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Nicolas Almagro reaches his 3rd straight semi-final in Hamburg.
It took 1 hour and 55 minutes for the Spaniard to defeat Pico Monaco. After losing the first set 6-4, Nicolas came back strongly to bagel (6-0) Monaco in the second set and win the decider 6-3.
Nicolas blasted 5 aces (3 double faults) to win a total 94 points vs. Monaco’s 83.
From Almagro
“We know each other really well. I am happy to win, but I hope I can do better tomorrow. It is great to be in the semi-finals again.” Said Almagro
The semis vs. Fognini
Nicolas will play a surprising Fabio Fognini (6-2 6-4 on Tommy Haas) in the semis. Head to head is 3-1 for Almagro, 2-1 on clay, but Fabio won the last match on clay. Details