Coello/Tapia through to semifinal after eight match points

Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia are through to the semifinals in Bordeaux P2 after a dramatic quarterfinal against Momo Gonzalez and Jon Sanz.

In today's second quarterfinal on center court, tournament favorites Coello and Tapia faced Gonzalez and Sanz. The match was decided over three sets, with the world number ones ultimately winning after a long tiebreak in the deciding set.

The world number ones had several chances to decide the match earlier but really had to fight for it. They missed three match points in the second set and saved three match points in the third set before securing victory on their eighth match point with a 13-11 tiebreak.

The final score was 6-3, 6-7, 7-6 to Coello and Tapia.

This means that they are now through to the semifinals, where they will face the winners of the match between Lucas Bergamini/Paquito Navarro and Mike Yanguas/Coki Nieto.