Franco Stupaczuk and Miguel Yanguas are out of the Italy Major before the quarterfinals. The world Nos. 6 and 7 fell in straight sets to Jerónimo González and Lucas Campagnolo, the headline result on a day that repeatedly punished the seeds. The women's draw produced the day's story of resilience, as an unseeded Italian-led pair fought through two rounds to reach the semifinals.
Jerónimo González / Lucas Campagnolo 6-4 7-6 Franco Stupaczuk / Miguel Yanguas
The ranking gap made this an upset on paper. González sits 14th and Campagnolo 21st; the pair they beat holds Nos. 6 and 7 and was seeded to reach at least the last eight. On the court, the logic reversed.
González and Campagnolo took the drive side away from Yanguas early, breaking once to pocket the opener 6-4. Stupaczuk's bandeja never settled into its usual rhythm, and the second set drifted to a tiebreak with both teams holding through the exchanges. There the winners were the calmer pair, converting the break points that had eluded them in open play to close it out 7-6.
It is a meaningful early exit for Stupaczuk and Yanguas, who leave a chunk of ranking points on the table at a Major. For González and Campagnolo, a quarterfinal against tougher opposition now awaits, but they have already banked the result of their week.
Nuria Rodríguez / Giulia Dal Pozzo 6-4 0-6 7-6 Carolina Orsi / Patricia Llaguno
Home hope Giulia Dal Pozzo, ranked 50th, and Nuria Rodríguez survived one of the day's swings of momentum to knock out Carolina Orsi and Patricia Llaguno. They took the first set 6-4, then were bageled 6-0 in the second as Orsi and Llaguno tightened the glass exchanges and gave nothing away.
The decider went the distance. Neither pair could force the break, and the set arrived at a tiebreak with the crowd behind the Italian. Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo held their nerve to take it 7-6, erasing the memory of that middle-set collapse and booking a quarterfinal on the same day.
Nuria Rodríguez / Giulia Dal Pozzo 3-6 6-3 6-2 Sofía Araújo / Claudia Fernández
Then they did it again, and against steeper odds. Sofía Araújo (8) and Claudia Fernández (6) are a top-eight pairing; Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo, unseeded, had already spent a three-setter to get here. The ranking differential pointed one way. The scoreboard went the other.
Araújo and Fernández took the first set 3-6 and looked in control. But the unseeded pair adjusted, working Fernández's revés side and lifting their bajada under pressure to level at 6-3, then pulling clear 6-2 in the third as the favourites' error count climbed.
Two seeded pairs beaten in a single day sends Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo into the semifinals — a genuine run, and a rare deep result for an Italian in front of a home crowd.
Arturo Coello / Agustín Tapia 6-1 6-1 David Gala / Enzo Jensen
The world No. 1 pair did exactly what the seeding demanded. Coello and Tapia dismantled David Gala and Enzo Jensen 6-1 6-1, dropping only two games and never allowing their opponents into the net. It was a maintenance job, not a contest, and a reminder that the favourites are arriving at the business end fresh.
Gemma Triay / Delfina Brea 6-1 6-1 Patricia Martínez / Claudia Escacena
Gemma Triay and Delfina Brea, the top women's pair, matched that authority. Patricia Martínez and Claudia Escacena, ranked 57th and 76th, had no answer to Brea's viborá or Triay's court coverage and fell 6-1 6-1. The No. 1 seeds move on without expending anything they will miss later in the week.
The quarterfinals now firm around the favourites in both draws — Coello and Tapia, Triay and Brea — but the story to follow is Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo, who have turned two upsets into a semifinal and a home crowd that expects more.