CHENNAI — Third seed Marin Cilic and No. 4 Stanislas Wawrinka crashed out of the ATP Chennai Open Friday even as second seed Janko Tipsarevic eased into the semifinals. Cilic, a two-time Chennai champion, was stunned by the 47th-ranked Benoit Paire of France, who won 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 on the showcourt of the Nungambakkam tennis stadium. Wawrinka was waylaid by 23-year-old Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia, who advanced to his first-ever ATP semifinal with a 6-2, 7-6 (8/6) win in an hour and 31 minutes. The 86th-ranked Bedene's opponent in the semi-final will be world number nine Tipsarevic, who swept aside eighth seed Go Soeda of Japan 6-2, 6-4. Paire will await the winner of Friday night's last quarterfinal between top seed Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic and Roberto Agut of Spain. — AP
