September 4, 2026
The top seeds are gone, underdogs are cashing in, and your fantasy team might never recover
The Madrid P1 quarterfinals just rewrote the script nobody was expecting. Agustín Tapia and Arturo Coello — the pair every fantasy manager built their team around — are out, beaten in a double tiebreak thriller by Jorge Nieto and Miguel Yanguas, who combined for a jaw-dropping 101.1 FP in a single match. This is the round that separates the managers who had the nerve to gamble from the ones clutching expensive, eliminated assets.
Let's start with the earthquake. Nieto and Yanguas took down Tapia and Coello 5-7, 7-6(5), and that second-set tiebreak alone probably aged a few fantasy managers by several years. Nieto banked 51.6 FP and Yanguas collected 49.5 — the two highest scores of the entire round across both draws. The price? Tapia and Coello, who entered this tournament as the benchmark pair, left with a combined 3.8 FP after the loss multiplier gutted them. If you had them in your squad, you felt that.
The men's other three matches all went three sets, which tells you everything about the quality and chaos on court. Gonzalo Alfonso and Tino Libaak dug deep to eliminate Flavio Abbate and Alonso Rodríguez Martínez 6-4, 7-6(2), 4-6... wait, reversed — it went 6-4, 6(2)-7, 4-6, meaning Libaak (26.3 FP) and Alfonso (25.7 FP) ground it out the hard way and still delivered solid returns for their price point. Meanwhile, Iñigo Jofre and Jairo Bautista knocked out Alejandro Arroyo and José Jiménez in another three-setter, with Jofre putting up 40 FP and Bautista adding 37.7. That second set went to 14 points in the tiebreak — fourteen — before Jofre and Bautista finally closed it out.
Federico Chingotto and Alejandro Galán scraped through against Martín Di Nenno and Francisco Navarro, winning 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(5) in what was probably the most nerve-shredding match of the day for anyone who had them in their lineup. They got the win, Chingotto posted 18.3 FP and Galán 19.4, and while those numbers aren't spectacular, they're through to the semis and still carrying their season averages of 113.4 and 106.8 FP respectively. They're expensive for a reason.
| # | Player | FP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jorge Nieto | 51.6 |
| 2 | Miguel Yanguas | 49.5 |
| 3 | Inigo Jofre | 40.0 |
| 4 | Jairo Bautista | 37.7 |
The women's draw was a different story — two matches were relatively comfortable, two were absolute wars. The headline at the top of the bracket is Beatriz González Fernández and Paula Josemaría Martín absolutely dismantling Marta Ortega Gallego and Sofía Araújo, 6-0, 6-2. Ortega ended up on -19.1 FP and Araújo on -19.9. That's a brutal loss multiplier doing its thing. González put up 39.3 FP and Josemaría 37.9, and with season averages of 90.6 and 102.8 respectively, they look ominous heading into the semis.
Gemma Triay Pons and Delfina Brea Senesi were equally clinical, beating Alejandra Salazar and Aranzazu Osoro 6-3, 6-3. Triay banked 22.5 FP and Brea 23.9 — not their biggest haul, but Salazar and Osoro finished on negative points (-4 and -3.6), which means the difficulty coefficient didn't do Triay and Brea many favours either. Still, the world's number one pair marching into the semis in Madrid is very much expected business.
The real drama came in the middle of the draw. Ariana Sánchez and Andrea Ustero Prieto edged out Tamara Icardo and Claudia Jensen in a three-set battle — 7-6(6), 1-6, 3-6, with Sánchez posting 33.9 FP and Ustero Prieto a massive 35.9. Martina Calvo Santamaría and Claudia Fernández Sánchez were the other pair to impress, knocking out Marina Guinart and Alejandra Alonso de Villa 7-6(4), 6-2, with Calvo putting up the round's best women's score at 35.7 FP. At a cost of just 115.5 credits and a value ratio of 0.68 FP per credit, she is quietly the best deal left in this tournament.
| # | Player | FP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beatriz Gonzalez Fernandez | 39.3 |
| 2 | Paula Josemaria Martin | 37.9 |
| 3 | Andrea Ustero Prieto | 35.9 |
| 4 | Martina Calvo Santamaria | 35.7 |
| 5 | Ariana Sanchez Fallada | 33.9 |
The standout fantasy story of this round is how the scoring system absolutely rewarded the underdogs. Nieto and Yanguas, ranked 10th and 8th respectively, upset the tournament favourites and their difficulty coefficients lit up like a scoreboard — more on that in the next section. Meanwhile, the favourites who won their matches, like Chingotto, Galán, Triay and Brea, posted modest returns because the system expects them to win and prices that in accordingly. The ranking multiplier below 1.0 for elite pairs is a ceiling that keeps their individual match scores from exploding, no matter how well they play.
On the other end of the spectrum, Arroyo and Jiménez combined for -17 FP between them, and Ortega and Araújo were even worse at nearly -39 FP combined. These are the picks that sink fantasy squads at the business end of a tournament, and if you had any of them still rostered, this round hurt. The lesson heading into the semis is clear: big names who win narrowly might score less than mid-ranked pairs who pull off the right upset at the right time.
Let's break down exactly how Jorge Nieto ended up with 51.6 FP, because it's a perfect example of how the system rewards chaos. He starts with the quarterfinal base score of 18 points — that's just for showing up at this stage. Win the match and you add 4, so you're at 22. Then his game score adds 3.9 (rewarding close, competitive play in a tiebreak win against a top seed) and his stats bonus chips in another 5 points for his serve and return performance, bringing the subtotal to 30.9. That gets multiplied by his ranking multiplier of 0.97 — he's ranked 10th, so he's nearly elite but still gets a very slight boost — landing at 30 FP. Then the difficulty coefficient of 1.72 kicks in, because he just beat Tapia and Coello, and suddenly 30 becomes 51.6. That final multiplier is everything. It's the system saying: you weren't supposed to win this, and you did it anyway, so here's your reward.
Compare that to Iñigo Jofre's 40 FP. He also won, also in a tough three-setter, but his game score was higher at 9.9 — reflecting how dominant the scoreline looked at times — and his stats bonus was 4. Subtotal of 35.9, then a ranking multiplier of 1.05 (he's ranked 33rd, so the system gives him a meaningful boost) brings it to 37.7, and a difficulty coefficient of 1.06 — his opponents were decent but not Tapia-and-Coello-level scary — nudges it to an even 40 FP. So Jofre actually had a higher game score than Nieto, but the gap in difficulty coefficient is what separates 40 FP from 51.6. Beat a bigger giant, earn a bigger payout. Simple as that.
💡 Lock in Martina Calvo Santamaría (#9, 115.5 credits, 0.68 FP/credit, avg 78.5 FP/tournament) — she's the most underpriced player left in Madrid by a significant margin and just showed she can post 35+ FP in a quarterfinal. At that cost, she's a must-have.
⚡ Beatriz González Fernández is your premium value pick on the women's side — ranked #3, averaging 90.6 FP, and at 141.7 credits she's considerably cheaper than the Triay/Brea/Josemaría tier while posting very similar output. Her 0.64 FP/credit ratio is second best in the draw.
⚠️ Hold Chingotto and Galán if you have them, but don't panic-buy them now — at 193.7 and 192.2 credits with value ratios of just 0.59 and 0.56, they're priced for pedigree not bargain-hunting. They'll score fine in the semis but don't expect the FP explosions that Nieto and Yanguas just delivered.
🎯 Nieto (128.7 credits, avg 59.2 FP) and Yanguas (129.9 credits, avg 60.7 FP) are absolutely worth a spot in your semifinal squad. They've already proven they can beat anyone in this draw, and if the difficulty coefficient fires again against whoever they face, another 45-50 FP performance is genuinely on the table.
💣 The biggest upset of the tournament: Nieto & Yanguas eliminate Tapia & Coello and combine for 101.1 FP — the two highest scores of the round by a mile
⏱️ Three of four men's matches went three sets, including a second-set tiebreak that stretched to 14 points between Jofre/Bautista and Arroyo/Jiménez
📉 Ortega and Araújo exit the tournament on a combined -39 FP, while Tapia and Coello manage just 3.8 FP between them — a brutal combined haul for anyone who still had them rostered
💎 Martina Calvo Santamaría quietly posts the best value score of the entire round at 35.7 FP on a 115.5-credit price tag — 0.68 FP per credit is the best ratio of anyone left in either draw
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GusTeam | 508.2 |
| 2 | Padelcilu | 499.1 |
| 3 | DavidCereCat | 495.1 |
| 4 | Dragonflow | 493.4 |
| 5 | ZeGalan | 480.5 |
1. Prioritise difficulty coefficient above everything else — a mid-ranked player beating a top seed scores more than a top seed beating anyone
2. At the semifinal stage, base points jump to 28, so even a losing performance in a close three-setter returns more raw points than a first-round win — every pick matters more now
3. Don't double up on the same pair unless you're confident they'll win — a loss at this stage with a base of 28 still comes back as just 40% of that, which stings
The semis are set and the Madrid P1 fantasy title is still up for grabs — GusTeam leads at 508.2 but the top five are separated by less than 30 points. Make your picks count.