HOUSTON — Kevin Anderson survived a five-hour rain delay to clinch a berth in the semifinals of the US Clay Court Championships with a grueling 7-5, 6-7 (6/8), 7-6 (7/3) win over Jeremy Chardy. Anderson now seeks to reach the 10th ATP Tour final of his career and his second this season when he faces world No. 46 Jack Sock, of the US, in the semis. He also made the final earlier this year in Memphis. Sock followed up his upset victory over second seed Roberto Bautista Agut with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Santiago Giraldo. Defending champion Fernando Verdasco beat Russia's Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-2, 6-3 to reach the semifinals. The sixth-seeded Verdasco, from Spain, will face eighth-seeded Sam Querrey of the United States. Querrey beat top-seeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain 6-4, 6-1 in the late match. Keys cruises into semis Madison Keys added to her growing reputation as she breezed through her quarterfinal contest at the Family Circle Cup Friday. The seventh-seeded 20-year-old blew away fellow American Lauren Davis 6-2, 6-2 in just 73 minutes on the clay courts in Charleston, South Carolina. Keys' next opponent will be Czech qualifier Lucie Hradecka, who upset fourth-seeded former French Open runner-up Sara Errani 6-2, 6-4. The last match of the night saw fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber topple 13th-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/4). Kerber's opponent in the semifinals will be third-seeded Andrea Petkovic, who rallied from a first-set loss to down Danka Kovinic 2-6, 6-3, 6-1. Radwanska advances First-seeeded Agnieszka Radwanska continued her winning streak at the Katowice Open in Poland by advancing to the semifinals following a 6-1, 6-1 win against Klara Koukalova of the Czech Republic. Alize Cornet, last year's winner, dropped out of the completion after being defeated by eighth-seeded Anna Schmiedlova, 6-2-6-0. In other matches, third-seeded Camila Giorgi of Italy defeated Russian Elizaveta Kulichkova, 6-3, 6-4, while Belgium's Alison Van Uytvanck beat her compatriot and the seventh-seeded Kirsten Flipkens, 6-2, 6-4. Saturday's semifinals will see Radwanska taking on Giorgi while Schmiedlova faces Van Uytvanck. Vesely reaches semifinals Third-seeded Jiri Vesely easily advanced to the semifinals of the Grand Prix Hassan II with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Aljaz Bedene Friday. Vezely, who lost seven straight matches before starting his campaign at the clay-court event, will be up against Daniel Gimeno-Traver in the next round. The Spaniard dropped only six points on his first serve to dispatch Lamine Ouahab 6-4, 6-3. Spaniard Nicola Almagro was denied a 250th career win on his favorite surface, losing 6-4, 7-6 (3) to second-seeded Martin Klizan. Klizan will next take on Damir Dzumhur, who made light work of sixth-seeded Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-3, 6-3 to reach his first Tour semifinal. — Agencies
