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Chennai Top-seeded Tomas Berdych registered a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Slovenian Blaz Kavcic to advance to the semifinals of the Chennai Open on Friday.
Belgian Xavier Malisse also advanced to the last four, with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Bjorn Phau of Germany.
Sixth-ranked Berdych broke his 112th-ranked opponent in the fourth game and held on to take the first set. But the Czech had to battle in the second, which featured six breaks.
Berdych, who beat Swiss Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic of Serbia on his way to the Wimbledon final last year, broke his opponent in the opening game and then held serve for a 2-0 lead. Kavcic managed a break of his own before evening the set at 2-2 but his serve let him down again, eventually allowing Berdych to wrap up the match.
