Mexico’s Santiago Gonzalez moves into semifinals
- The Mexican doubles player is one win away from reaching the finals in Los Cabos.
Los Cabos, August 3, 2023. – Mexican Santiago Gonzalez and Frenchman Roger-Vasselin advanced to the semifinals of the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo and are now one win away from reaching the final of the doubles tournament.
The Mexican-French duo defeated British Julian Cash and American Robert Galloway 6-4, 6-4. Now both favorites will face Colombian Nicolás Barrientos and Swede Andre Goransson in the semifinals.
“We are happy to be in the semifinals and we are two matches away from the title. Now it’s time to rest and be ready for Friday’s semifinal”, said Gonzalez after the match.
About the good performance alongside his French partner, the local said that they have worked hard “and in the end we got together for a reason, the two times we played last year went very well and we automatically generated good chemistry”.
The Mexican explained that in order to go for the title, they must improve in each match. “Our goals are clear: try to win tournaments, reach the final stages in the most important tournaments,” he said.
In other matches, Colombia’s Nicolas Barrientos and Sweden’s Andre Goransson defeated Americans Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow 7-6, 4-6, 10-6, while Germany’s Dominik Koepfer and Australia’s Andrew Harris defeated Venezuela’s Luis Martinez and India’s Saketh Miyeni 3-6, 6-3, 10-5.