Alonso and Guinart rally from 4-1 down to win Málaga debut

Alejandra Alonso and Marina Guinart erased a 4-1 deficit in their first set together and turned their Málaga debut into a 7-6(5), 6-3 win over Jimena Velasco and Vero Virseda. The No. 7 seeds did not just survive the opening test; they changed the tone of the match once they settled the rally patterns and stopped the early momentum from slipping away.

That mattered because this was the first event Premier Padel had listed for Alonso and Guinart as a pairing, and the response suggested a partnership with more range than its seeding implies. After the early wobble, they took the tie-break, carried that reset into the second set and finished the job without letting Velasco and Virseda back into control.

The setting sharpened the significance. The Andalucía Málaga Premier Padel P1 is being played at the Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena from July 11 to 19, 2026, and Málaga is hosting the event for a third straight year. The tournament presentation also took place at Málaga city hall just days before the opening matches, underlining how much of the week’s attention is built around the city’s place on the Premier Padel calendar.

Alonso and Guinart’s comeback sat alongside other notable women’s results that showed how quickly the draw is shifting. Alix Collombon and Ksenia Sharifova recorded the day’s fastest win, beating wild cards Carmen Castillón and Lorena Vano 6-0, 6-2 in 58 minutes. Martina Fassio and Raquel Eugenio also had to dig out of trouble, coming from behind to defeat Virginia Riera and Teresa Navarro 4-6, 6-4, 6-0. Orsi and Patty Llaguno advanced in straight sets, adding to a first round that already looked unsettled.

Premier Padel has noted that several new women’s partnerships chose the Martín Carpena as the starting point for the second half of the 2026 season, and Alonso and Guinart were among the clearest examples of why that matters. A pair that can absorb a 4-1 deficit, reverse the set and close out a straight-sets win in its first tournament together is not playing to survive the early rounds. It is playing to shape them.