SAO PAULO (AP) " Two-time defending champion Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay can make it three straight in the Brazil Open after beating top-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain in the semifinals 6-3, 7-6 (2) on Saturday. Cuevas has won five ATP singles title, all on clay. Cuevas and Carreno Busta are good friends and won the doubles title last weekend in the Rio Open. In his last three Latin American clay events, he made the semifinals twice and the quarterfinals once. He won his only singles title last year on clay in Bastad, Sweden.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 04, 2017 19:57 UTC