The Italy Major lost one of its heavyweight men's pairings in the round of 16. Franco Stupaczuk and Miguel Yanguas — the world No. 6 and No. 7 — were eliminated in straight sets by Jerónimo González and Lucas Campagnolo, the day's clearest upset. The women's story belonged to Nuria Rodríguez and Italy's Giulia Dal Pozzo, who won twice in a single day to reach the semifinals.
Jerónimo González / Lucas Campagnolo 6-4 7-6 Franco Stupaczuk / Miguel Yanguas
Start with the numbers. González sits 14th and Campagnolo 21st, yet they knocked out a pair ranked sixth and seventh — a gap that made them clear underdogs on paper. The court told a different story.
The first set turned on a single break, González and Campagnolo controlling the net exchanges to close it 6-4. The second never let Stupaczuk and Yanguas settle in front. It ran deep and went to a tiebreak, and the underdogs held their nerve to take it 7-6 and deny the favourites a decider. No third set, no reprieve.
For Stupaczuk and Yanguas, this is a costly early exit that hands back ranking points and momentum at a major. For González and Campagnolo, it is a statement — and a quarterfinal place few had them reaching.
Nuria Rodríguez / Giulia Dal Pozzo 6-4 0-6 7-6 Carolina Orsi / Patricia Llaguno
This one swung from control to collapse and back. Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo took the opening set 6-4, then were handed a bagel — a 6-0 second set that wiped them off the court and reset the match.
The response was the story. The pair regrouped for a third set that went the distance, closing out the tiebreak 7-6 to survive. Dal Pozzo, the Italian, had the home crowd roaring behind the glass, and that lift through the decider was worth a point or two.
It was the harder half of a double shift — and it set up a quarterfinal that Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo would win the same day.
Nuria Rodríguez / Giulia Dal Pozzo 3-6 6-3 6-2 Sofía Araujo / Claudia Fernández
Read the seeds first. Araujo and Fernández are the world No. 8 and No. 6; Dal Pozzo is ranked 50th and Rodríguez sits outside the seeded bracket. On paper it was a mismatch. It became an upset.
Araujo and Fernández took the first set 6-3 and looked in command. From there Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo grew into the match, tightening their bajadas off the back glass and turning defence into attack. They levelled 6-3, then pulled clear 6-2 in the third — a comeback that carried them into the semifinals.
Two wins, one day, one seeded scalp. Dal Pozzo becomes the Italian story of the tournament, and the women's draw now has a genuine outsider in the final four.
Arturo Coello / Agustín Tapia 6-1 6-1 David Gala / Enzo Jensen
No drama, just a statement. The world No. 1 pair of Coello and Tapia needed barely an hour to dispatch David Gala and Enzo Jensen 6-1, 6-1, dropping only two games across the match. It is exactly the kind of low-effort round of 16 the top seeds wanted before the draw sharpens.
Gemma Triay / Delfina Brea 6-1 6-1 Patricia Martínez Fortún / Claudia Escacena
The women's world No. 1 pair matched their male counterparts game for game. Gemma Triay and Delfina Brea overwhelmed Patricia Martínez Fortún and Claudia Escacena 6-1, 6-1, conceding just two games. Brea's viboras and Triay's control from the revés side gave their opponents nothing to build on. The favourites remain untroubled.
The women's semifinals now carry an unlikely name in Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo, while Triay and Brea look imperious in the other half. In the men's draw, González and Campagnolo have blown a hole in the bracket that the rest will be eager to exploit.