Salazar and Triay survive scare, Osoro and Iglesias eliminated in Menorca Open round of 16

Menorca's very own Gemma Triay and her partner Alejandra Salazar survived a three-set epic in their Estrella Damm Menorca Open 2022 bow on Thursday.

Lorena Rufo and Carla Mesa took a set off 2021's number ones of the world and were briefly ahead in the final set, but Salazar and Triay managed to turn around the situation.

Elsewhere in the round of 16, five-seed Aranza Osoro and Victoria Iglesias saw their island adventure come to an early end as they were eliminated on Thursday.

Check out all of the match highlights below!

 

Centre court highlights

Matches (in chronological order):

Paula Josemaría (SPA)/Ariana Sánchez (SPA) (1) vs Mari Carmen Villalba (SPA)/Carmen Goenaga (SPA)

Marta Ortega (SPA)/Bea González (SPA) (3) vs Bea Caldera (SPA)/Sofia Saiz (SPA)

Alejandra Salazar (SPA)/Gemma Triay (SPA) (2) vs Lorena Rufo (SPA)/Carla Mesa (SPA)

 

Supporting court highlights

Matches (in chronological order):

Lucía Sainz (SPA)/Tamara Icardo (SPA) (8) vs Léa Godallier (FRA)/Teresa Navarro (SPA)

Virginia Riera (ARG)/Patricia Llaguno (SPA) (6) vs Marta Talaván (SPA)/Sofia Araújo (POR)

Alix Collombon (FRA)/Jessica Castelló (SPA) vs Lucía Martínez (SPA)/Esther Carnicero (SPA)

Aranza Osoro (ARG)/Victoria Iglesias (SPA) (5) vs Claudia Jensen (ARG)/Carolina Navarro (SPA)

Mapi S. Alayeto (SPA)/Majo S. Alayeto (SPA) vs Claudia Fernández (SPA)/Julieta Bidahorria (ARG)