September 11, 2026
A three-set slugfest hands fantasy managers their biggest haul of the tournament — and it wasn't the match you expected
The Stade Roland Garros has seen drama before, but the Paris Major 2026 quarterfinals delivered something special: eight matches, four three-set battles, and a fantasy scoring explosion that's going to shake up manager rosters heading into the semis. The headline? Francisco Navarro and Martin Di Nenno didn't just beat Franco Stupaczuk and Jon Sanz — they torched them in three sets and walked away with 37.5 and 38.3 fantasy points respectively, the two highest individual scores of the entire round. Di Nenno, ranked 13th, is suddenly the hottest name in everyone's lineup conversation.
Let's start with the obvious: Tapia and Coello looked every bit the tournament favourites they're supposed to be. A 6-2, 7-5 dismantling of Leal and Guerrero was clinical, efficient, and thoroughly unsurprising — which is actually the problem from a fantasy perspective. Coello led the pair with 21.4 FP, Tapia just behind on 20.1, perfectly respectable but nowhere near the round's ceiling. When you're ranked #1 and you win in straight sets against a pair that finished on -3.6 and -3.8, the difficulty coefficient doesn't do you any favours. The system knows you were supposed to win that one.
The real quarterfinalpanel headline was Navarro and Di Nenno surviving Stupaczuk and Sanz in three sets. That 6-4, 1-6, 4-6 scoreline tells you everything — Stupi and Sanz clawed back hard in the second and pushed it all the way, which paradoxically handed Navarro and Di Nenno a gift. More games played, more stats racked up, a difficulty coefficient above 1.00, and suddenly you've got the two top-scoring men of the round. It's the kind of match where the winners earn every point. Stupaczuk and Sanz, meanwhile, cratered to -8.1 and -8.2 — a brutal reminder of how punishing the loss penalty is at this stage.
Elsewhere, Lebron and the increasingly impressive Leo Augsburger dispatched Campagnolo and Gonzalez 3-6, 7-6 in a tight two-setter. Augsburger's 28.4 FP make him the third-highest scorer among the men this round — not bad for a player who cost just 119.7 credits. Galan and Chingotto handled Alonso and Goñi with minimal fuss, a 7-6, 6-2 win that left both veterans on a comfortable 20.5 FP each. Four very different stories, four pairs in the semis.
| # | Player | FP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Di Nenno | 38.3 |
| 2 | Francisco Navarro | 37.5 |
| 3 | Leo Augsburger | 28.4 |
| 4 | Juan Lebron | 24.9 |
On the women's side, Gemma Triay Pons and Delfina Brea Senesi did what elite partnerships do: they showed up, switched off the opposition, and went home early. A 6-0, 6-3 bagel-plus-breadstick over Orsi and Llaguno Zielinski is about as dominant as it gets. Both Triay Pons and Brea Senesi landed on 26.3 FP — identical scores, fitting for a pair who seem to operate as one entity. Orsi and Llaguno, for their part, ended on -11.4 apiece. Ouch. That's what a 6-0 first set does to your fantasy returns.
The two three-set thrillers in the women's draw were absolutely worth the price of admission. Calvo Santamaria and Fernandez Sanchez came from behind to beat Guinart and Alonso De Villa 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, with Calvo Santamaria posting a brilliant 25.7 FP — fourth-highest among women this round. Guinart and Alonso De Villa actually showed some fight (8 and 6 FP respectively, so not a disaster), but couldn't close it out when it mattered. Then Ortega and Araujo pulled off arguably the match of the tournament so far, beating Josemaria and Gonzalez 2-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(6) in a nerve-shredding decider. Ortega's 26.2 FP and Araujo's 25.1 FP are massive returns, and that 7-6(6) tiebreak finish explains every single digit. Josemaria and Gonzalez aren't far behind on 9.6 and 10 — the system recognises they made the winners work.
Sanchez Fallada and Ustero Prieto also came through in three sets against Osoro and Salazar, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. Ustero Prieto's 25.5 FP and Sanchez Fallada's 24.2 FP confirm this pair as genuine semifinal threats and, crucially, genuine fantasy assets. Four women's pairs into the semis — and three of those matches went the distance. The women's draw is delivering.
| # | Player | FP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemma Triay Pons | 26.3 |
| 2 | Delfina Brea Senesi | 26.3 |
| 3 | Marta Ortega Gallego | 26.2 |
| 4 | Martina Calvo Santamaria | 25.7 |
| 5 | Andrea Ustero Prieto | 25.5 |
This quarterfinal round rewarded patience and punished safety picks. The managers who loaded up on Navarro and Di Nenno — lower-ranked, lower-cost, facing a tricky three-set battle — walked away with the round's highest returns. Di Nenno at 38.3 FP and Navarro at 37.5 FP massively outscored the #1-ranked men (Tapia and Coello on 20.1 and 21.4) despite both pairs winning. That's the ranking multiplier and difficulty coefficient doing exactly what they're designed to do: punishing chalk picks and rewarding bold ones. Meanwhile, anyone who rostered Stupaczuk (-8.1), Sanz (-8.2), Orsi (-11.4), or Llaguno (-11.4) will be hurting badly — the loss penalty at the quarterfinal stage is savage, eating 60% of that 18-point base before anything else even gets calculated.
Augsburger's 28.4 FP for just 119.7 credits is the value story of the round among men — that's extraordinary efficiency at this stage of the tournament. On the women's side, Calvo Santamaria's 25.7 FP from a 115.5-credit price point is similarly eye-catching, and her season value rating of 0.68 FP/credit is the best among all remaining women. The top of the tournament leaderboard is tightening up too: MaravillaKids leads on 485.7 with Alpha Mika just 5.3 points back on 480.4. At this stage, one big call in the semis could flip the whole thing.
Let's break down exactly how Martin Di Nenno walked away with 38.3 fantasy points — because it's a masterclass in how the system works. It starts with the round base: quarterfinals pay 18 points just for showing up. Di Nenno and Navarro won, so that base jumps by +4, landing at 22. Then the game score kicks in — they won in three sets, with a decent scoreline across the match, earning an additional 8.8 points. Add a stats bonus of 6 (aces, break points converted, solid serving numbers through a gruelling three-setter) and your subtotal is 36.8. Di Nenno is ranked 13th, so his ranking multiplier sits at exactly 1.0 — no penalty, no boost, just straight 36.8. Then the difficulty coefficient: Stupaczuk and Sanz are no pushovers, so facing them earns a 1.04 multiplier. Thirty-six point eight times 1.04 gives you 38.3 FP. Clean, deserved, and enormous for a quarterfinal.
Now compare that to Leo Augsburger's 28.4 FP, which is the more instructive example for understanding the ceiling and floor. Same round base of 18, same +4 win bonus for 22. The game score adds 6.5 — Lebron and Augsburger won in two sets but it wasn't a bagel, so the game score reward is solid without being spectacular. Stats bonus of 4 brings the subtotal to 32.5. Here's where it gets interesting: Augsburger is ranked 6th, so his ranking multiplier is 0.97 — a slight downward nudge because the system expects a player of his calibre to be competitive. That knocks the subtotal to 31.5. Then the difficulty coefficient: Campagnolo and Gonzalez are the weaker pair in this matchup, so the coefficient drops to 0.9. Thirty-one point five times 0.9 gives you 28.4 FP. Still a great score — but you can see exactly why beating a lower-ranked pair in straight sets caps your ceiling, no matter how well you play.
💎 Lock in Martina Calvo Santamaria (115.5 credits, 0.68 FP/credit season value) — she's the best value among all remaining women, just dropped 25.7 FP in the quarters, and at that price point she's criminally underpriced heading into the semis
⚡ Juan Lebron (136.7 credits, avg 89.1 FP) is your mid-range men's pick — cheaper than Tapia and Coello by nearly 60 credits, paired with an in-form Augsburger, and with a ranking multiplier that rewards good performances more generously than the top seeds
🎯 Navarro and Di Nenno (123.3 and 125.3 credits respectively) are the bold holds after this round — they've just proven they can go deep and score big, and if they draw another competitive semifinal matchup, that difficulty coefficient could fire again
⚠️ Think hard before auto-renewing Tapia and Coello (192.5 and 193 credits) — their 20.1 and 21.4 FP this round show the elite ranking multiplier and expected-win difficulty coefficient squeeze their ceiling hard. You're paying maximum price for middling returns unless they face a genuine underdog upset scenario
🔥 Di Nenno & Navarro's three-set epic delivers the round's two highest men's scores — ranked 13th and 9th respectively, they outscored world #1s Tapia and Coello by nearly 18 points each
💥 Stupaczuk and Sanz crater to -8.1 and -8.2 FP — the quarterfinal loss penalty is brutal, and any manager who held them into this round is paying for it now
👑 Ortega and Araujo survive a 7-6(6) decider thriller against Josemaria and Gonzalez in arguably the match of the tournament — 26.2 and 25.1 FP as reward
📊 MaravillaKids leads the tournament leaderboard on 485.7 but Alpha Mika is just 5.3 points behind — the semifinal picks could decide everything
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MaravillaKids | 485.7 |
| 2 | Alpha Mika | 480.4 |
| 3 | DavidCereCat | 470.7 |
| 4 | ZeGalan | 465.4 |
| 5 | Dragonflow | 462.3 |
1. Three-set matches are your friends — they inflate game scores, stats bonuses, and sometimes the difficulty coefficient all at once, so don't panic-drop players just because their match went long
2. At the semifinal stage the round base jumps from 18 to 28 — the gap between a 28-point base and a 60%-of-28 loss score is enormous, so prioritise win probability over raw upside
3. The 0.68 FP/credit value gap between Calvo Santamaria and the field's average is too big to ignore — in a tight tournament leaderboard race, value picks like her are what separate first from fifth
Semifinal lineups are open — get your picks in before the Paris courts start talking again. The leaderboard is razor-tight, and this is exactly where tournaments are won and lost.