Canas beats Delic to reach last four in Vegas

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fourth seed Guillermo Canas, bidding for an eighth ATP title, booked his place in the Las Vegas Open semi-finals by beating American qualifier Amer Delic 6-4 6-4 on Friday.

The 30-year-old Argentine, playing in his second ATP event of the year after coming back from a wrist injury, brerve twice to seal victory in a match that lasted one hour and 20 minutes.

Canas, the only seed left in the tournament, will meet unseeded American Sam Querrey, who beat Frenchman Julien Benneteau 7-5 6-2

"It's not normal for only one seed to make the quarter-finals but it's tough to play in the ATP," Canas told reporters. "In the ATP, anyone can beat anyone."

American wildcard Robby Ginepri swept past Latvia's Ernests Gulbis 6-1 6-2 in less than an hour to reach the last four for the third time this year.

The 25-year-old, a former world number 15 who has slipped to 111th, previously advanced to the semi-finals in Delray Beach and San Jose.

Ginepri next faces South African qualifier Kevin Anderson, who unleashed eight aces to crush Yevgeny Korolev of Russia 6-2 6-0 and reach his first ATP semi-final in only his second event.

BEING PREPARED

"He's going to go out there firing some good shots and just got to be prepared," Ginepri said of his match-up with the 6-foot-7 South African.