Ferrer Sees Off Cuevas In BA

David Ferrer had all night to think about how to finish off Pablo Cuevas, finally winning a rain-delayed 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 quarter-final match on Saturday in Buenos Aires.

The match was slated to finish on Friday night, but a warm and humid day turned into a stormy evening, forcing tournament organizers to interrupt play midway through the first set. Ferrer and Cuevas had not met at tour-level since 2010 (2-0 for Ferrer), and the Uruguayan finally won his first set in their FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry before succumbing.

The second-seeded Ferrer will return to the court later on Saturday to face countryman Nicolas Almagro in the semi-finals. Almagro is in top form, having upset third seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Friday, but has never topped Ferrer in 15 tour-level confrontations. They will take to the court at 3:30pm local time.