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Summary
David Ferrer, Thiemo de Bakker, Robin Soderling and Fernando Verdasco have each booked their place in the Barcelona Open semifinals. The eighth seeded Ferrer stunned the Brazilian Thomas Bellucci by defeating him by 6-4, 6-0 in the quarterfinals. However, during the first half of the match, Ferrer struggled against Bellucci who is ranked 33 and have won a clay title two months ago in Chile. Spanish star Verdasco defeated Ernests Gulbis of Latvia by 6-2, 7-6(4). The Dutchman Thiemo de Bakker shocked the third seed Jo Wilfried Tsonga of France by beating him by 6-4 3-6 and 6-3.
