Almagro on verge

The third seeded Spaniard, who won the Buenos Aires Open last week and the Brazil Open the week before, reached the final with a 7-6 7-4 win over Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci in Friday's semi-finals to extend his winning streak to 13 matches.

Almagro, who has won 18 of his 20 matches this year, will also be chasing his third Mexican Open victory after winning the tournament in 2008 and 2009, when he faces either top seeded compatriot and title holder David Ferrer or Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov.

Surprise Australian Open quarter-finalist Dolgopolov, seeded sixth, has had a good tournament after an upset first round defeat by Argentine wild card Jose Acasuso in Buenos Aires last week having met Almagro in the Brazilian final in Costa do Sauipe.

Argentine fourth seed Gisela Dulko reached the women's final after a 6-0 6-2 win over Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues, who had upset top seed Julia Goerges of Germany in the second round.

Dulko faces sixth seed Arantxa Parra Santonja of Spain who beat Swede Johanna Larsson 6-2 6-0.