Marbella, day 1. Diestro-Ruiz do the feat. Today the round of 16

The FIP Platinum Marbella started with a great feat. José Diestro and Javier Ruiz qualified for the round of 16 by eliminating the tournament’s number 2 seed, Mike Yanguas and Juanlu Esbri, with a score of 6-4 7-5. On a day also affected by bad weather, with the matches moved from Club Nueva Alcántara to Raquetas de Mijas, Coki Nieto and Jon Sanz (number 1 seed) began their journey in the second FIP Platinum of the season by beating Santigosa/Huete 7-6 6-1, while the number 3 seed (Momo Gonzalez and Edu Alonso) and 4 seed (Javi Garrido and Lucas Bergamini) had to stay on court for three sets to win their respective matches and advance to the round of 16 scheduled for today, with Garrido/Bergamini playing in the big match against Alex Chozas and Leo Augsburger. Fran Guerrero and Jairo Bautista, last week’s winners of the FIP Gold in Lyon, instead confirmed their great moment by beating Pablo Cardona and Javi Leal (8) 6-4 6-4.

WOMEN In the women’s draw, seven number 8 seeded players made it through the first round: Marta Arellano and Laura Lujan overturned predictions by beating 1-6 6-4 6-4 Jimena Velasco and Nuria Rodriguez (6). Ale Salazar and Jess Castelló made their debut with a 7-6 6-4 win over Perez/Martinez; on the other side of the draw, Tamara Icardo and Claudia Jensen (2) beat Aguilar/Navarro 6-4 3-6 6-4. Bea Caldera and Lorena Rufo, champions of the FIP Gold in Lyon, were finally the stars of the day’s marathon, winning 4-6 7-6 7-6 over Carnicero/Merino. Today, the round of 16 of a tournament that is getting into full swing.