In  ATP Mexico Open Tennis title, world number 2 Rafael Nadal defeated  South Korea's Kwon Soon-woo 6-2, 6-1 in their men's singles quarter-final clash to enter into semifinals at  Acapulco yesterday.

Next up for Nadal is Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, who ousted third seed Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 6-4 earlier in the day.

The 2014 champion Dimitrov ended a five-match losing streak against the Swiss Wawrinka.

He has now won five of 12 career meetings between the two and improved to 11-2 overall at this tournament.

In the other semi-final, unseeded Taylor Fritz faces fifth seed John Isner in an all-American match up.