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 effectively and I used to be actually correct,” mentioned 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 maintain specializing in myself and my degree and I wish to be certain to maintain caring for my matches like that.”
In Doha, Czech teenager Jakub Mensik, who beat Andy Murray within the second spherical, produced a good 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 unimaginable week. From the start I performed very effectively and I knew I may play with the massive gamers. It is a tremendous feeling to succeed in the semi-finals after beating these good gamers,” Mensik mentioned.
“However the job will not be performed but. Hopefully, I can play like this once more within the semis and go on to make the ultimate.”
