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SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Top-seeded Tommy Haas came back to defeat Horacio Zeballos of Argentina 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 to advance to the Brazil Open semifinals on Friday. Custom Texas Rangers Jerseys . Haas broke Zeballos serve twice in a row in the decisive set to close the match and take a step closer to his second final of the year. The 12th-ranked German lost to Marin Cilic in the final in Croatia earlier this month. Haas will next play Paolo Lorenzi of Italy, who reached his first ATP semifinal with an upset 7-6 (6), 6-7 (4), 6-4 win over fourth-seeded Juan Monaco of Argentina. "Lorenzi has been around for a long time so this is a goal Im sure he has been waiting to achieve for a lifetime," Haas said. "He has nothing to lose and is going to try to go one more and get to his first ATP tour final. He is a dangerous player. Im going to have to try to play some of my best tennis." The 114th-ranked Lorenzi broke Monacos serve to go up 4-3 in the final set and held on to close the match in 2 hours, 34 minutes at the Ibirapuera Arena. The 32-year-old Italian squandered a match point before losing the second set, but was in control in the third to pick up the win in the ATP 250 tournament in South Americas biggest city. Lorenzi served 12 aces en route to his first pro semifinal after five career quarterfinal losses. "Im very happy to finally breakthrough to the semifinals," Lorenzi said. "Ive had a lot of opportunities before but was never able to come up with the victory at this stage. For sure this is one of my greatest weeks on the tour." The 43rd-ranked Monaco was trying to win his 200th clay-court match. He is the fifth-highest winner on the surface, behind Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Tommy Robredo and Nicolas Almagro. Monaco had a set point in the first set but couldnt capitalize on it. "It was a very close match, he had his chances in the first set and I had mine in the second, it was very difficult," Lorenzi said. In another quarterfinal Friday, Federico Delbonis of Argentina easily beat Alberto Montanes of Spain 6-4, 6-3 in just over an hour. He will play either home-crowd favourite Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil or Martin Klizan of Slovakia. Defending champion Rafael Nadal is not playing at the clay-court tournament this year. He chose to play at the first edition of the Rio Open, which he won last week. Nolan Ryan Rangers Jersey . Nix is a career .218 hitter in 425 games over six seasons. The 31-year-old right-handed hitter batted .270 with a homer this spring for Tampa Bay. Elvis Andrus Rangers Jersey . Right-hander Todd Redmond took the loss. Jose Bautista hit his second home run of the spring. 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They only had 81 rushing yards against a good Arizona defence, but they also managed 24 first downs and won the time of possession battle. It may be a good time to switch allegiances and become a Jets fan. Speaking of the Jets, calling a time out at the most inappropriate time to take a touchdown off the board can get you fired. Nothing will happen but that was unfortunate and embarrassing for the Jets. That play, and the Jordy Nelson catch, and you have Packers 31-24. Great stat for the Carolina Panthers: They have allowed 20 points or less in 15 of their last 18 regular season games. And they are 14-1 in those games. Carolina held a very good Detroit offence to only seven points, winning 24-7. Carolina is back. The Bengals may be better than anticipated. They had 472 net yards including 170 rushing. Maybe Atlantas defence isnt as good, but the Bengals offence is better than expected. That last statement however, is contingent on AJ Greens health. 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