Rafael Nadal battled into the early hours as he reached the semifinals of the ATP & WTA Rio Open after beating Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas 4-6, 7-5, 6-0 on Saturday.
The results: ATP & WTA Rio Open: Quarterfinals:Men: Rafael Nadal bt Pablo Cuevas 4-6, 7-5, 6-0; David Ferrer bt Juan Monaco 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Andreas Haider-Maurer bt Joao Souza 7-6(4), 1-6, 6-4; Fabio Fognini bt Federico Delbonis 6-4, 6-7(10), 7-6(9).
Women: Sara Errani bt Beatriz Haddad Maia 3-6, 7-6(2), 3-0 (retd.); Johanna Larsson bt Dinah Pfizenmaier 6-4, 6-0; Irina Begu bt Julia Glushko 6-1, 6-2; Anna Karolina Schmiedlova bt Veronica Cepede 6-3, 6-1.
ATP Delray Beach Open: Adrian Mannarino bt Lu Yen-Hsun 3-6, 6-1, 6-1; Ivo Karlovic bt Steve Johnson 6-2, 7-6(4); Donald Young bt Alexandr Dolgopolov 2-6, 6-3, 6-4; Bernard Tomic bt Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3, 6-1.
ATP Marseille Open:Semifinal: Gael Monfils bt Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 6-2. Quarterfinals: Gael Monfils bt Simone Bolelli 6-4, 6-4; Roberto Bautista bt Dominic Thiem 7-6(7), 6-3; Sergiy Stakhovsky bt Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Gilles Simon bt Jeremy Chardy 7-5, 7-6(6).
WTA Dubai Open: Semifinals: Karolina Pliskova bt Garbine Muguruza 6-4, 5-7, 7-5; Simona Halep bt Caroline Wozniacki 2-6, 6-1, 6-1.
