Ramos-Vinolas Battles Into Quito Semis

Second seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas came out on top in an all-Spanish battle on Friday against qualifier Roberto Carballes Baena, prevailing 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 to move into the semi-finals of the Ecuador Open in Quito.

Little separated the two players for most of the match, but Ramos-Vinolas relied on his outstanding stamina to power through the final four games and advance in two hours and 54 minutes. He has now matched his semi-final result from last year in Quito (l. Estrella Burgos).

Next up for Ramos-Vinolas is either third seed Paolo Lorenzi or Rajeev Ram. The Spaniard is even in his FedEx ATP Head2Head with Lorenzi at 1-1 and leads Ram 2-0, with his most recent win over the American coming last year in Quito.