Guido Pellais two wins away from the title…

The 28-year-old Argentine tennis player advanced to the Brazil Open semifinals on Friday, after beating compatriot Marco Trungelliti 6-0, 6-3.

Pella, the tournament’s third seed, will face Serbia’s Laslo Djere, a 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 winner over 18-year-old Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, in a rematch of Djere’s victory Sunday at the Rio Openfinal.

Chile’s Christian Garin will face Norway’s Casper Ruud in the other semifinal in the clay-court tournament. Garin beat fourth-seed Leonardo Mayer of Argentina 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, and Ruud eliminated Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien 6-1, 6-1.