Dubai P1: De Pascual and Garrido edge Yanguas and Nieto in two tie-breaks as the quarter-final line-up is set

Juani de Pascual and Javi Garrido knocked out No. 5 seeds Mike Yanguas and Coki Nieto 7-6(3) 3-6 7-6(6) in the men's round of 16 at the Dubai Premier Padel P1 on Thursday 12 November. It was one of two upsets of seeded pairs on a day that settled both quarter-final line-ups at the Hamdan Sports Complex.

Two tie-breaks decide it

The No. 14 seeds took the opening set on a tie-break, lost the second 6-3 and then won a second tie-break 8-6 to close out the match. Analistas Pádel listed the result among the big surprises of the day.

Yanguas and Nieto had already needed three sets on Wednesday to get past Marc Sintes and Coquito Zamora, after dropping the first set on a tie-break.

De Pascual and Garrido now face Franco Stupaczuk and Jon Sanz. The No. 3 seeds beat Sanyo Gutiérrez and Maxi Sánchez 6-3 6-4, a day after their round-of-32 opponents retired.

Bautista and Bergamini turn it around

The other upset of the session followed a similar script. Jairo Bautista and Lucas Bergamini, seeded 11th, won only one game in the first set against No. 6 seeds Fran Guerrero and Javi Leal, then took a tight second set 7-5 and pulled away 6-3 in the decider.

Their reward is a quarter-final against Tino Libaak and Gonza Alfonso (10), who beat lucky losers Marcos González and Diego García 6-2 6-3.

The giant-killing run of qualifiers Manu Aragón and Albert Roglán also came to an end. A day after their comeback against Martín Di Nenno and Paquito Navarro, they lost 7-6(3) 6-3 to Flavio Abbate and Franco Dal Bianco, the only unseeded pair left in the men's draw. Abbate and Dal Bianco play Momo González and Lucas Campagnolo (7), who beat Íñigo Jofre and Juanlu Esbrí (12) 6-3 6-3.

Lebrón and Augsburger in control

After being pushed to three sets in their opener, Juan Lebrón and Leo Augsburger, the No. 2 seeds and the highest-ranked pair still in Dubai, beat Víctor Ruiz and Facundo López 6-2 6-4. Juan Tello and Maxi Arce (8) came from a set down to beat Edu Alonso and Aimar Goñi (9) 3-6 6-3 6-2 and will be their next opponents.

That is the standout men's quarter-final on paper. Tello and Arce reached the final of the Kuwait Major at the end of October, where they lost to Coello and Tapia, while Lebrón and Augsburger went out in the round of 16 there to Libaak and Alfonso.

Women: top four seeds through, one upset

The women's round of 16 was also played on Thursday. Jimena Velasco and Raquel Eugenio provided the only upset, beating No. 5 seeds Marta Ortega and Sofía Araújo 4-6 6-4 6-3.

Gemma Triay and Delfi Brea (1) beat Marta Talaván and Sofía Saiz 6-3 6-1, Paula Josemaría and Bea González (2) beat Martina Fassio and Vero Virseda 6-4 6-1, Ari Sánchez and Andrea Ustero (3) dropped four games against Letizia Manquillo and Lucía Sainz, and Claudia Fernández and Martina Calvo (4) beat Jessica Castelló and Rodríguez 7-6(2) 6-4. Lorena Rufo and Victoria Iglesias, who knocked out the No. 8 seeds on Tuesday, beat qualifiers Amanda López and Camila Fassio 6-4 4-6 6-2.

The quarter-finals on Friday

All 16 pairs are back on court on Friday 13 November. In the men's draw: Libaak/Alfonso v Bautista/Bergamini, De Pascual/Garrido v Stupaczuk/Sanz, Abbate/Dal Bianco v González/Campagnolo and Tello/Arce v Lebrón/Augsburger.

In the women's draw: Triay/Brea v Claudia Jensen and Tamara Icardo (6), Rufo/Iglesias v Fernández/Calvo, Sánchez/Ustero v Velasco/Eugenio and Marina Guinart and Ale Alonso (7) v Josemaría/González. Guinart and Alonso beat Noa Cánovas and Marina Lobo 6-4 6-2, while Jensen and Icardo beat qualifiers Marta Arellano and Victoria Kurz 6-4 6-2.

With Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia withdrawn and Martín Di Nenno and Paquito Navarro beaten in the round of 32, Lebrón and Augsburger are the only pair from the top four seeds left in the bottom half, and Stupaczuk and Sanz the only one in the top half.