The Italy Major lost one of its most dangerous men's pairings in the round of 16. Franco Stupaczuk and Miguel Yanguas, seeded on the strength of their No. 6 and No. 7 rankings, were dismissed in straight sets by Jerónimo González and Lucas Campagnolo. It headlined a day that also produced a home semifinalist, with Italy's Giulia Dal Pozzo winning twice across 32 matches.
Jerónimo González / Lucas Campagnolo 6-4 7-6 Stupaczuk / Yanguas
This was the day's clearest upset on paper. González sits 14th and Campagnolo 21st; Stupaczuk and Yanguas, ranked sixth and seventh, were the heavy favourites. The seeds never found the answer.
González and Campagnolo took the first set 6-4 and then held their nerve through a tight second, closing it out in a tiebreak, 7-6. With no third set required, the favourites were gone in straight sets — a result built on the underdogs refusing to let the breaker slip.
The exit blows a hole in the top half of the men's draw. Stupaczuk and Yanguas arrived as one of the few pairings expected to trouble the top seeds; their early departure hands González and Campagnolo a quarter-final and clears a path for the contenders behind them.
Nuria Rodríguez / Giulia Dal Pozzo 6-4 0-6 7-6 Orsi / Llaguno
Italy's Giulia Dal Pozzo and Nuria Rodríguez survived a violent swing of momentum to reach the quarter-finals. After taking the first set 6-4, they were blown off the court in the second — a 6-0 bagel that handed the rhythm to Carolina Orsi and Patricia Llaguno.
The decider went the distance. Rodríguez and Dal Pozzo steadied, dragged the set to a tiebreak and edged it 7-6 to complete a 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 win. For a home crowd, recovering from a bagel set to win the breaker was the story of the afternoon.
Nuria Rodríguez / Giulia Dal Pozzo 3-6 6-3 6-2 Araujo / Claudia Fernández
The upset of the women's draw. Rodríguez and the 50th-ranked Dal Pozzo took down Sofia Araujo and Claudia Fernández — ranked eighth and sixth — to reach the semifinals, a result that defied the seeding by some distance.
It did not start that way. Araujo and Fernández took the first set 6-3 and looked in control. But the underdogs responded, levelling with a 6-3 second and then pulling clear 6-2 in the decider as the seeds faded.
It completed a two-win day for Dal Pozzo, the Italian carrying home support into the last four. For Araujo and Fernández, a top-six pairing, it is a costly early exit at a Major.
Arturo Coello / Agustín Tapia 6-1 6-1 Gala / Jensen
The world No. 1 pair made light work of it. Coello and Tapia put away David Gala and Enzo Jensen 6-1, 6-1, conceding only two games across the match.
It was the statement the top seeds wanted amid the chaos elsewhere in the draw. With Stupaczuk and Yanguas out, Coello and Tapia look increasingly clear of the field.
Gemma Triay / Delfina Brea 6-1 6-1 Martínez / Escacena
The top-ranked women's pair were equally ruthless. Gemma Triay and Delfina Brea conceded just two games in a 6-1, 6-1 win over Patricia Martínez and Claudia Escacena, advancing without a scare.
The performance keeps the No. 1 seeds on the smoothest line through the bottom half. They have not yet been asked a serious question.
The semifinals now frame the weekend: Triay and Brea remain the women's pace-setters, but Dal Pozzo and Rodríguez have reached the last four the hard way and will carry the home crowd. In the men's draw, the Stupaczuk-Yanguas exit leaves Coello and Tapia with daylight at the top.