VALENCIA, Spain, May 2 (UPI) -- Juan Carlos Ferrero continued his stellar claycourt play Friday by defeating Agustin Calleri of Argentina, 6-3, 6-4, to reach the semifinals of the Valencia Open.
The Spaniard, who was meeting Calleri for the first time, improved his record on clay to 15-1 as he reached the semifinals for the third straight week.
Ferrero, who made it to the finals of the French Open in 2002, won his first title of the year at the Tennis Masters Series event in Monte Carlo two weeks ago and followed with a semifinal showing at Barcelona.
The only other remaining seed, No. 4 Gaston Gaudio of Argentina, was upset by Brazilian Flavio Saretta, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3. Saretta, who advanced to his first semifinal this year, will meet Ferrero in the semifinals.
In the bottom half of the draw, Fernando Vicente of Spain had little difficulty defeating Nicolas Massu of Chile, 6-1, 6-4. Vicente will play Christophe Rochus in the other semifinal after the Belgian cruised by Sargis Sargsian of Armenia, 6-2, 6-2.
