Lopez, Verdasco into Ecuador Open ATP semifinals
Xinhua, February 7, 2015 Adjust font size:
Top-seeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain defeated 7th-seeded Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 to reach the Ecuador Open ATP semifinals on Friday.
In other matches, third-seeded Fernando Verdasco of Spain beat Italy's Paolo Lorenzi, fifth seed, 6-1, 6-2, also into last four of the clay-court tournament. No. 6 Thomas Bellucci of Brazil beat Spain's Albert Montanes 6-3, 7-6 (6).
Bellucci will meet No. 8 Victor Estrella Burgos of the Dominican Republic in Saturday's semifinals after Burgos defeated No. 4 Martin Klizan of Slovakia 6-2, 6-2.
The Quito event is the first in a month of ATP and WTA clay-court tournaments across Latin America, all pointing toward the French Open in three months. Endi