October 14, 2026
The round's top fantasy scorers weren't the stars you expected — and that tells you everything about how to play this game
Milan opened its doors for the Round of 32, and while the headline pairs did mostly what was expected of them, the fantasy story belonged to two players barely anyone had on their radar. Jose Antonio Diestro and Marc Sintes Villalonga turned a routine 6-3 6-3 win over Inigo Jofre and Juanlu Esbri into the highest-scoring performance of the entire round, with Sintes topping the men's board at 40.2 FP and Diestro right behind him at 38.4. Meanwhile, Tapia and Coello did their thing, Galan and Chingotto barely broke a sweat, and a handful of three-set wars kept fantasy managers biting their nails all the way to the final point.
Let's start at the top of the draw, where Agustin Tapia and Arturo Coello looked every bit the number-one pairing in the world. A clean 6-3 6-3 against Arnau Ayats and Emilio Sanchez — 13.5 FP each for the winners, a brutal -4.9 for the losers. Efficient, dominant, exactly what you'd expect from the top seeds. At the other end of the prestige spectrum, Alejandro Galan and Federico Chingotto were equally ruthless against Miguel and Nuno Deus, a 6-1 6-2 demolition that handed both winners 20.5 FP and left the brothers with -10.1 apiece. Franco Stupaczuk and Jon Sanz were similarly clinical, putting away Jose Solano Marmolejo and Ramiro Pereyra 6-3 6-2 — Stupaczuk led the way with 28.1 FP, Sanz added 16.9.
The round's most eye-catching upset came from Javier Garcia and Alex Ruiz, who put in a gritty three-set performance to knock out Maxi Sanchez Blasco and Sanyo Gutierrez 4-6 6-4 6-2. Garcia racked up 21.3 FP, Ruiz an impressive 22.5 — not bad for a pair who had to dig themselves out of a first-set hole against a seasoned duo. Momo Gonzalez and Lucas Campagnolo did the same thing in their match, battling back against Javier Barahona and Ignacio Piotto to win 4-6 6-3 6-2. Campagnolo was the standout with 23.6 FP — the best three-set haul among the men outside the Diestro/Sintes explosion. And speaking of three-setters, the closest match of the round might have been Francisco Gil and Ramiro Valenzuela sneaking past Juan Tello and Maximiliano Arce 2-6 6-3 7-6(3), with Gil earning 17.2 and Valenzuela a tidy 20.4 for their trouble.
| # | Player | FP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marc Sintes Villalonga | 40.2 |
| 2 | Jose Antonio Diestro | 38.4 |
| 3 | Juan Ignacio De Pascual | 34.1 |
| 4 | Tino Libaak | 33.3 |
| 5 | Gonzalo Alfonso | 33.3 |
The women's draw served up some of the cleanest scorelines of the day, and the fantasy points followed accordingly. Giulia Dal Pozzo and Nuria Rodriguez were absolutely imperious, handing Giorgia Marchetti and Lara Arruabarrena a 6-0 6-3 hiding that yielded 30.3 FP for Dal Pozzo and a round-topping 31.4 for Rodriguez — the highest women's score of the day. Marta Borrero and Teresa Navarro Lopez-Barajas were similarly ruthless against Marta Arellano Navarro and Marina Lobo, winning 6-2 6-4 and putting 31.1 FP on the board for Borrero. Alejandra Salazar and Aranzazu Osoro delivered a 6-0 6-3 bagel-opener against Alix Collombon and Ksenia Sharifova — 27.7 and 29.9 FP respectively, and -15.8 and -16.3 for the French pair on the receiving end.
Three matches went the distance in the women's draw, and all three produced genuinely tense finishes. Jimena Velasco Postiguillo and Raquel Eugenio Barrera edged out Marina Guinart and Alejandra Alonso De Villa 4-6 6-4 7-5, banking 21.2 and 19.8 FP in a match that looked like it could go either way in that final set. Carolina Orsi and Patricia Llaguno Zielinski were similarly tested before winning 4-6 6-3 6-2, with Orsi posting a superb 23.0 FP. And then there's the one that stung — Lucia Sainz and Letizia Manquillo falling 1-6 3-6 to Lorena Rufo Ortiz and Victoria Iglesias Segador, with Rufo banking 21.0 FP and Iglesias Segador 17.5 in a result that'll have plenty of fantasy managers kicking themselves.
| # | Player | FP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuria Rodriguez | 31.4 |
| 2 | Marta Borrero | 31.1 |
| 3 | Giulia Dal Pozzo | 30.3 |
| 4 | Sofia Araujo | 30.3 |
| 5 | Noa Canovas Paredes | 29.9 |
The theme of this round was loud and clear: the system rewards upset-makers and punishes expected winners who don't look the part. Diestro (38.4 FP) and Sintes (40.2 FP) are the perfect illustration — they're ranked lower, they carry a ranking multiplier above 1, and they delivered a convincing scoreline. That combination hits different in this formula. Meanwhile, even Tapia and Coello, who won just as convincingly, only managed 13.5 FP each because the difficulty coefficient scales down when you're expected to cruise. It's not a bug, it's the whole design — elite players need to go deeper into the tournament to really pay off.
On the underperformer side, a few names will be flooding the transfer market. Jofre (-15.7) and Esbri (-16.3) were the worst male performers, while Jana Montes Cabruja (-18.1) and Marta Barrera De La Fuente (-18.1) shared the wooden spoon on the women's side after a 0-6 2-6 drubbing from Araujo and Ortega. Collombon (-15.8) and Sharifova (-16.3) also took heavy hits. If any of these players were sitting in your squad, today hurt — and not a little.
Let's break down how Marc Sintes Villalonga ended up with 40.2 fantasy points from what looks, on paper, like a straightforward R32 win. It starts with the round base: at the Round of 32, every player starts on 5 points. Win, and you add +4, taking Sintes to 9. Then comes the game score — because the match was a double-bagel-ish 6-3 6-3, the dominant scoreline added 10.4 points on top of that. A stats bonus of 7 (aces, serve points won, break points converted) pushed the subtotal to 26.4. Now multiply by a ranking multiplier of 1.12 — Sintes isn't a top-tier ranked player, so the system rewards him above par — and you're at 29.6. Then the difficulty coefficient kicks in: beating Jofre and Esbri was judged at 1.36, because despite the result looking one-sided, the system factored in relative rankings. Final answer: 29.6 × 1.36 = 40.2 FP. That's how you top the men's leaderboard.
His partner Diestro got the same base journey — 9 + 10.4 + 7 = 26.4, times 1.12 = 29.6 — but his difficulty coefficient was 1.30 rather than 1.36, landing him at 38.4 FP. Same match, slightly different result because the system calculates the coefficient individually based on each player's specific ranking delta. Now compare that to Juan Ignacio De Pascual (34.1 FP), who produced an even bigger raw subtotal: 9 + 15.6 + 10 = 34.6, times 1.12 = 38.8 — but his difficulty coefficient was 0.88, because beating Maxi Sanchez and Luciano Capra wasn't considered particularly hard relative to his ranking. That drag pulled him down to 34.1. The lesson? Dominating a weak opponent still doesn't beat upsetting someone above your station.
💎 Federico Chingotto is your best-value elite pick heading into the next round — 113.4 avg FP, costs 193.7 credits (0.59 FP/credit), and he's barely been tested yet. If the draw opens up, he cashes big.
📈 Juan Lebron at 136.7 credits is the best mid-range value in the men's draw — 89.1 avg FP and a 0.65 FP/credit ratio that no top-10 player comes close to matching. He and Augsburger advanced in two sets and look sharp.
🎯 On the women's side, Tamara Icardo Alcorisa (60.2 avg FP, 125.1 credits, 0.48 FP/credit) and Claudia Jensen (56.4 avg FP, 121.1 credits, 0.47 FP/credit) are the duo to stack — they won comfortably, they're ranked just outside the elite tier, and their ranking multipliers will still be working in their favour.
⚠️ Think twice before loading up on Tapia/Coello or Galan/Chingotto at ~193 credits — their multipliers are below 1, meaning they need to reach at least the semis to justify the price tag. Hold them if you already have them, but don't spend big acquiring them now.
🏆 Diestro & Sintes are the men's R32 fantasy MVPs — 40.2 and 38.4 FP from a pair barely anyone picked, proving the system is built for upsets
💪 Tapia/Coello and Galan/Chingotto advance without drama, but their fantasy ceilings won't really open up until the quarterfinals and beyond
⚡ Three-set thrillers dominated the storylines — Garcia/Ruiz, Gonzalez/Campagnolo, Gil/Valenzuela, and three women's matches all went to a decider
📉 The day's biggest losers: Jofre (-15.7), Esbri (-16.3) on the men's side and Montes (-18.1), Barrera (-18.1) on the women's side — heavy penalties for blowout losses
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raf Delaforest | 349.6 |
| 2 | DavidCereCat | 312.2 |
| 3 | Padelcilu | 297.7 |
| 4 | Pode Team | 279.4 |
| 5 | Dragonflow | 270.1 |
1. Prioritise three-set survivors with care — they score well but burn energy, and a tough R16 draw could expose them fast
2. The ranking multiplier is your best friend at this stage — mid-ranked players who keep winning accumulate points faster than elites doing the same job
3. Avoid stacking players from the same pair at high cost unless the draw clearly favours them — budget for flexibility instead
Lock in your Round of 16 picks before the draw closes — the brackets are thinning out fast, and in Milan, every credit counts.