Milano P1 2026 R16: Garrido & De Pascual Steal the Show as the Favourites March On

The Round of 16 at Milano P1 2026 delivered exactly what we needed: a handful of routine favourites cruising through, a couple of genuine upsets, and one absolutely filthy fantasy performance from Javier Garrido and Juan Ignacio De Pascual, who dropped a combined 118.4 FP on their managers' laps after dismantling Martin Di Nenno and Francisco Navarro 6-2, 6-3. De Pascual's 65.5 FP was the single highest score of the entire round — men's or women's — and if you had him in your squad, you're probably still refreshing the leaderboard just to see your name sit a little higher. The Tapia-Coello machine rolled on, Galan and Chingotto looked sharp, and in the women's draw, Brea Senesi and Triay Pons were simply untouchable.

🏆 Men · Round of 16 — Results

Let's start at the top, because Tapia and Coello made it look embarrassingly easy. A 6-2, 6-2 dismantling of Jose Jimenez and Alejandro Arroyo — both men banking 18.7 FP each — is the kind of result that looks inevitable on paper and yet somehow still impresses you when you watch it happen. The world number ones are in ominous form, and with Coello averaging 104.0 FP across the season (cost: 193 credits, value: 0.54 FP/credit), he's the kind of premium pick you hold no matter how expensive he feels. Same story on the other side of the draw: Galan and Chingotto swept Francisco Gil and Ramiro Valenzuela 6-1, 6-1, earning 23.6 FP apiece. Chingotto's season average of 113.4 FP at 193.7 credits (0.59 FP/credit) makes him arguably the best value at the elite tier right now.

But the headline act was unquestionably Garrido and De Pascual. Beating Di Nenno and Navarro — a top-eight pair — 6-2, 6-3 was a statement, and the fantasy system rewarded it accordingly. More on the exact numbers in the scoring breakdown, but 52.9 and 65.5 FP from a pair that cost a fraction of the elite options? That's the kind of differential that wins tournaments. Meanwhile, Stupaczuk and Jon Sanz were clinical against Alex Ruiz and Javier Garcia, handing their opponents -13.4 and -12.9 FP respectively while Sanz topped 30.7 FP himself. The 6-2, 6-2 scoreline told you everything. Sanz (122.9 credits, 0.42 FP/credit) is criminally underpriced if he keeps this up.

The men's three-setter went to Campagnolo and Momo Gonzalez over Jairo Bautista and Lucas Bergamini — a scrappy 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 that earned Campagnolo 18.2 FP and Gonzalez 16.2 FP. Bautista and Bergamini made a match of it in that second set, but ultimately couldn't sustain it. Guerrero and Leal also turned heads, beating Diestro and Sintes Villalonga 6-3, 6-4 to put up 19.6 and 21.9 FP respectively. Guerrero is ranked 12th and costs just 115.2 credits — at 0.37 FP/credit his season average flatters to deceive a little, but a run here in Milan could change that fast. And then there was the Tino Libaak and Gonzalo Alfonso upset — toppling Yanguas and Lijo in straight sets to post 54.3 and 31.2 FP respectively. Libaak was the second-highest scorer of the round. More on that below.

📊 Men · Top Fantasy Scorers

#	Player	FP
1	Juan Ignacio De Pascual	65.5
2	Tino Libaak	54.3
3	Javier Garrido	52.9
4	Gonzalo Alfonso	31.2
5	Jon Sanz	30.7

🏆 Women · Round of 16 — Results

Brea Senesi and Triay Pons didn't so much play a match as conduct a masterclass. A 6-0, 6-3 bagel-adjacent demolition of Caldera Sanchez and Canovas Paredes — 23.7 FP for Brea, 22.2 for Triay — is exactly what you expect from the world number one pairing, and exactly why they remain essential fantasy picks despite their premium price tags. Brea Senesi (192.2 credits, 0.54 FP/credit, 103.4 FP season average) and Triay (192.5 credits, 0.53 FP/credit, 101.9 season average) are as close to guaranteed output as this game offers.

The women's round did throw up its most interesting result in the Iglesias Segador and Rufo Ortiz match, which needed three full sets before Paula Josemaria Martin and Beatriz Gonzalez Fernandez prevailed 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-2. Iglesias and Rufo took that first set to a tiebreak and made a real contest of it — but Martin and Gonzalez steadied the ship and won comfortably in the decider. Both advanced players bank 17.1 FP each, modest but earned. Gonzalez Fernandez is worth watching — ranked third, averaging 90.6 FP at just 141.7 credits (0.64 FP/credit), she's one of the best value plays in the women's draw heading into the quarter-finals.

Elsewhere, Salazar Bengoechea and Osoro Ulrich were excellent against local wildcards Dal Pozzo and Rodriguez, winning 6-4, 6-2. Osoro Ulrich's 31.4 FP was the top women's score of the round — fifth overall — and Salazar's 29.4 wasn't far behind. Jensen and Icardo were also impressive, taking down Virseda and Fassio Goyeneche 7-6(1), 6-1, with Icardo's 32.4 FP making her the top women's scorer. Ariana Sanchez Fallada and Andrea Ustero Prieto saw off the Martinez pairing 6-3, 6-2 to keep their tournament alive, and Fernandez Sanchez and Calvo Santamaria were equally dominant — Calvo's 22.4 FP and Fernandez Sanchez's 19.8 FP solid contributions from a pair that's quietly building momentum.

📊 Women · Top Fantasy Scorers

#	Player	FP
1	Tamara Icardo Alcorisa	32.4
2	Aranzazu Osoro Ulrich	31.4
3	Alejandra Salazar Bengoechea	29.4
4	Jimena Velasco Postiguillo	29.2

📈 Fantasy Insights

The standout FP trend of this round is simple: the difficulty coefficient is everything right now. Garrido, De Pascual, Libaak, and Alfonso all massively overperformed their base expectations because they beat teams ranked well above them — and the scoring system cranked their multipliers accordingly. De Pascual's 65.5 FP from a round-of-16 win is genuinely exceptional; most elite players aren't hitting those numbers at this stage. On the flip side, the losers in blowouts were absolutely punished — Ruiz (-13.4), Garcia (-12.9), Di Nenno (-24.3), and Navarro (-20.1) are the kind of negative FP scores that can ruin a fantasy team's week in one round. If you had Di Nenno or Navarro rostered, you felt it.

The women's round was slightly tighter in terms of FP spread at the top — Icardo's 32.4 led the way compared to De Pascual's 65.5 on the men's side — but Osoro Ulrich (31.4), Salazar (29.4), and Velasco Postiguillo (29.2) all posted strong numbers. The value picks are becoming clearer: Martina Calvo Santamaria at 115.5 credits with a 0.68 FP/credit ratio is the most efficient player in the women's draw right now, and Beatriz Gonzalez Fernandez at 0.64 FP/credit isn't far behind. On the men's side, Juan Lebron at 136.7 credits (0.65 FP/credit, 89.1 season average) looks like the smartest mid-tier pick you can make heading into the quarters.

🧮 How the Fantasy Scores Were Built

Let's talk about why Juan Ignacio De Pascual put up 65.5 FP — and why that number is so remarkable for a round-of-16 match. The round base at this stage is 10 points. Win the match, and you add +4, taking the subtotal to 14. From there, De Pascual's dominant scoreline (6-2, 6-3) pushed a game score bonus of +13 onto that base, and his individual stats — break points converted, serve efficiency — added another +7. That brings the raw subtotal to 34. Multiply by his ranking coefficient of 1.12 (he's not a top-three player, so the system gives him a slight boost for being an underdog relative to expectations) and you're at 38.1. Then comes the key lever: the difficulty coefficient. Beating Di Nenno and Navarro — a genuinely dangerous higher-ranked pair — pushed that multiplier to 1.72. 38.1 × 1.72 = 65.5 FP. That's the system working exactly as intended.

Now compare that to his own partner, Javier Garrido, who went through the exact same match — same scoreline, same stats bonus, same round base, same win — and landed at 52.9 FP instead. The difference? Garrido's difficulty coefficient was 1.39 versus De Pascual's 1.72. Both men had the same 1.12 ranking multiplier, so the gap comes entirely from how the system models each player's expected performance against Di Nenno and Navarro. De Pascual was considered the bigger underdog individually, so beating the same opponents was worth more FP for him. That's a 12.6-point swing between two players who did literally the same work on the same court. It's this kind of nuance that separates good fantasy managers from great ones — picking the right player within the right pair can be just as important as picking the right match.

🎯 Who to Pick Next Round

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🏆 Tournament Leaderboard

#	Team	Score
1	DavidCereCat	497.3
2	Padelcilu	485.8
3	Raf Delaforest	463.7
4	Pode Team	445.1
5	Wiinner JaviDosuna	404.8

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