The pair formed by the Belgian Germain Gigounion and the Spanish Pedro Martinez has been proclaimed champion in the modality of doubles of the II BBVA Futures Vila de Xàbia, by beating the Belgian in the final Kimmer Coppejans and the Russian, Ivan Gakhov, for a double 7 / 6.
The final was very close and, after 1 hour and 52 minutes, fell on the side of the pair that started as the number one seed. The game of the four players was very intense and ended when Gigounion-Martínez won the key points of both rounds.
Exciting quarterfinals
The four matches of the quarterfinal tie had a great level as far as game is concerned. The day began with the clash between the Belgian, Coppejans and the Spaniard, Pedro Martínez. During the first set Martinez was superior to his rival and beat the manga by 3 / 6.
In the second set the Belgian reacted and, after an exciting tie-breaker, equaled the shock by 6 / 7. In the third and final set, again, Martinez started well, but the Belgian showed a game full of power that made him take the match by 6 / 4 after 3 hours and 34 minutes of play.
On the other track, the Belgian, Germain Gigounion, had it much easier to win the pegolino, Marc Giner, by 6 / 3 and 6 / 4 in a match that lasted until 1 hour and 34 minutes.
In the early afternoon, the Argentine Marco Trungelliti and the Australian, Alexel Popyrin, jumped to the track to play a clash dominated by the Argentine player in the first round by 6 / 3. In the second set Popyrin tried to react, he got it and could see a more even game, but fell on the side of Trungelliti by 7 / 5.
The fourth day ended with the duel between Sergio Gutiérrez and the Brazilian Joao Menesez. Gutiérrez was more regular in his game and made fewer mistakes, this earned him to win by 6 / 3 and 6 / 3 in a match that lasted just 1 hour and 24 minutes.
Tribute to Nacho Calvo
In the middle of the two semifinals. The tournament will pay homage to the journalist and commentator Nacho Calvo. Habitual speaker of tennis matches on Radio Televisión Española.
Semifinal schedule
11 H. Marco Trungelliti- Kimmer Coppejans
Not before the 12 H. Sergio Gutiérrez- Germain Gigounion
