Roger Federer closed in on a ninth title at the Gerry Weber Open, beating David Goffin 6-1, 7-6 (10) Friday in the quarterfinals. The top-seeded Federer didn't drop a point off his first serve in the first set, and saved five set points in the second-set tiebreaker. Federer will play Alexander Zverev in the semifinals. The German beat Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 7-6 (9), 6-3. Third-seeded Dominic Thiem of Austria will play Florian Meyer of Germany in the other semifinal. Thiem advanced on a walkover against eighth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber, who withdrew before the match with a hip injury. Mayer beat Andreas Seppi of Italy 7-6 (4), 6-3. Murray in last 4 Andy Murray continued the defense of his title at Queen's Club Friday, reaching the semifinals with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 victory against Kyle Edmund in an all-British match. Top-seeded Murray struggled to gain the upper hand against his Davis Cup teammate, wasting an early break in the first set before breaking again to lead 4-3. The 21-year-old Edmund took a 3-1 lead in the second set, and although Murray immediately broke back he fell heavily in the next game and dropped his serve. Murray failed to capitalize on three break points as 85th-ranked Edmund served for the set, but then took charge in the final set by winning the first five games. "(Edmund) is the future of the game in this country," Murray told BBC Sport. Four-time champion Murray will next face 2012 winner and fifth-seeded Marin Cilic after the Croat edged American Steve Johnson 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-4. Later, Canadian third seed Milos Raonic takes on Spanish sixth seed Roberto Bautista Agut, who will be playing for the second time Friday after completing his second-round win over Donald Young. The last quarterfinal is between Australian Bernard Tomic and Luxembourg's Gilles Muller, who saved 10 match points before beating John Isner in the second round Thursday. Garcia beats Ivanovic Sixth-seeded Caroline Garcia advanced to the semifinals of the Mallorca Open by beating former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic 7-6 (9), 5-7, 6-3 Friday. Garcia, who is from France, had nine aces in the match. Ivanovic had eight aces and double-faulted 10 times. Garcia will next face Kirsten Flipkens. The Belgian beat qualifier Veronica Cepede Royg of Paraguay 7-5, 6-3. Kerber fights back In Birmingham, defending champion Angelique Kerber made a typically tenacious comeback from a set down and a day's delay to reach the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon warm-up event in Birmingham Friday. She did it with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 win over Daria Gavrilova, an improving young world No. 50 from Australia who ended Thursday's rain-ruined schedule within two points of snatching the first set. She duly did that Friday, capturing Kerber's service game, which restarted with the titleholder 0-30 down. But thereafter the German displayed admirable motivation in still-damp conditions and found a good rhythm with solid ground-stroke hitting. Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain beat Andrea Petkovic of Germany 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/5). Her patient marathon win earned her a meeting with Kerber. Elsewhere, Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium beat Johanna Konta of Britain 6-3, 6-3; Barbora Strycova beat Heather Watson 7-5, 6-4; and CoCo Vandeweghe of the US downed Christina McHale (USA) 6-3, 7-6 (7/2). — Agencies
