Fognini and Almagro to clash in Vina del Mar the semifinals

Fabio Fognini and Nicolas Almagro will clash in a great semifinal in Vina del Mar

The Italian is chasing his 3rd career title while the Spaniard is going for his 13th success.

Fognini had a tough match against Chardy to score 92 points against Chardy’s 85. The key of the match was the Frenchman’s poor second serve performance as he committed 5 double faults and he converted only  44% points on his second serve. See match stats.

Nicolas Almagro had an easier task against a surprising Taro Daniel. Ranked world no. 226, the Japanese was having a great tournament to come straight from the qualifications and beat Bellucci and Delbonis on his path to the quarters. Eventually Almagro ws too strong to win the match in straight sets.

Head to head

Fognini and Almagro have already played 6 times against each other. Almagro leads 4-2.