doha, 2-7 November. There are 16 men's and 16 women's teams and a record €1.2m prize pool. Argentina defend the men's title and Spain the women's. (TiebreakNews)

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Did You Know?

The FIP now counts 115 member federations after admitting 15 new ones in Madrid, including Angola, Zambia, Singapore and Uzbekistan. The assembly also outlined a FIP World League, a competition for national teams that miss out on the World Cup. In effect, padel is building its own B-World Cup. (PadelSpain)

Player Spotlight

Javi Leal

Left out of Spain's World Cup eight, Javi Leal answered in Lyon. Days after he and Fran Guerrero were cut from the pre-list of 12, the childhood partners won their second FIP Platinum title of 2026, beating Stupaczuk/Sanz 4-6 6-4 6-1.

Leal credits Guerrero: "We've been together all our lives, and if I stand out it's because of him." They split in 2025 and reunited in May. In August, Leal reached his first Premier Padel final in Pretoria, ending Coello/Tapia's run of 27 straight finals before losing to Galán/Chingotto.

Since Lyon: two round-of-16 exits and a quarter-final loss in Milano. He still holds the last Finals place, 16th on 2,785 points, 478 clear of Juan Tello (standings as of 12 Oct, before Milano).

Hot Take

The FIP just banned paying for a partner, which means the tour has admitted on paper that the practice was routine. A rule nobody needed until it happened is a confession, not a reform.

Uncapped fines will not fix a circuit where ranking points decide who can afford to play together. Premier Padel needs to publish how it will detect these deals, or the ban will punish only the people who are careless. The honest fix is a transparent pairing system, not a bigger penalty.

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