Franco Stupaczuk and Miguel Yanguas are out of the Italy Major. The No. 6 seed fell in the round of 16 to Jerónimo González and Lucas Campagnolo — a pairing ranked 14 and 21 — in straight sets, the clearest upset of a day that also handed home favourite Giulia Dal Pozzo two wins and a place in the women's semifinals.
Jerónimo González / Lucas Campagnolo 6-4 7-6 Franco Stupaczuk / Miguel Yanguas
On paper this was a mismatch: 14 and 21 against 6 and 7. González and Campagnolo ignored the gap.
They take the first set with a single break, 6-4, and never let Stupaczuk and Yanguas settle on the return. The second is tighter and runs all the way to a tiebreak, but it is the underdogs who hold their nerve to close it out 7-6 and avoid a decider.
It is a costly exit for the No. 6 seed, who shed ranking points they can ill afford and vacate a section of the men's draw that now opens up. For González and Campagnolo, a marquee scalp and a quarterfinal.
Nuria Rodríguez / Giulia Dal Pozzo 6-4 0-6 7-6 Carolina Orsi / Patricia Llaguno
The first of two wins on the day for the Italian-led pair, and the more turbulent of them. Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo take the opener 6-4, then are bageled 0-6 in the second — swept off the court without a game.
The response mattered more than the collapse. They regroup for a decider that goes to a tiebreak, and Dal Pozzo — playing at home — helps drag it back to win it 7-6. Orsi and Llaguno, ranked 28 and 22, were the higher-ranked side and leave with nothing.
Nuria Rodríguez / Giulia Dal Pozzo 3-6 6-3 6-2 Sofia Araujo / Claudia Fernández
The differential here was steeper still: Dal Pozzo sits 50th against the No. 6-and-8 axis of Claudia Fernández and Sofia Araujo. The seeds take the first set 6-3 and look in control.
Then the match turns. Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo level with a 6-3 set of their own and pull clear in the decider, 6-2, closing out a three-set upset in front of a home crowd. It is their second win of the day, and it books a semifinal from the wrong end of the rankings.
Arturo Coello / Agustín Tapia 6-1 6-1 David Gala / Enzo Jensen
No such drama for the world No. 1s. Coello and Tapia dispatch David Gala and Enzo Jensen — the latter ranked 59th — 6-1, 6-1, conceding two games across two sets. A routine, ruthless passage into the last eight.
Gemma Triay / Delfina Brea 6-1 6-1 Patricia Martínez Fortún / Claudia Escacena
The women's top seed matched it. Triay and Brea, both ranked 1, brush past Patricia Martínez Fortún and Claudia Escacena by the same 6-1, 6-1 scoreline, allowing their opponents little more than a foothold. The favourites move on without dropping their level.
The story to follow into tomorrow is Dal Pozzo and Rodríguez, into a women's semifinal from outside the top bracket; behind them, Coello–Tapia and Triay–Brea look every bit the No. 1 seeds their billing demands.