Los Angeles (AFP) - World No. 2 Rafael Nadal remained on direction for his third ATP Mexico Open title by means of breezing beyond South Korea's Kwon Soon-woo 6-2, 6-1 of their quarter-very last clash on Thursday.
Top seed Nadal eased into the semi-finals with his fine overall performance of the week as he keeps to jackhammer his way thru the men's singles draw on the hardcourt event in Acapulco, Mexico.
The Spaniard finished the night with 25 winners to 11 unforced errors, and stored all eight break factors he faced.
"The fit has been much more difficult than what the result said. I think it turned into a beautiful in shape to see," Nadal said.
"It was a true match towards a hard opponent. I suppose he is going to have a very good tennis career."
Next up for Nadal is Grigor Dimitrov, who ousted 1/3 seed Stan Wawrinka 6-four, 6-four earlier within the day.
The 2014 champion Dimitrov ended a 5-healthy dropping streak towards the Swiss Wawrinka. He has now won 5 of 12 career conferences between the 2 and stepped forward to eleven-2 overall at this tournament.
Nadal boosted his record to 18-2 standard at this event by way of prevailing in straight units over Kwon, who stored the video games close but did not have much to reveal for it inside the very last scoreline.
Dimitrov, 28, stepped forward to 7-four this season and is thru to his first semi-final of the yr.
The Bulgarian will need to quit another losing skid if he desires to reach the very last in Acapulco because Nadal leads their career meetings with the aid of a whopping 12-1.
"Dimitrov completed final yr much better than how he had played the rest of that year.
In the opposite semi-final, unseeded Taylor Fritz faces fifth seed John Isner in an all-American matchup.
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