Nadal reaches semis at Argentina Open

Rafael Nadal cruised to a 6-1 6-1 victory over Federico Delbonis on Friday, advancing to the semi-finals of the Argentina Open.

The top-seeded Spaniard needed just over an hour to defeat the 59th-ranked Argentine at the clay-court tournament in Buenos Aires.

Nadal will next face another local in Carlos Berlocq, who beat Blaz Rola of Slovenia 6-1 6-3.

In the other semi-final on Saturday, Nicolas Almagro of Spain will play Juan Monaco of Argentina.

Almagro upset second-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain 6-3 6-2 while Monaco beat third-seeded Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay 7-6 (7-1) 6-7 (7-4) 6-4.

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