The defending champion Pablo Cuevas, who is seeded third, beat Steve Darcis, 6-3, 6-4, in the Swedish Open quarterfinals in Bastad. Cuevas will next face Benoît Paire, who easily defeated Denis Istomin, 6-4, 6-2.
Tommy Robredo, seeded second, defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu, 6-3, 6-3.
u25a0 Top-seeded Sara Errani overcame neck problems to beat the Russian qualifier Daria Kasatkina, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, in the quarterfinals of the Gastein Ladies in Bad Gastein, Austria.
Earlier, second-seeded Samantha Stosur advanced to her second semifinal of the season by beating Danka Kovinic, 6-3, 6-2. She will next face Anna Karolina Schmiedlova.