Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia needed only 54 minutes to start their Kuwait Major, beating Flavio Abbate and Franco Dal Bianco 6-3 6-0 in the round of 32 on Tuesday, 27 October. Around them, three seeded men's pairs and the women's No. 8 seeds were knocked out in the first rounds of the year's third Major, which awards 2,000 points to the winners.
Sintes and Zamora steal the show
The biggest upset in the men's draw came from Marc Sintes and Coquito Zamora, who beat No. 8 seeds Momo González and Lucas Campagnolo 6-4 3-6 7-5, the International Padel Federation reported. Pol Hernández and Manuel Castaño beat No. 15 seeds José Jiménez and Alex Arroyo 6-3 6-3, and Enrique Goenaga and Guille Collado beat No. 16 seeds Javi Garrido and Juani De Pascual 6-2 7-6(4), according to our draw data.
The other favourites came through. Juan Lebrón and Leo Augsburger, seeded third, beat qualifiers Juan Cruz Belluati and Martín Abud 6-4 6-3. Franco Stupaczuk and Jon Sanz beat Andrés Fernández and José Diestro 6-2 7-6(3), and Martín Di Nenno and Paquito Navarro beat Álvaro Montiel and Dani Santigosa 6-2 6-3. Coki Nieto, back in action with Mike Yanguas, needed 2 hours and 10 minutes to beat José Solano and Ramiro Pereyra 6-3 3-6 6-4.
Bidahorria and Riera keep winning
In the women's draw, Argentina's Julieta Bidahorria and Virginia Riera beat No. 8 seeds Ale Salazar and Aranzazu Osoro 6-2 2-6 6-1. The pair arrived in Kuwait with three titles in a month on the FIP circuit, two FIP Silver events (Nairobi and Houten) and the FIP Gold in Seville, the FIP noted, and they will play for Argentina at the FIP World Cup. They face Lorena Rufo and Victoria Iglesias (13) next. Marta Talavan and Sofía Saiz, the other unseeded pair in the last 16, came back to beat Jessica Castelló and Laia Rodríguez 4-6 7-5 6-4.
What comes next
The round of 16 brings the top seeds into the women's draw: Delfi Brea and Gemma Triay play Talavan and Saiz, while Paula Josemaría and Bea González start against Jana Montes and Marta Barrera. In the men's draw, Coello and Tapia face Goenaga and Collado, and the biggest match of the round puts Lebrón and Augsburger against Tino Libaak and Gonzalo Alfonso (12). The No. 2 seeds' half is open after the withdrawal of Galán and Chingotto. Live results and the order of play are on our Kuwait Major 2026 page.
Sources
This article was written by TiebreakNews from the reporting below, checked against official results and rankings.
- International Padel Federation — Day2. Sintes-Zamora steal the show, as do Hernandez-Castaño. Coello and Tapia take centre stage on Tuesday
- International Padel Federation — Day3. Bidahorria and Riera keep going: three titles in a month, now into the last 16 of a Major ahead of the FIP World Cup
- TiebreakNews — Kuwait Major 2026 — draw and results