Manhandled a set and a half by Barbara Las Heras and Veronica Virseda, Paula Josemaria and Ariana Sanchez still managed to walk away with the victory.
It was very hot for the world numbers 1 at the Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera this afternoon! Archi-dominated in the first round by their teammates from the Spanish selection, the players of Miguel Sciorilli came back from very far in this quarter-final.
Too imprecise and faced with two players who missed almost nothing, Paula and Ari were forced to draw on their reserves to get out of a delicate situation. They will have shown great mentality to finally win in two hours of play.
Tomorrow, Sanchez and Josemaria will find Patty Llaguno and Virginia Riera, who have disposed of Marta Marrero and Delfi Brea with the score of 6/4 7/6.
The other poster will oppose Salazar / Triay to Gonzalez / Ortega. The former easily got rid of Saiz/Caldera (6/2 6/3), while the latter also won in two sets against the Alayeto twins (7/6 6/2).
Now it's time for the men's quarter-finals, to follow on Canal Plus Sport 360 !