The men's draw at the Italy Major lost one of its most dangerous pairings today. Jerónimo González and Lucas Campagnolo knocked out the No. 6 seeds Franco Stupaczuk and Miguel Yanguas in straight sets, the sharpest result on a day that also delivered an unseeded pair — with a home Italian in it — into the women's semi-finals.
Jerónimo González / Lucas Campagnolo 6-4 7-6 Franco Stupaczuk / Miguel Yanguas
Ranked 14th and 21st in the world, González and Campagnolo went in as clear underdogs against the No. 6 and No. 7. They were the better pair from the first exchanges. The tell was on Yanguas's drive side, where the winners hunted the bandeja and forced errors that a seeded pairing should not concede.
They took the first set 6-4 and never trailed on the scoreboard from there. The second was tighter — Stupaczuk and Yanguas dug in to reach a tiebreak — but González and Campagnolo held their nerve to close it 7-6 and complete the straight-sets win.
It is a costly early exit for Stupaczuk and Yanguas, who shed ranking points from a round they were expected to clear comfortably. Their side of the men's draw is now wide open, and González and Campagnolo carry real momentum into the quarter-finals.
Nuria Rodríguez / Giulia Dal Pozzo 6-4 0-6 7-6 Carolina Orsi / Patricia Llaguno Zielinski
The home crowd's pair survived a wild swing to advance. Italian Giulia Dal Pozzo (world No. 50) and Nuria Rodríguez took the first set 6-4, then were bageled 0-6 in the second as Orsi and Llaguno flipped the pattern entirely and dominated at the net.
The decider went the distance. Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo held their composure through a third-set tiebreak to win it 7-6 and reach the last eight — a match that showed both their fragility and their capacity to reset under pressure.
Nuria Rodríguez / Giulia Dal Pozzo 3-6 6-3 6-2 Sofía Araújo / Claudia Fernández Sanchez
Then came the upset. Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo, unseeded and ranked well outside the top pairings, beat the No. 6 Claudia Fernández and No. 8 Sofía Araújo to complete a second win on the day and book a semi-final place.
They lost the opening set 3-6, absorbing the seeds' early control. The response was decisive: 6-3, 6-2, built on deeper returns and cleaner work off the back glass. An unseeded pair with a home Italian into the last four is the standout storyline of the women's draw.
Arturo Coello / Agustín Tapia 6-1 6-1 David Gala / Enzo Jensen Sirvent
No such drama for the world No. 1s. Coello and Tapia dismissed David Gala and Enzo Jensen 6-1 6-1 in a routine, efficient afternoon, dropping only two games and never letting their opponents settle.
Gemma Triay Pons / Delfina Brea Senesi 6-1 6-1 Patricia Martínez Fortún / Claudia Escacena Montero
The top women's seeds matched that authority. Triay and Brea eased past Martínez Fortún and Escacena 6-1 6-1, a clinical result that keeps the favourites on course without expending anything they will need later in the week.
Tomorrow the women's semi-finals frame around a single question: can Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo extend a run that has already claimed two seeded scalps? With Stupaczuk and Yanguas gone and the top seeds untroubled, both draws now tilt toward their favourites — except in the one corner the underdogs have prised open.