Action during the quarter-final between pairs of Jeronimo Gonzalez-Alejandro Ruiz Granados and Alejandro Galan-Juan Lebron yesterday.
Doha: Spanish pair Jeronimo Gonzalez and Alejandro Ruiz yesterday stunned reigning World No.1 and last year’s runner-up Alejandro Galan and Juan Lebron in straight sets to book their place in the semi-finals of the Ooredoo Qatar Major 2023.
At the Khalifa Tennis and Squash Complex, Gonzalez and Ruiz sealed the 6-4, 7-6(2) win in 91 minutes in an all-Spanish clash.
It was the seventh seeded pair Gonzalez and Ruiz’s second win over the top seeded Galan and Lebron, following a quarter-final victory in the Mendoza P1 Premier Padel last year.
The pre-tournament favourites Galan and Lebron, who had won two Premier Padel Majors and an equal number of Premier Padel P1 tournament victories last year, yesterday committed 37 unforced errors while the winners made 21 during the thrilling encounter at the centre court.
Gonzalez and Ruiz will meet the winners of the quarter-final clash between Brazil’s Pablo Lima/Spain’s Jorge Nieto Ruiz and Argentina’s Fernando Belasteguin/Carlos Daniel Gutierrez, the No. 4 seeds, for a place in the semi-finals today.
Martin Di Nenno in action yesterday.
Earlier, Argentina’s Franco Stupackzuk and Martin Di Nenno, seeded No.2, beat sixth seeds Spain’s Javier Garrido and Argentina’s Federico Chingotto 7-5 (2), 6-4 in another thriller which was stretched to 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Di Nenno, who was part of the title-winning pair last year in Doha, and “Stupa” will now meet Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia, the fifth seeds, in the semis today.
Coello and Tapia beat ninth seeds Maximiliano Sanchez of Argentina and Lucas Campognolo of Brazil 6-4, 6-3 in 82 minutes.
Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia celebrate during their quarter-final yesterday.
The Spanish-Argentine pair, who won their first title of the year just six days ago in the Abu Dhabi Masters, yesterday carried out a fierce attack against Campagnolo and Sanchez who had earlier shocked the No.3 seeds Paquito Navarro and Juan Tello in the round of 16.
