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Nadal, who went down to a first defeat in 53 consecutive
semi-finals on clay at the Rio Open last weekend, pumped his
fist after winning a superb rally in the fifth game of the
second set and again when the Argentine hit the ball wide on
second match point.
"It was very important for me to reach the semi-finals here in
Argentina," said Nadal, who overwhelmed Delbonis in an
impressive battering lasting one hour and four minutes.
"Now the next step is to reach the final to improve on ... Rio
de Janeiro last week and I hope to do it," he added in a
courtside interview after the quarter-final at the Buenos Aires
Lawn Tennis Club.
The Spaniard, who dropped to world number four with his loss to
Italian Fabio Fognini in Rio de Janeiro, meets Argentine Carlos
Berlocq in Saturday's second semi-final with a 65th title and
Guillermo Vilas's record of 46 claycourt crowns in his sights.
Juan Monaco, tournament winner in 2007, faces 2011 champion
Nicolas Almagro in the other Argentine-Spanish semi-final.
(Reporting by Rex Gowar)
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