Santiago, title to Gayone-Rubini and Zoya-Niella

Argentinean double in the FIP Rise played in Santiago, Chile. In the men’s draw, it were Manuel Gayone and Juan Ignacio Rubini who won 6-4 6-2 in the final over No. 1 seed Alberto Garcia and Christian Medina Murphy, who failed to repeat their title from the FIP Rise in Stratford. “I’m happy to win another tournament – said Gayone, also champion in the FIP Rise in La Serena, also in Chile -. Thank you ‘Juani’, you played great and we had fun like animals. But nothing would be possible without the help of family, friends and team: let’s keep going, the road is still long”.

Navone climbs 33 positions in the FIP ranking (he’s now 193); for Rubini, on the other hand, a jump of 16 positions, taking him to number 174. In the women’s draw, on the other hand, victory went to Vale Zoya and Daniela Carolina Niella by surprise; they were not among the seeded players, but in the final they beat two other Argentines, Fiorella Propato and Francesca Ana Floriani with a score of 7-5 6-3.