Dubai P1: qualifiers Aragón and Roglán stun Di Nenno and Navarro from 6-0 down as Lebrón and Augsburger survive

Qualifiers Manu Aragón and Albert Roglán produced the biggest upset of the men's round of 32 at the Dubai Premier Padel P1 on Wednesday 11 November, beating the No. 4 seeds Martín Di Nenno and Paquito Navarro 0-6 6-4 6-2. On the same day at the Hamdan Sports Complex, No. 2 seeds Juan Lebrón and Leo Augsburger came from a set down to reach the round of 16.

From a bagel to a comeback

Nothing in the first set suggested an upset. Di Nenno and Navarro took it 6-0, but the Spanish qualifiers turned the match around from the second set onwards, winning it 6-4 and then pulling away 6-2 in the decider. The International Padel Federation (FIP) called it "a dream day" for the pair in the title of its daily report, while Padel Addict wrote that the Spaniards' reaction was total.

Aragón and Roglán had already done plenty to get there. They came through qualifying and, according to our draw data, then beat fellow qualifiers Valdés and Núñez 6-7 (4) 6-4 7-6 (5) in the round of 64, before Wednesday's comeback.

For Navarro, the defeat came in his first tour match since he won the FIP World Cup with Spain in Doha, his last appearance for the national team. El Neverazo suggested the World Cup hangover may have played a part; neither player has commented publicly on the loss in the sources we checked. The FIP noted that with Di Nenno and Navarro gone, as well as the absent Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia and Ale Galán and Fede Chingotto, Lebrón and Augsburger are now the clear favourites.

Lebrón and Augsburger, Stupaczuk and Sanz through

Lebrón and Augsburger, top of the remaining field, were pushed hard. Manu Castaño and Pol Hernández, who had needed almost three hours to beat the Portuguese Deus brothers in the round of 64, took the first set 6-4 before the No. 2 seeds won 6-3 6-3.

Franco Stupaczuk and Jon Sanz, the No. 3 seeds and highest-ranked pair left in the top half, had a shorter day: wild cards Arnau Ayats and Emilio Sánchez Chamero retired with Stupaczuk and Sanz leading 6-3 5-1. No reason for the retirement was given in the reports we checked.

Two more seeds out, a lucky-loser escape

Flavio Abbate and Franco Dal Bianco beat No. 13 seeds Álex Ruiz and Javi García 4-6 6-1 6-4, and Víctor Ruiz and Facundo López knocked out No. 16 seeds Javi Barahona and Nacho Piotto by the same score. Marcos González and Diego García, the lucky losers who took Coello and Tapia's place in the draw, beat Álex Chozas and Juani Rubini 6-4 3-6 7-6. The FIP reported that they trailed 4-0 in the deciding tie-break and saved three match points.

Mike Yanguas and Coki Nieto (5), another two of Spain's world champions, came from a set down to beat Marc Sintes and Coquito Zamora 6-7 6-3 6-4. Tino Libaak and Gonza Alfonso (10), Fran Guerrero and Javi Leal (6), Sanyo Gutiérrez and Maxi Sánchez (15), Juan Tello and Maxi Arce (8), Edu Alonso and Aimar Goñi (9), Íñigo Jofre and Juanlu Esbrí (12), Momo González and Lucas Campagnolo (7), Jairo Bautista and Lucas Bergamini (11) and Juan de Pascual and Javi Garrido (14) also won.

What it means: the round of 16

The round of 16 is played on Thursday 12 November. Aragón and Roglán face Abbate and Dal Bianco, which means one unseeded pair is guaranteed a quarter-final place in the section Di Nenno and Navarro were seeded to lead. Lebrón and Augsburger meet Víctor Ruiz and Facundo López, and Stupaczuk and Sanz play Gutiérrez and Sánchez.

The other matches are González/García against Libaak/Alfonso, Bautista/Bergamini against Guerrero/Leal, Yanguas/Nieto against De Pascual/Garrido, Jofre/Esbrí against Campagnolo/González and an all-seeded meeting between Tello/Arce and Alonso/Goñi. It is also an important day for the pairs still chasing a place at the season-ending Finals in Barcelona.