Guerrero and Leal stun Stupaczuk and Yanguas to reach Valladolid semis

Quarter-final day in Valladolid belonged to Fran Guerrero and Javi Leal. The No. 7 seeds beat Franco Stupaczuk and Mike Yanguas 7-6, 6-4, a result that knocked out one of the draw’s stronger pairs and sent Guerrero and Leal back to the Valladolid semi-finals for a second straight year.

That matters because this was not just a one-set flash of form. Guerrero and Leal have now done it at Plaza Mayor de Valladolid in consecutive seasons, turning what looked like a deep run into a repeat performance at one of padel’s most distinctive venues. The OYSHO Valladolid P2 runs from June 21 to 28, with Premier Padel listing prize money at €262,250.

The match itself followed the pattern that usually decides these upsets: one tight set, then a shift in pressure. Guerrero and Leal dragged Stupaczuk and Yanguas into a tiebreak, won it, and never let the match slip back toward the favorites. Stupaczuk arrived as the No. 7-ranked player in the draw with 7,020 points, but that status did not protect him once Guerrero and Leal got the first set on the board.

The bottom half of the men’s draw stayed loaded even with that upset. Fede Chingotto and Ale Galan moved through 6-1, 6-4 over Paquito Navarro and Martin Di Nenno, setting up a semifinal against Guerrero and Leal. Juan Lebron and Leo Augsburger also advanced after Momo Gonzalez and Lucas Campagnolo withdrew because of Campagnolo’s injury, so the last rounds were shaped as much by physical attrition as by results.

The women’s quarter-finals produced the same kind of clarity. Giulia Dal Pozzo and Nuria Rodriguez kept their run going with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Ale Salazar and Ale Alonso in 1 hour and 6 minutes, extending the momentum that had already marked their breakthrough in Rome. They moved on to face Paula Josemaria and Bea Gonzalez, who beat Tamara Icardo and Claudia Jensen 6-4, 6-4.

Josemaria’s connection to Valladolid gave that match extra weight, and she and Gonzalez arrived trying to climb back to the top after winning five consecutive titles before Rome and Valencia. The women’s bracket was heading toward heavyweight matchups, but Guerrero and Leal had already forced the day’s biggest name off course.