The Italy Major's men's draw lost one of its most dangerous pairs. Franco Stupaczuk and Miguel Yanguas, the world No. 6 and No. 7, exited in the round of 16 to Jerónimo González and Lucas Campagnolo. The result reshapes the bottom half of the bracket before the quarterfinals even begin.
Jerónimo González / Lucas Campagnolo 6-4 7-6 Stupaczuk / Yanguas
On paper this was a mismatch. González sits at No. 14 and Campagnolo at No. 21, roughly a dozen places adrift of a Stupaczuk-Yanguas pairing seeded inside the top seven. It never played like one.
González and Campagnolo took the first set 6-4 and refused to let the second slip into a decider. With the set on serve late, they held their nerve through a tiebreak to close it out 7-6. There was no third set for the seeds to lean on.
For Stupaczuk and Yanguas — a pairing still building chemistry — it is a heavy points concession and an early exit that leaves that quarter of the draw wide open. González and Campagnolo advance as the pair nobody in the bottom half wanted to draw.
Nuria Rodríguez / Giulia Dal Pozzo 6-4 0-6 7-6 Carolina Orsi / Patricia Llaguno
Italy's Giulia Dal Pozzo and Nuria Rodríguez survived the day's most volatile match to keep the home run alive. They took the first set 6-4, then were bageled 6-0 in the second as Orsi and Llaguno flipped the momentum completely.
The decider went the distance. Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo held their composure to edge a third-set tiebreak 7-6, denying the higher-ranked Orsi (No. 28) and Llaguno (No. 22). A match that swung from control to collapse and back again — but one that put the Italian into the quarterfinals with a live crowd behind her.
Nuria Rodríguez / Giulia Dal Pozzo 3-6 6-3 6-2 Sofía Araújo / Claudia Fernández
Then came the bigger scalp. Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo — the latter ranked No. 50 — knocked out Sofía Araújo (No. 8) and Claudia Fernández (No. 6), a pairing more than 40 places above them on paper.
They dropped the opening set 3-6 before turning the match. Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo won the second 6-3 and pulled clear in the third, 6-2, growing more assured as Araújo and Fernández faded. It is their second win of the day and, for Dal Pozzo, a semifinal on home soil — the standout storyline of the women's draw.
Arturo Coello / Agustín Tapia 6-1 6-1 David Gala / Enzo Jensen
The world No. 1 pair made a statement of intent. Coello and Tapia dismissed David Gala and Enzo Jensen (No. 59) 6-1 6-1, conceding just two games across the match and never allowing their opponents a foothold on either the drive or revés side.
Efficient, ruthless, and barely tested — exactly the kind of round of 16 the top seeds needed on a long day of play.
Gemma Triay / Delfina Brea 6-1 6-1 Patricia Martínez / Claudia Escacena
The women's No. 1 pairing matched them for authority. Gemma Triay and Delfina Brea brushed aside Patricia Martínez and Claudia Escacena 6-1 6-1, dropping only two games and settling the match inside the hour.
Little was asked of the top seeds, and little was given away. They move through untroubled.
The quarterfinals now carry a distinctly open feel in the men's bottom half after Stupaczuk and Yanguas's exit, while the women's story runs through Giulia Dal Pozzo, who carries home momentum into a semifinal against a draw still headed by an untroubled Triay and Brea.