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Miami - Top seed Roberto Bautista Agut stayed on track for a return to the ATP Winston-Salem Open final on Thursday with a 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) quarter-final win over Taylor Fritz.
The Spaniard didn't face a break point as he dispatched
Fritz in 89 minutes. He fell in last year's final of the US Open tune-up event
to compatriot Pablo Carreno Busta.
"I think it was a great match," said Bautista
Agut, who will be playing his fifth semi-final of the season. He won the title
this year in Chennai. "I played very solid... I played very
aggressive."
He next faces Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff, who edged
Croatian Borna Coric 6-4, 7-6 (7/2).
In other quarter-final matches, Britain's Kyle Edmund toppled sixth seeded American Steve Johnson 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 to reach his second semi-final of 2017.
The 22-year-old Edmund saved six of seven break points and overcame a strong serving day from Johnson, who hit 14 aces.
Edmund, ranked 45th in the world, won two qualifying matches at the weekend and has now won four main-draw matches.
He will take on Bosnian Damir Dzumhur for a place in the final. Dzumhur defeated South Korean Chung Hyeon 6-4, 6-2.
Dzumhur is in his second semi-final of the season, having reached the last four at Los Cabos in Mexico earlier this month.
Results from Winston-Salem ATP Tournament on Thursday:
Quarter-finals
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP x1) bt Taylor Fritz (USA) 6-2, 7-6 (7/3)
Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) bt Borna Coric (CRO) 6-4, 7-6 (7/2)
Kyle Edmund (GBR) bt Steve Johnson (USA x6) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
Damir Dzumhur (BIH) bt Chung Hyeon (KOR x13) 6-4, 6-2
