The seeds are thinning at the Italy Major. Jerónimo González and Lucas Campagnolo knocked out the sixth-and-seventh-ranked pairing of Franco Stupaczuk and Miguel Yanguas in straight sets to headline a day that reshaped the men's draw. On the women's side, Italy's Giulia Dal Pozzo rode her home crowd all the way into the semifinals.
González/Campagnolo 6-4 7-6 Stupaczuk/Yanguas
The ranking gap read one way; the scoreboard read the other. González (No. 14) and Campagnolo (No. 21) took down the No. 6 and No. 7, Stupaczuk and Yanguas, without dropping a set — the biggest upset of the men's second round.
González and Campagnolo edged the opening set 6-4, converting the single break that separated the teams. The second was tighter still, neither side yielding serve until a tiebreak settled it. There, the lower-ranked pair held firm to win 7-6 and close it out in straight sets — no small feat against two players who arrive at this stage expecting to win.
The result removes one of the tournament's most dangerous floating threats before the quarterfinals and hands González and Campagnolo the kind of win that reshapes a season's ranking math. For Stupaczuk and Yanguas, a second-round exit is a costly early departure at a Major.
Rodríguez/Dal Pozzo 6-4 0-6 7-6 Orsi/Llaguno
Giulia Dal Pozzo gave the home fans their result — but she made them work for it. Partnering Nuria Rodríguez, the Italian came through a wild three-setter against Carolina Orsi and Patricia Llaguno, 6-4, 0-6, 7-6.
The middle set was a bagel. Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo won the first 6-4, then were shut out 6-0 as Orsi and Llaguno raised their level and flipped the momentum entirely. The decider went the distance, and the home pair steadied themselves to take the closing tiebreak 7-6.
On paper this was a step up: Dal Pozzo sits No. 50, while Llaguno (No. 22) and Orsi (No. 28) came in the higher-ranked side. Surviving it kept the tournament's best local story alive.
Rodríguez/Dal Pozzo 3-6 6-3 6-2 Araújo/Fernández
Then came the real statement. Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo backed up the R16 escape by upsetting the No. 6/No. 8 seeds Claudia Fernández and Sofía Araújo in the quarterfinals, a result that dwarfs the ranking gap they overturned in the previous round.
They did it the hard way. Araújo and Fernández took the first set 6-3 and looked in control, but the momentum swung after the interval. Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo levelled at 6-3 and then pulled clear 6-2 in the decider, closing stronger with every game.
Dal Pozzo is now the story of the women's draw — an Italian into the semifinals at the Italy Major, having beaten a top-10 seed to get there.
Coello/Tapia 6-1 6-1 Gala/Jensen
No drama on the top men's court. World No. 1s Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia dismissed David Gala and Enzo Jensen 6-1, 6-1, dropping just two games across the match and never letting their opponents settle behind the glass.
It was the kind of clinical afternoon the favourites want at this stage of a Major — court time banked, energy conserved, a quarterfinal booked without alarm.
Triay/Brea 6-1 6-1 Martínez/Escacena
The women's top seeds mirrored it. Gemma Triay and Delfina Brea beat Patricia Martínez and Claudia Escacena by the same 6-1, 6-1 scoreline, a routine hold of serve and controlled net play that never gave their opponents a foothold. They move through to the quarterfinals having barely broken stride.
The contrast with the other half of the draw is stark: while the No. 1s cruise, an unseeded home pair is knocking out top-10 teams a round further on.
The quarterfinals now read differently on the men's side, with González and Campagnolo in the slot Stupaczuk and Yanguas were meant to fill. The favourites — Coello and Tapia, Triay and Brea — roll on as expected, but the day belongs to Giulia Dal Pozzo, into the women's semifinals in front of her own crowd.