Day2. Sintes and Santigosa love to impress

Marc Sintes and Dani Santigosa have a great connection with the CUPRA FIP Tour: two victories in 2025 and three at the end of 2024 for the world No. 77 in the FIP ranking, born in 2006, and three titles for the No. 70, born in 2004. Sintes and Santigosa are one of only two unseeded pairs to have reached the quarterfinals of the FIP Platinum in Lyon, which awards 300 ranking points to the winners. Their success came thanks to a 6-4 7-5 victory over Javi Garrido and Diego Gil, the No. 6 seeds. And at least one unseeded pair will make it to the semifinals, since their next match – closing the day’s program at the Palais des Sports de Gerland – will be against José Jimenez and Maxi Sanchez Blasco, who defeated Momo Gonzalez and Fran Guerrero in the first round. The other quarterfinal clashes of the day are Ruiz/Esbri vs Barahona/Garcia, Di Nenno/Leal vs Torre/Gutierrez, and Alonso/Tello vs Cabeza/Zapata.

WOMEN In the women’s draw, meanwhile, the top eight pairs on the entry list will face each other in the quarterfinals. Among them, only the No. 6 seeds – Jessica Castelló and Lorena Rufo – needed a third set in the round of 16, overcoming Giorgia Marchetti and Lea Godallier 3-6, 6-1, 6-1. The quarterfinals are as follows: Icardo/Guinart vs Rodriguez/Dal Pozzo, Sharifova/Lobo vs Osoro/Iglesias, Salazar/Calvo vs Goenaga/Caldera, Castelló/Rufo vs Alonso/Sainz.