Franco Stupaczuk and Miguel Yanguas are out of the Italy Major, beaten in the round of 16 by Jerónimo González and Lucas Campagnolo. On a day when the top seeds barely broke sweat, one of the tournament's most dangerous pairings was among the biggest names to fall.
Jerónimo González / Lucas Campagnolo 6-4 7-6 Franco Stupaczuk / Miguel Yanguas
Seeded on the strength of Stupaczuk's world No. 6 and Yanguas's No. 7 rankings, the pair were clear favourites against a González–Campagnolo duo ranked 14 and 21. The result did not follow the seedings.
González and Campagnolo took the opening set 6-4 and never let the favourites settle. The second went to a tiebreak, and it was the underdogs who held their nerve, closing it out 7-6 to complete a straight-sets win. Stupaczuk and Yanguas never found the net rhythm their ranking promises.
It is a costly early exit, and it prises open the bottom half of the men's draw.
Nuria Rodríguez / Giulia Dal Pozzo 6-4 0-6 7-6 Carolina Orsi / Patricia Llaguno
Nuria Rodríguez and Italy's Giulia Dal Pozzo survived a rollercoaster round of 16 against Carolina Orsi and Patricia Llaguno. Having taken the first set 6-4, they were bageled 6-0 in the second — a total collapse that handed every ounce of momentum to their opponents.
The decider went the distance. Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo regrouped, forced a tiebreak and edged it 7-6, closing out a match they had looked like losing. For Dal Pozzo, the home crowd's favourite, it was the platform for what came next.
Nuria Rodríguez / Giulia Dal Pozzo 3-6 6-3 6-2 Sofia Araujo / Claudia Fernández
Hours later, the same pair produced the women's result of the day. Sofia Araujo and Claudia Fernández — ranked 8 and 6 — were the heavy favourites in the quarterfinal, but Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo, the latter ranked 50, turned the match around after dropping the first set.
Araujo and Fernández took the opener 6-3 and looked in control. From there the underdogs seized it, reeling off 6-3, 6-2 to book a semifinal place. Dal Pozzo becomes the story of the tournament: an Italian into the last four at a home Major, having twice come from behind on the same day.
Arturo Coello / Agustín Tapia 6-1 6-1 David Gala / Enzo Jensen
The world No. 1 pairing of Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia needed just 6-1, 6-1 to dispatch David Gala and Enzo Jensen. Two near-flawless sets, no complications, and a statement of intent as the top seeds move into the quarterfinals.
Gemma Triay / Delfina Brea 6-1 6-1 Patricia Martínez / Claudia Escacena
Gemma Triay and Delfina Brea, the top-ranked women's pair, mirrored that dominance with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Patricia Martínez and Claudia Escacena. Clinical from the first game, they dropped just two games and advanced without alarm.
The top seeds in both draws look imperious, but the day belonged to the underdogs. Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo are through to the women's semifinals, and the men's bottom half is wide open after the Stupaczuk–Yanguas exit — tomorrow's quarterfinals will tell us whether the seeding upsets were a blip or a pattern.