The men's draw lost one of its title favourites before the quarter-finals. Jerónimo González and Lucas Campagnolo beat No. 3 seeds Franco Stupaczuk and Miguel Yanguas in straight sets, the standout upset of a day that also delivered a giant-killing run in the women's event and routine wins for the two top seeds.
Jerónimo González / Lucas Campagnolo 6-4 7-6 Franco Stupaczuk / Miguel Yanguas
On paper this was a mismatch: González and Campagnolo sit 14th and 21st, Stupaczuk and Yanguas 6th and 7th and seeded to reach the semis. The result did not read that way. González and Campagnolo took the first set 6-4 and then held their nerve through a second-set tiebreak to close it out without dropping serve for a decisive stretch.
Stupa and Yanguas never found the pace on the glass that has defined their best weeks. Their exchanges off the revés side broke down under pressure, and the tiebreak — the one clear window to force a third — slipped away. For a pairing still building chemistry, an early exit at a Major is a costly ranking result.
González and Campagnolo advance as the draw's most dangerous unseeded threat. The bottom half of the men's bracket has just opened up.
Nuria Rodríguez / Giulia Dal Pozzo 6-4 0-6 7-6 Carolina Orsi / Patricia Llaguno
Home favourite Giulia Dal Pozzo, ranked 50, and partner Nuria Rodríguez survived one of the day's wildest matches. They took the opener 6-4, were then bageled 6-0 in a second set that got away from them completely, and recovered to win a decisive third-set tiebreak against Orsi and Llaguno.
The swing from a 6-0 collapse to a match-clinching tiebreak says everything about the pair's nerve. It was the platform for a much bigger afternoon.
Nuria Rodríguez / Giulia Dal Pozzo 3-6 6-3 6-2 Sofia Araújo / Claudia Fernández
Hours after that survival act, Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo produced the upset of the women's day. Against No. 4 seeds Sofía Araújo and Claudia Fernández — ranked 8th and 6th, comfortably inside the top ten — the wildcard pair dropped the first set 3-6 and then took control, closing 6-3, 6-2.
Araújo and Fernández could not settle the tempo once the match turned. Dal Pozzo's bandeja held the net through the middle sets, and the pair's willingness to extend rallies wore down the higher-ranked seeds. Reaching a Major semi-final from this ranking position is a genuine breakout, and doing it in front of an Italian crowd makes it the story of the women's draw.
Arturo Coello / Agustín Tapia 6-1 6-1 David Gala / Enzo Jensen
The world No. 1 pair needed barely an hour. Coello and Tapia dismissed David Gala and Enzo Jensen 6-1, 6-1, conceding only two games and never facing a moment of trouble on serve. A clean, unhurried statement from the top seeds as the draw narrows.
Gemma Triay / Delfina Brea 6-1 6-1 Patricia Martínez / Claudia Escacena
The women's top seeds matched that authority. Gemma Triay and Delfina Brea raced past Patricia Martínez and Claudia Escacena 6-1, 6-1, dropping just two games. With the seeded field already thinning below them, Triay and Brea look the clear pair to beat.
With Stupaczuk and Yanguas out and a wildcard pair into the women's last four, the quarter-finals lose two of their expected names — but both top seeds arrive at the business end untroubled and dropping almost nothing.