Nicolas Almagro, Fernando Verdasco set up all-Spanish final in US Men's Clay Court
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Nicolas Almagro and Fernando Verdasco set up an all-Spanish final in the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship.
The fourth-seeded Verdasco beat Colombia's Santiago Giraldo 6-4, 7-5 on Saturday, and the third-seeded Almagro advanced when American Sam Querrey pulled out because of a back injury.
Almagro, a 12-time winner on the ATP World Tour ranked 20th in the world, reached the final for the second straight. He lost the 2013 final to John Isner.
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Verdasco has five career titles, all on clay.
Querrey beat Dustin Brown on Friday night and appeared to be fine, but woke up with lower-back spasms.
"It didn't affect me at all my match," Querrey said. "But I woke up unable to bend forward or arch (my) back. We've been trying to loosen it up for three hours. I feel terrible . . . my first semi in a while and I really wanted to play. But (Almagro) was going to beat me (6-0, 6-0)."