British primary Cameron Norrie swept apart Tomas Barrios Vera 6-1 6-1 to succeed in the Rio Open quarter-finals.
The defending champion wanted only a minute over an hour on Thursday to beat the Chilean, whose serve was damaged six occasions within the one-sided contest.
Norrie hit 21 winners in his victory on the clay and can play Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild subsequent.
“I actually performed nicely and I used to be actually correct,” stated Norrie, who has slipped to twenty third within the ATP world rankings.
“I hit near the strains and was very disciplined on the return. I loved it.”
He added: “I’ll preserve specializing in myself and my stage and I wish to ensure that to maintain taking good care of my matches like that.”
In Doha, Czech teenager Jakub Mensik, who beat Andy Murray within the second spherical, produced an excellent higher upset by knocking out world quantity 5 Andrey Rublev 6-4 7-6 (8-6) within the Qatar Open quarter-finals.
The 18-year-old hit 10 aces as he secured a primary win towards a top-five participant to arrange a semi-final towards 37-year-old Frenchman Gael Monfils, who beat compatriot Ugo Humbert 6-2 6-4.
“It is simply been an unbelievable week. From the start I performed very nicely and I knew I might play with the massive gamers. It is a tremendous feeling to succeed in the semi-finals after beating these good gamers,” Mensik stated.
“However the job will not be completed but. Hopefully, I can play like this once more within the semis and go on to make the ultimate.”
