Sainz and Osoro win double tie-break, Iglesias and Llaguno survive in La Rioja round of 16

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Sainz and Osoro win double tie-break, Iglesias and Llaguno survive in La Rioja round of 16

All top eight seeds advanced to the quarter-finals in an enthralling round of 16 matchday in La Rioja.

09-03-2023

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Newly-formed couple Patricia Llaguno and Victoria Iglesias needed all three sets to overcome qualifiers Alejandra Alonso and Melania Merino, while Argentinian stars Aranza Osoro and Virginia Riera won in their respective matches as well.

Atomic Twins Majo and Mapi Sanchez Alayeto are joined by former number one Cecilia Reiter on the bench for the time being, and it proved fruitful as the sisters took a solid victory to advance to the quarter-finals.

Watch all of the court 2 and court 3 highlights below!

Matches in chronological order: 

Patricia Llaguno (ESP)/Victoria Iglesias (ESP) (4) vs Alejandra Alonso (ESP)/Melania Merino (ESP)

Lucia Sainz (ESP)/Aranza Osoro (ARG) (5) vs Carmen Goenaga (ESP)/Bea Caldera (ESP)

Mapi S. Alayeto (ESP)/Majo S. Alayeto (ESP) (7) vs Claudia Fernandez (ESP)/Julieta Bidahorria (ARG)

Barbara Las Heras (ESP)/Veronica Virseda (ESP) (6) vs Marina Martinez (ESP)/Teresa Navarro (ESP)

Virginia Riera (ARG)/Tamara Icardo (ESP) (8) vs Marta Talavan (ESP)/Lorena Rufo (ESP)

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