DOHA — Gael Monfils' comeback from injury took a hit Thursday when he lost to German qualifier Daniel Brands 6-1, 7-5 in the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open. Brands will next face second-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet, who beat Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 6-1, 6-3. On Wednesday, Monfils upset third-seed Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Top-seeded David Ferrer swept aside Germany qualifier Tobias Kamke 6-3, 6-2 to advance. Second-seeded Richard Gasquet stormed back from a set down to beat 55th-ranked Grega Zemlja of Slovenia 6-7 (7), 6-4, 7-6. Berdych, Cilic in quarters In Chennai, top seed Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic and No. 3 Marin Cilic of Croatia entered the quarterfinals of the ATP Chennai Open Thursday. Cilic defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 and Berdych opened his campaign with a 6-3, 6-1 demolition of Indian wildcard Somdev Devvarman. Berdych will take on Roberto Agut the 24-year-old Spaniard ousted Matthias Bachinger of Germany 7-6 (7/4). China's Li in semis Chinese tennis star Li Na set up an all-Chinese semifinal in the Shenzhen Open Thursday with a straight-set victory over Serbian Bojana Jovanovski, while French player Marion Bartoli crashed out. Li defeated Jovanovski 6-3, 6-3 and Peng Shuai beat German Annika Beck 2-6, 7-5, 6-2. Thursday's surprise was the defeat of world-ranked No. 11 Marion Bartoli of France at the hands of 28th-ranked Czech Klara Zakopalova 6-3, 6-2. Radwanska shines In Auckland, top-seed Agnieszka Radwanska shone in the rain at the ASB Classic women's tournament in Auckland Thursday, cruising into the semifinals with a 6-3, 6-3 win over unseeded Russian Elena Vesnina. Radwanska coasted through the first set but in the second, after a 90-minute rain delay when she trailed 1-2 on serve, she stepped up a gear and wasted no time in finishing off the match. The Polish player now faces the only unseeded competitor remaining, Jamie Hampton, for a place in the finals after the American outlasted Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands 6-1, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2 in their quarter-final. The second semifinal puts third seed Yanina Wickmayer against eighth seed Mona Barthel who has spent less than three hours on court in her first three games. Wickmayer had the frustration of three rain breaks on her way to beating fellow Belgian Kirsten Flipkens 6-3, 6-4 and finished the game with a disputed umpire's ruling. Barthel romped to the quickest victory of the week when she shrugged off an early service break to dispose of Swede Johanna Larsson 6-2, 6-1.— Agencies
