Nicolas Almagro took out Rui Machado from Portugal in two straight sets, 6-2, 6-4 to reach the semifinal of Brasil Open.
Almagro won the Brasil Open in 2008 defeating Carlos Moya in the final. If Almagro can sweep aside Argentina’s Juan Ignacio Chela he will reach his 10th career ATP World Tour final.
Chela took out Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil on Thursday night 6-1, 6-2.
No. 4 seed Alexandr Dolgopolov will play Richardo Mello next.
The semifinals will be played on Friday and the final on Saturday.
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