[1]Third-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain reached the Stockholm Open semifinals when he dispatched former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt 6-1, 6-4 on Friday.
The 12th-ranked Almagro, still contending for a place in the eight-man ATP Finals, held off Hewitt in the second set, breaking the Australian wild card for 5-4 with a smash and then held serve to seal the quarterfinal win.
Almagro next faces either Tomas Berdych or Russian Mikhail Youzhny.
Earlier, Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis beat Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis 6-3 7-6 (7-4). The 2009 champion will face either top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky on Saturday.
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