GRANADA, December 16, 2017
The singles finals of the MAPFRE Spanish National Tennis Championships are set. Youngsters Carlos Taberner and Pedro Martínez Portero advanced to Sunday’s men’s title match held at the Real Sociedad de Tenis de Granada.
Taberner upset second seed Guillermo Garcia-López 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday afternoon and Martínez Portero, who knocked out the tournament’s number one Roberto Carballés Baena in the quarterfinals, defeated Miguel Semmler 6-2, 6-3. The two 20-year-olds from Valencia met seven times on the tour with Martínez Portero leading 5-2 in head-to-head records. Taberner, however, won the last meeting at the ATP Challenger in Cortina d’Ampezzo this year.
Taberner Vs Garcia-López:
¡Los más jóvenes vienen pisando fuerte!@Carlos_Taberner supera a @GuillermoGLopez (6-2 y 6-3) para meterse en la final del Campeonato de España de @spaintenis 👏 pic.twitter.com/cCX8FQwCXt
— LaLiga4Sports (@LaLiga4Sports) 16. Dezember 2017
Martínez Portero Vs Semmler:
🎾 ¡Tenemos primer finalista del Campeonato de España de @spaintenis!
@PedroMPortero supera a @miguelsemmler97 y buscará el título este domingo pic.twitter.com/RqgUa0JaR0
— LaLiga4Sports (@LaLiga4Sports) 16. Dezember 2017
Doubles Champions
Later in the day, the two teamed up to clinch the doubles title. Martínez Portero and Taberner beat Alberto Romero and Miguel Semmler 6-1, 6-2.
In the women’s competition, Paula Badosa knocked out defending champion Lara Arruabarrena 7-6, 1-6, 6-3 to face Carla Suárez Navarro in the final. The World No. 40 benefited from the retirement of Sara Sorribes leading 7-5, 4-3. Suárez Navarro seeks her third national crown after winning in 2008 and 2011.
Badosa Vs Arruabarrena:
¡Partidazo!
🎾 @paulabadosa15 se mete en la final del Campeonato de España de @spaintenis tras superar en tres sets a @laraarrua. pic.twitter.com/0fDjeWZauA
— LaLiga4Sports (@LaLiga4Sports) 16. Dezember 2017
