Rafael Nadal achieved the Rio Open semi-finals without walking out on court after his adversary Alexandr Dolgopolov pulled back harmed from their last-eight tie.
Previous world No 1 Nadal is playing at the calm earth court occasion in an offer to discover some structure in front of a tilt at a remarkable tenth French Open crown in June.
The 29-year-old has dropped to fifth on the planet after a damage hit 2015 and endured a stun semi-last thrashing to Austria's Dominic Thiem in the Buenos Aires semi-finals a week ago.
The Rio Open's official Twitter account uncovered the news of Dolgopolov's harm on Friday.
"Dolgopolov was compelled to pull back because of harm. Dolgopolov harm: right shoulder," they tweeted.
Nadal will now confront either Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas or Federico Delbonis of Argentina in the keep going four on Saturday.
In the mean time, world No 71 Guido Pella proceeded with his fine keep running on the Rio earth with a doing combating three set triumph over Spain's Daniel Gimeno-Traver.
The Argentine battled once again from losing the opening set 7-5, to take the second 6-1 preceding finishing off the match with a 7-5 win in the third.
Pella will tackle either David Ferrer or Thiem in the following round
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