If yesterday had reserved us its share of surprises, the quarter-finals of FIP Gold in Jaén which were contested today saw the favorites win, which promises us good semi-finals.

The seeds still in contention have generally done the job in these quarter-finals of the very first FIP ​​Gold in history, which is currently being played in Jaén.

For men, only victories in 2 races

Favorites Juan Martin Diaz and Coki Nieto confirmed their good form with a 6/1 7/6 victory over the dangerous pair made up of the young prodigy Javi leal and the experienced Alvaro Cepero. They will face Antonio Fernandez Cano and José Antonio Garcia Diestro who continued their excellent work and won 6/3 6/2 against Diego Fuster and Gonzalo Rubio.

The other semi-final will oppose Lucas Campagnolo and Lucas Bergamini, who made short work (6/1 6/4) of Javi Garrido and Juan Cruz Belluati, to Rafa Mendez and Arturo Coello, who again dismissed a seed: Ramiro Moyano and José Rico (6/3 7/5).

Among the women, the first 4 seeds in the semi-finals!

In girls, the favorites had to fight, with a majority of matches in three sets, but finally came out. This morning, Marta Talavan and Lorena Rufo were pushed to their limits by Cata Tenorio and Julieta Bidahorria but ended up winning 4/6 6/2 7/5.

A success that allows the winners of the FIP Star of La Nucia to face Victoria Iglesias and Mari Carmen Villalba in the semifinals today. It was also difficult for the number 1 seed against Esther Carnicero and Raquel Piltcher (2/6 6/3 6/2) who confirm their good result in the WPT Alicante Open.

The other favorite pair, Teresa Navarro / Sofia Araujo had a slump against Araceli Martinez and Sandra Hernandez. Disturbed by the wind, the number 2 seed dropped a set on the way (6/0 5/7 6/3) and it will have to be more solid in the semi-final against Ana Cortiles and Jessica Castello who dominated Bea Caldera and Carmen Goenage in two sets: 7/5 6/3.

 

The semi-finals program:

  • 16h00: Iglesias / Villalba (TS1) vs Talavan / Rufo (TS3)
  • to follow: JM Diaz / Nieto (TS3) vs Fernandez Cano / Diestro
  • to follow: Araujo / Navarro (TS2) vs Castello / Cortiles (TS4)
  • to follow: Bergamini / Campagnolo (TS2) vs Coello / Mendez

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