ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) Third-seeded Nicolas Almagro beat Italian Filippo Volandri of Italy 6-2, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals of the Mexican Open on Wednesday.
Almagro is attempting to win his third straight tournament on clay.
The Spaniard downed Volandri in just over an hour as he storms closer to adding the Mexico trophy to the titles he picked up at Argentina and Brazil in the last two weeks.
On the women's side in the combined ATP-WTA event, top-seeded Julia Goerges of Germany was eliminated by Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-4, 7-6 (8).