Franco Stupaczuk and Miguel Yanguas are out of the Italy Major. The sixth-ranked pair fell 6-4, 7-6 to Jerónimo González and Lucas Campagnolo in the round of 16, the day's heaviest scalp on a Tuesday that repeatedly rewarded the lower half of both draws.
Jerónimo González / Campagnolo 6-4 7-6 Stupaczuk / Yanguas
Ranked 14 and 21, González and Campagnolo arrived as clear underdogs against a top-eight seed — a combined gap of roughly 13 places to 35 — and never once played like it. They set the tempo from the drive side and refused to let Stupaczuk dictate through the middle, the pattern that usually decides these matchups.
The first set turned on a single break for 6-4. The second was tighter, both teams holding into a tiebreak, but the underdogs held their nerve to close it out 7-6 and avoid a decider entirely. Two sets, no wobble.
For Stupaczuk and Yanguas, a still-young partnership chasing consistency, a straight-sets R16 exit is a real dent. It also blows open this quarter of the men's draw and hands González and Campagnolo the kind of momentum that carries deep.
Nuria Rodríguez / Dal Pozzo 6-4 0-6 7-6 Orsi / Llaguno
Nuria Rodríguez and Giulia Dal Pozzo survived a genuine rollercoaster to reach the last eight. After taking the opener 6-4, they were handed a 6-0 bagel in the second — swept off the court without an answer as Carolina Orsi and Patricia Llaguno raised their level sharply.
The decider went the distance and into a tiebreak, where the unseeded pair steadied at exactly the right moment to edge it 7-6. From a set-and-bagel low to a match win, it was the kind of escape that tends to define a good week.
Nuria Rodríguez / Dal Pozzo 3-6 6-3 6-2 Araujo / Claudia Fernández
They were not done for the day. Ranked 34 and 50, Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo backed up their R16 escape by taking down Sofía Araújo and Claudia Fernández — the eighth and sixth-ranked seeds — to reach the semifinals. On paper it is comfortably the women's upset of the tournament so far.
They dropped the first set 3-6 before flipping the match. Across the final two sets they conceded just five games, closing 6-3, 6-2 as the seeded pair's error count climbed. Two matches, a bagel weathered, a top-eight seed dispatched: this is the run of the day.
Coello / Tapia 6-1 6-1 David Gala / Enzo Jensen
The world's top pair arrived without drama. Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia dismantled David Gala and Enzo Jensen (ranked 59) 6-1, 6-1, dropping only two games and rarely leaving second gear.
Triay / Brea 6-1 6-1 Martínez / Escacena
Gemma Triay and Delfina Brea mirrored the men's top seeds exactly. The number-one women's pairing needed under an hour to see off Patricia Martínez and Claudia Escacena 6-1, 6-1, a routine hold of serve and pressure that never let their opponents settle.
With both top seeds cruising and the lower half of each draw cracking open, the standout question heading into tomorrow is how far Nuria Rodríguez and Giulia Dal Pozzo can push their run — and whether González and Campagnolo can turn one upset into a second.