Paredes, Day 3. Orsi-Llaguno and Bautista-Jofre come through from a set down. Semi-finals in Portugal today

The FIP Platinum Paredes has reached its decisive stages. The semi-finals are scheduled for today, starting at 14:00. Opening the day will be Carolina Orsi and Patty Llaguno, who came back from a set down to defeat the No. 3 seeds Aranzazu Osoro and Victoria Iglesias 4-6 6-3 6-4. Standing between the Italian-Spanish pair and a place in the final are the No. 2 seeds Bea Caldera and Carmen Goenaga, who advanced with a 6-3 6-2 win over Julieta Bidahorria and Marta Caparros. In the top half of the draw, Marina Guinart and Veronica Virseda, winners 6-2 6-4 against Alix Collombon and Ksenia Sharifova, will face another highly experienced player, Lucia Sainz, who alongside Jana Montes (born in 2008) eliminated Lorena Rufo and Jessica Castelló 6-4 3-6 6-3.

 

MEN Javi Garcia and José Jimenez (3) remain the highest-seeded pair still in contention in the men’s draw after a 6-4 7-6 victory over Emilio Sanchez Chamero and Alberto Garcia. Today they will face Sanyo Gutierrez and Maxi Sanchez Blasco, who defeated Alex Ruiz and Luis Hernandez 7-5 6-3, in the top-half semi-final. In the bottom half, Juan Tello and Maxi Arce beat Alex Arroyo and Javi Martinez 6-4 6-3 and will take on Jairo Bautista and Inigo Jofre, who prevailed over Edu Alonso and Aimar Goñi in the longest match of the day, 6-7 7-6 7-6.