ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) -- Nicolas Almagro of Spain defeated Colombian Santiago Giraldo 7-6 (0), 5-7, 6-4 in the Mexican Open on Thursday to reach the semifinals and move within two victories of winning his third straight ATP title.
The third-seeded Spaniard has won 12 straight matches and is trying to add the Mexican title to trophies he picked up last weekend in Argentina and the week before in Brazil on the monthlong Latin American clay-court swing.
Asked about the 12 straight victories, Almagro said he hoped to make it 14 by Sunday.
"It's a beautiful number," he said. "I haven't stopped thinking about the two tournaments in a row I've won, and now the semifinals here. But there are still two days to go."
In other quarterfinal matches, Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil needed just over three hours to defeat Poland's Lukasz Kubot 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4, and Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine upset No. 4 Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland 6-4, 7-6 (6).
Bellucci faces Almagro in the semifinals, while Dolgopolov plays the winner of the last quarterfinal match between top-seeded David Ferrer of Spain and No. 7 Juan Monaco of Argentina.
In quarterfinal matches on the women's side of the joint ATP-WTA event, Johanna Larsson of Sweden upset third-seeded Greta Arn of Hungary 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, No. 6 Arantxa Parra Santonja of Spain defeated compatriot Loudres Dominguez Lino 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, and No. 4 Gisela Dulko of Argentina outlasted Laura Pous-Tio of Spain, 3-6, 7-5, 6-0.
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