Ramos-Vinolas, Sousa Advance In Sao Paulo

Second seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas returned to the Brasil Open semi-finals on Friday with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 victory against Argentine Guido Pella. Ramos-Vinolas won 75 per cent of his first-serve points and broke twice in the third set to clinch the last-eight match-up.

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The left-hander, who also reached the last four in Sao Paulo in 2012, will meet fourth seed Joao Sousa in the semi-finals on Saturday. Sousa advanced past seventh seed and 2014 champion Federico Delbonis 6-3, 6-1 in 59 minutes.

The Portuguese right-hander lost only eight points on his serve (32/40), won all four break points and never faced a break point. Sousa now leads his FedEx ATP Head2Head series against Delbonis 3-2.