Paul-Henri Mathieu has claimed a place in the semifinals of the inaugural Brisbane International with a 6-3 6-4 win over Japan’s Kei Nishikori.
The French world No.31 will play Spain’s Fernando Verdasco in the semis on Saturday after he beat another Frenchman, Florent Serra.
Today’s results:
Men’s Singles quarterfinals
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) d Florent Serra (FRA) 4-6 6-0 6-3
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) d Kei Nishikori (JPN) 6-3 6-4
Women’s Singles quarterfinals
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d Lucie Safarova (CZE) 7-6(5) 6-4
Amelie Mauresmo (FRA d Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 6-3 6-2
Sara Errani (ITA) d Olga Govortsova (BLR) 6-3 6-3
Marion Bartoli (FRA) d Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 6-3 6-3
Men’s Doubles quarterfinals
C Ball/C Guccione (AUS) d M Mirnyi/A Ram (BLR/ISR)
F Verdasco/M Zverv (ESP/GER) d M Damm/R Lindstedt (CZE/SWE) 6-3 6-3
Women’s Doubles quarterfinals
A Groenefeld/V King (GER/USA) d [2] A Bondarenko/ K Bondarenko (UKR) 6-1 6-3
Women’s Doubles semifinals
Klaudia Jans/Alicja Rosolska d Daniela Hantuchova/Ai Sugiyama 6-3 6-4